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• Happy Place

  Firms will find themselves under increasing pressure to loosen the constraints of the typical workday. This shift won’t be easy, but it will be necessary.

• Austerity Bites

  The government is cutting back on new construction and is selling off prime real estate. Will the private sector step in and use that to create jobs?

• Miracle on the Potomac

  The National Park Service announced the short lists for firms competing to redesign portions of the National Mall.

• Equity & Income

  Judging from the AIA's 2011 Compensation Report, firm leaders have been making the sacrifice necessary to their future.

• Sea Change Confessional

  I remember when I awoke to the need for humanitarian architecture.

• Goose Bumps and Ballyhoo

  When the news seems hopeless, I focus my mind and find solace in the recollection of great design.

• Get to Work

  Vital infrastructure improvement is a surefire way to get more Americans on the payrolls and invest in the future.

• A New Morality

  Climate change is changing the world, and part of being a good citizen will be how each of us reduces our carbon output.

• Good Times

  Cabrini-Green is now gone, and Chicago embarks on a new public-private era of public housing.

• We're Number One: Fatter Than Our Peers

  When it comes to weight, America is top of the charts. It’s no surprise: we eat the wrong food (and too much of it); we move too little. Could better design help fight obesity?