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4:49
Matthew Mazzotta
Playful, wondrous public spaces built for community and possibility
10:13
Elizabeth Diller
A stealthy reimagining of urban public space
5:05
Stefan Al
What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees?
11:07
Amanda Schochet
How bumble bees inspired a network of tiny museums
17:06
Eli Pariser
What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?
4:04
Janelle Peters
How Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles
5:05
Brian A. Pavlac
Ugly History: Witch Hunts
4:57
Brian D. Avery
How rollercoasters affect your body
5:13
Krishna Sudhir
How do cigarettes affect the body?
14:14
Walter Hood
How urban spaces can preserve history and build community
14:01
Ian Firth
Bridges should be beautiful
6:41
tobacco brown
What gardening taught me about life
13:33
John Cary
How architecture can create dignity for all
12:57
Christian Benimana
The next generation of African architects and designers
8:39
Karoliina Korppoo
How a video game might help us build better cities
12:18
Daan Roosegaarde
A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs
14:20
Peter Calthorpe
7 principles for building better cities
12:39
Justin Davidson
Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead
12:46
Siamak Hariri
How do you build a sacred space?
11:55
Jeanne Gang
Buildings that blend nature and city
11:53
Dan Bell
Inside America's dead shopping malls
10:25
Marwa Al-Sabouni
How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war
15:38
Michael Murphy
Architecture that's built to heal
7:20
Tom Hulme
What can we learn from shortcuts?
5:30
Magda Sayeg
How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement
16:26
Ole Scheeren
Why great architecture should tell a story
18:37
Jeff Speck
4 ways to make a city more walkable
6:20
Candy Chang
Before I die I want to ...
15:56
Antony Gormley
Sculpted space, within and without
11:35
Wolfgang Kessling
How to air-condition outdoor spaces
6:31
JR
One year of turning the world inside out
5:41
Robert Hammond
Building a park in the sky
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