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Christopher Alexander died on March 17, leaving behind a towering legacy of influence on the fields of architecture, planning, and urban design.
A video tour of artist Rehab El Sadek's exhibition "Pattern Language" at Women & Their Work in Austin, Texas.
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By Michael S. Hopkins Correspondent After the pandemic upended so much, even the weirdest things – pig races, machete juggling, fried banana stands – are normalizing. Yes, we’re talking about the fair, here again after a pandemic-induced hiatus. And if not in your county or state, perhaps the next one over. Fairs are one of humanity’s oldest traditions, and for those making the trek to attend one, it can invoke “archetypal narratives that we intuitively crave, the tale of leaving town and encountering ‘the other.’ It’s the story of the hero’s metamorphosis,...
Originally published in December, 2020. Thanks to prolonged isolation, we now experience much of our lives online, but disinformation, polarization over the reality of the pandemic, and politics have led to a less than healthy virtual environment. Deb Roy, a professor at MIT and the executive director of the MIT Media Lab, has many ideas about how to better design these spaces in order to mitigate their potentially harmful effects. His research aims to find ways to reimagine social networks, for better learning and meaningful dialogue. Roy spoke with Spark host Nora Young about how to impr...