Culture

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  Miami Beach Square by Bjarke Ingels Group

  Miami Beach Square—a 52-acre redevelopment proposal by BIG with West 8, Fentress, and JPA—would replace the Miami Beach Convention Center.

   
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  Edmund Bacon Biography by Gregory Heller

  Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics and the Building of Modern Philadelphia, a new biography by Gregory L. Heller, explores his role as a Philadelphia planner and as a third way between the visions of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses.

   
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  Across the Institute

  Dallas, Seattle, Denver, and New York

   
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  Win Tickets for the AIA Austin Integrated Design Workshop with John Boecker

  Answer Austin architecture trivia to win tickets to the "Integrated Design for Achieving Maximum Building Performance" workshop on May 9 and a chance for tickets to the AIA Austin 2013 Homes Tour.

   
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  Questions Mounting for Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Exhibition

  Architects participating in 'A New Sculpturalism' at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles are moving forward with their plans, even as reports emerge that Frank Gehry's departure may undermine the exhibit.

   
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  See, Save, and Celebrate Our Historic Buildings

  In with the new, but hang on to and care for the old as well--that's the message of Preservation Month taking place throughout May.

   
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  What Los Angeles Might Have Looked Like

  Cities are not only the sum of their parts but also a poignant collection of paths not taken. A new exhibit designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles reassembles the film on the cutting room floor and imagines the metropolis that might have been.

   
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  Swinging at the National Building Museum

  In its vast building in downtown Washington, D.C., the National Building Museum will host two mini golf courses designed and built by local capital area talent.

   
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  Exhibition: The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank

  Now on view in Washington, D.C., a tribute to a Swedish Modern trailblazer.

   
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  'ARCHITECT Live' Co-Hosts Revealed

  Amanda Gann and Karen Tang will join Stephen Chung as co-hosts at the 2013 AIA National Convention.