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Decoding Design
Reena Jana
Reena Jana
Contributing Editor
Reena Jana has written for the New York Times, Wired, Harvard Business Review online, Fast Company, Architectural Record, Artforum, Time Out New York, Harper's Bazaar, and GQ. Previously, she was the innovation department editor at BusinessWeek. She holds degrees from Columbia University and Barnard College.
Reena Jana
Reena occasionally consults with companies, and when her writing discusses a corporation or other organization with which she has worked, she will disclose this fact. Reena does not hold any investments in the companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Sun Joo Kim
Sun Joo Kim
Contributing Editor
Sun Joo Kim is an architect and creative consultant based in Boston. Her projects include design and master planning of museums, public institutions, hospitals, and university buildings across the U.S. She holds a degree from Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Sun Joo Kim
Sun Joo is an independent architectural designer who contracts with design firms. She does not hold any investments in the companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Beth Carter
Beth Carter
Contributing Editor
Beth Carter is a freelance journalist based in New York City. She has worked for Catalyst magazine, the New York Times Syndicate, BBC Travel and Wired. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and New York University.
Beth Carter
Beth does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers in her writing.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Contributing Editor
Mary Catherine O'Connor has written for Fast Company, Wired, Outside, Entrepreneur, Earth2Tech, Earth Island Journal and The Bold Italic. She is based in San Francisco.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine has written white papers and marketing material for technology companies and will not write about companies with which is actively engaged. She will disclose any instances in which her work mentions companies for which she has worked. Mary Catherine does not hold any investments in the companies that she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 10-2011
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Smithsonian American Indian Museum awarded LEED silver rating
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian was awarded the US Green Building Council’s LEED silver rating, making it the first of the Smithsonian museums to be honored.
October 31, 2011, 8:48 PM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Europe’s first bridge made from recycled plastic
In Scotland, a bridge made from recycled plastic leads the way to civic scale infrastructure projects using recycled materials.
October 31, 2011, 6:04 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Around the globe, ‘design weeks’ boost local economies
From Beijing to Salt Lake City, increasing numbers of cities are following the leads of Milan and London and hosting design weeks. The goal: to encourage growth in their local creative industries.
October 30, 2011, 8:34 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Texas architecture firm designs prefab, LEED certified homes
Designed by San Antonio based Lake|Flato, the Porch House is a new hybrid of prefabricated, modular, and custom.
October 30, 2011, 7:50 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Q&A: London Design Festival director Ben Evans
Ben Evans, director of the London Design Festival, talks about the economic influence that creative industries have on cities and nations — and why it’s important to nurture young...
October 28, 2011, 7:23 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Re-imagining New York’s East River waterfront
An ideas contest calls for new visions for Manhattans east side waterfront area, giving designers a opportunity to re-think greenways as well as the city’s relationship with water.
October 28, 2011, 7:05 PM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Marlins pitching first retractable-roof Silver LEED sports stadium
Whoever said jocks aren’t eco-conscious? If all goes as planned, the Miami Marlins will be kicking off their 2012 season in a Silver-rated LEED stadium — the first such stadium in the...
October 27, 2011, 11:05 PM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Four hotels that rethink hospitality design
A roundup of imaginative hotels around the world.
October 27, 2011, 8:07 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Cape Town named World Design Capital for 2014
Cape Town, South Africa, will be the fourth World Design Capital, taking the title for 2014. The honor will likely spark new tourism and government and corporate support to help drive the...
October 27, 2011, 11:43 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Finalists in National Mall redesign contest announced
The National Mall is often called America’s front yard. That being the case, we’re overdue for some serious yard work, which top U.S. architects are vying to perform.
October 27, 2011, 10:18 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor