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  • Site Visit with Bear Mountain Woodworking

    by Shera Nuss June 13, 2013
    June 13, 2013

    Our 6th Home School series giveaway with Brooklyn Based is up and running (yay!), which makes now the perfect time to introduce…

  • Scope of Work Case Study

    by Shera Nuss March 21, 2013
    March 21, 2013

    How much work goes into a renovation? Renovation projects always involve a lot more work than meets the eye — and this…

  • Measurement Room

    by Jean March 10, 2011
    March 10, 2011

    Another simple clear way to understand scale and proportion. Mel Bochner, Measurement Room 1969, installed at the Museum of Modern Art, 2009…

  • Let’s Color Project by Dulux

    by Jean March 3, 2011
    March 3, 2011

    The Let’s Colour Project is a worldwide initiative from Dulux, Dulux Valentine, Coral, Flexa and Marshall to transform grey spaces with colorful paint.…

  • $500 at Detroit’s Foreclosure Auction gets you a house

    by Jean June 22, 2010
    June 22, 2010

    University of Michigan’s Architecture Department used the house for 5 beautiful architectural experiments. (via Core 77)

  • Warning: Construction Zone

    by Nalina May 24, 2010
    May 24, 2010

    Each year the Metropolitan Museum of Art commissions an artwork for their rooftop terrace. I stopped by the museum last week for…

  • Hard Hats. Strong Women. Building the Future.

    by Jean May 3, 2010
    May 3, 2010

    I’m on the mailing list of NEW and received the below as an email celebrating  Equal Pay Day and I wanted to…

  • Construction is messy

    by Jean March 30, 2010
    March 30, 2010

    Construction, and specifically remodeling,  is messy.  This is a fact I am finally coming to accept. My first floor is being painted after three years,…

  • Construction 1000

    by Jean March 16, 2010
    March 16, 2010

    The main public library at Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street is undergoing some exterior work, the protective covering makes it look like…

  • The King of Brooklyn….Construction!

    by Jean January 22, 2010
    January 22, 2010

    Brooklyn Apartment Building Construction Site I found this over the summer. Someone clearly had made it in a spontaneous gesture of love…

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