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C.C. Sullivan
C.C. Sullivan
Columnist, Architecture
C.C. Sullivan is principal of a marketing and advertising agency by the same name focused on the shelter, construction and architectural markets. Formerly, he was chief editor of the magazines Architecture and Building Design & Construction, and launched the Home of the Year awards with Metropolitan Home. He holds a degree from Yale University and previously worked for the architects Tai Soo Kim, Emery Roth & Sons, and Angel Fernandez Alba (Madrid).
C.C. Sullivan
In addition to working as a journalist, C.C. Sullivan owns a marketing consulting business by the same name and is a partner in SullivanMumford LLC. (A list of clients can be found here and here.) In the unusual event that his writing mentions a company or organization for which he currently provides or previously provided any editorial or marketing services, he will disclose that fact. He will also do the same should he cover any companies in which he holds stocks or other investments.
He writes for SmartPlanet, but is not an employee of CBS.
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In architecture, is 3D printing the new normal?
Are 3D printers worth the price? C.C. Sullivan of SmartPlanet asks architects at the AIA convention and hears that the future of design is fully three-dimensional.
2 | May 17, 2012 3:45am |
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Lightfair 2012: LEDs climb higher, switches make energy
SmartPlanet's architecture observer C.C. Sullivan previews Lightfair 2012 in Las Vegas and sees real innovation, including better LED fixtures and wireless lighting controls.
May 3, 2012 5:49am |
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In Milan, sober thoughts temper design impulses
The news from Milan: With noteworthy exceptions, designers and architects see furniture designs with a conscience, for a change, C.C. Sullivan reports.
April 19, 2012 4:19am |
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Solving the next energy crisis, a million houses at a time
Proven ways to solve U.S. energy woes -- and create jobs -- emerge from an efficiency guru's keynote at BEST3, a building conference held this week in Atlanta, reports SmartPlanet's C.C. Sullivan.
17 | April 5, 2012 4:06am |
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Coworkers of the world, unite! Better architecture for co-work
As coworking starts to overtake the work world, SmartPlanet columnist C.C. Sullivan admonishes U.S. architects to take on the challenge and design better workplaces for tomorrow's collaborative...
2 | March 22, 2012 4:07am |
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Women in architecture celebrate today, worldwide
The Astute Architect columnist C.C. Sullivan travels to Washington today to celebrate women in architecture as part of International Women's Day, and sees politics mixing with design.
March 8, 2012 3:59am |
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Nano-advances behind new architectural products
A decade of nanotechnology advances should be revolutionizing building construction, as three new materials show. But architects and product makers have been slow to make it happen, says...
3 | March 1, 2012 3:21am |
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Middle East architecture surprises in New York
C.C. Sullivan previews two new shows in New York on Middle Eastern architecture, including works by Frank Lloyd Wright from the 1950s and 120 contemporary projects.
February 23, 2012 4:30am |
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In Florida, a look at the new American home
The latest homebuilder's show home in Winter Park, Florida, teaches a few lessons in how we design today, columnist C.C. Sullivan writes.
February 16, 2012 3:14am |
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California Mods inspire material study in Los Angeles
SmartPlanet's C.C. Sullivan visits "California Design" in Los Angeles and brings back ideas on the materials and manufacturing that made it all happen.
February 9, 2012 5:39am |
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Dutch materials feast for architects
Columnist C.C. Sullivan drops in on Material Xperience 2012 in Rotterdam to discover new materials and design ideas that could change how architects work.
February 2, 2012 4:30am |
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Back against the wall: A new energy crisis
New energy codes are radically changing building design, often in unseen ways, says SmartPlanet's resident architecture columnist, C.C. Sullivan. Will the changes be permanent?
1 | January 26, 2012 3:30am |
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Good Design awards: Too much of a good thing?
No so good? A critique of the Chicago Athenaeum's "Good Design" awards by SmartPlanet columnist C.C. Sullivan suggests a way to make the good a little better.
January 19, 2012 4:04am |
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Swimming against the tide of water conservation
We need to save water with better building technology, writes SmartPlanet columnist C.C. Sulivan, but our behaviors -- and new "full-flow" thinking -- threaten our sustainable future.
3 | January 12, 2012 3:37am |
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Rental America: Multifamily housing mutates and multiplies
What do Texas donuts, outdoor rooms and robot stores have in common? SmartPlanet contributor C.C. Sullivan says they're just a few innovative ideas architects are bringing to new apartment...
3 | January 5, 2012 3:42am |
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Glass I-beams and rooftops: The cold-bent truth
SmartPlanet columnist C.C. Sullivan reviews new technologies for glass buildings, including large glass panels and even unsupported glass-only structures. New buildings like Capital Gate in Dubai...
1 | December 29, 2011 5:07am |
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2012 forecasts: Architects (and allies) see recovery
Columnist C.C. Sullivan says architects and other construction experts believe 2012 could be a good year for the building industry.
1 | December 22, 2011 6:45am |
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Concrete thinking: New ideas for age-old material
Concrete is an age-old material, but new additives and high-tech ideas are making it newer than ever. SmartPlanet expert columnist C.C. Sullivan reviews five of the latest trends for concrete...
5 | December 15, 2011 8:10am |
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Architects: make buildings, not products
Architects want to design building products. Manufacturers seem willing to gamble -- which is usually not the best idea, columnist C.C. Sullivan argues.
December 8, 2011 5:31am |
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New school designs learn from zoos, museums, wine and nature
Architects working in the education sector may be the zaniest innovators around. But it's all to rethink learning, columnist C.C. Sullivan writes.
1 | December 1, 2011 3:56am |