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The summary report from the first-ever National Urban Ecosystems Forum is now available! Many thanks to all the participants and to the Kirkpatrick Foundation for making this event possible.
http://www.archfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/National-Urban-Ecosystems-Forum-Report-web.pdf
Taking place over three days, the City Managers' Design Academy provides an opportunity for city managers to present design & planning challenges from their city and receive feedback & guidance from top professionals in the field.
On September 28 and 29, 2017, the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and the Kirkpatrick Foundation convened the first National Urban Ecosystems Forum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
During this two-day forum, multi-disciplinary thought leaders from Oklahoma City and 12 cities across the United States shared urban development projects that successfully address the opportunities and ongoing challenges for the coexistence of nature and the city.
Today's : Oklahoma has the greatest biodiversity of any landlocked state in the USA, with more species of plants, animals & bugs.
Here's our fifth : Not only are Flaming Lips from Oklahoma City, but their song "Do You Realize?" is the state's official rock song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXWt2ESxVY
The Flaming Lip's official music video for "Do You Realize??" from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The Flaming Lips' new album, The Terror is out ...
Today's : One hour after the city's founding during the Land Run of 1889, the population grew to 10K. http://bit.ly/2wRvaOB
Third : Oklahoma City averages more than 300 days of sunshine per year.
Here is our second : The first ever shopping cart was invented and then used in in 1937 at the Standard Food Markets!
Here is our first : Oklahoma City is home to the American Banjo Museum which has a collection of 300+ banjos valued at $3.5 million.
Our with Kirkpatrick Foundation in Oklahoma City is just one week away! In anticipation, we will be sharing a fun fact about every day for the next week, so stay tuned!
AAF is excited to announce that in just two weeks we will be bringing 21 thought leaders from 12 cities across the country to Oklahoma City for the first National Urban Ecosystems Forum, in partnership with the Kirkpatrick Foundation!
http://www.archfoundation.org/2017/09/national-urban-ecology-forum/
WASHINGTON D.C. (September 11, 2017) — The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and Kirkpatrick Foundation will convene the … >
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The Application Deadline for the African American Civil Rights Grant Program is September 29, 2017. Learn more here:
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AAF President & CEO Ronald E. Bogle accepting an award for 15 years of service from Board Chair John Syvertsen at our 2017 Accent on Architecture Gala.
Check out our new website for the upcoming National Summit on Design & Urban Mobility, May 10-12, 2017.
The National Summit on Design & Urban Mobility will focus on the nexus of public policy, urban planning, and innovative technology.
As National Endowment for the Arts's partner for 20 years for the Mayors' Institute on City Design program, we'd like to share this news.
Today we learned that the President’s FY 2018 budget blueprint proposes the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. We are disappointed because we see our funding actively making a difference with individuals of all ages in thousands of communities, large, small, urban and rural, and in…
Have expertise to share? Then EDspaces wants to hear from you. Submit your presentation proposal now. http://www.ed-spaces.com/education/call-for-presentations/
EDspaces is seeking high-quality education content and presenters whose focus is the needs of educational facility professionals.
We sat down with author, entrepreneur, and transportation expert Gabe Klein to discuss Start-Up City, his recent book about new public-private partnership models, including for autonomous transportation, that can catalyze positive, lasting change for cities and the planet.
Learn about his new book, Start-Up City, as well as new public-private partnership models, including for autonomous transportation.
Congratulations to Tim Dufault, a member of our Board of Regents, on being named a Fellow of the The American Institute of Architects!
Express rail to Chicago O’Hare airport once again floated by Mayor Emanuel
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reiterated his intentions to have a high-speed express rail built between O’Hare international airport and the city’s downtown.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown DC – the only Mies structure in the city – is getting some updates.
A preview of what the Washington, D.C., building will look like when it reopens in 2020.
"In a growing city, a vacant house is an asset. In a shrinking one, it is a menace."
A block of North Bradford Street will be ripped down as the city lays waste to its blight and its history.
Science is more important than ever. Read about how the Manhattan Project led to "a mirror of Americanness" based around scientific cooperation, in The Aspen Institute's "What Every American Should Know" highlight of this Save America's Treasures project.
The work of refugees helped the US change the scientific world.
Check out this new school in the Bronx whose construction incorporated design thinking.
A new facility in the Bronx provides a stimulating place to learn, socialize, and engage with nature.
This house plays with angles in a way that almost – but not quite – suggests a pyramid.
Completed in 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Images by Simon Menges, Laurian Ghinitoiu, Christina Möller. Tucked away in the inner courtyard of a block in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, an unusual residential house has emerged: With it’s steep...
How can you help transform education for the 21st century? Join the active learning movement and consider applying to or sharing the Active Learning Center (ALC) grant.
With your help, together with Steelcase Education, we will find and award active learning classrooms to the next schools, colleges and universities that are looking to innovate and introduce active learning environments to their students and educators.
Consider sharing this opportunity with your contacts who are teachers, professors and educators. Each school that is awarded will receive a new active learning classroom valued at $65,000 through the ALC grant program.
Steelcase Education seeks partners in active learning who are ready to use their physical classroom space to advance learning in new and important ways.
If you haven't already, check out our new website for Design for Learning and read up on our Fifth National Summit on School Design.
Design for Learning will convene in Denver, Colorado in March 2017 to host the National Summit on School Design. Learn how to sponsor and support the DfL movement.
Architecture can make us feel good. Learn how:
How can architects, designers, retailers and city planners embrace a new vernacular that delivers places that leave us feeling better about our lives? Our fourth Quality of Life Conference film explores the notion.
Read about the Sewall-Belmont House, and how "everyone can learn from the history of the women’s suffrage movement," in The Aspen Institute's "What Every American Should Know" highlight of this Save America's Treasures project.
The recent election has brought many democratic issues into stark relief.
Our National Summit on School Design is coming up soon. Learn more about it on our new website.
Design for Learning will convene in Denver, Colorado in March 2017 to host the National Summit on School Design. Learn how to sponsor and support the DfL movement.
Head over to Sasaki's blog to learn more about our City Managers' Design Academy from earlier this month and principal Gina Ford's take on "landscape as urban catalyst."
Sasaki principal Gina Ford, ASLA participated in a City Managers’ Design Academy (CMDA) work session. A complement to the Mayors’ I ...
Check out the new Design for Learning website!
Design for Learning is an initative of the American Architectural Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering leaders to improve lives and transform communities through architecture and design.
Have a look at the new website for Design for Learning and learn about our upcoming National Summit on School Design!
Design for Learning will convene in Denver, Colorado in March 2017 to host the National Summit on School Design. Learn how to sponsor and support the DfL movement.
Rebuilding a victim of urban renewal
The Mercado District takes its urban design and architecture cues from Tucson's historic adobe neighborhoods.
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