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Excavating the Future
All told, the Eaton and Palisades fires destroyed more than 16,000 structures. For many, the rebuilding process starts below grade, going beyond ground-up. San Francisco–based construction company FORMA has taken on one such project, marking their first commission in Los Angeles. Excavating for a full basement, FORMA installed perimeter soldier piles to serve as a...
Model Home
How do you make a 105-unit condo building feel like home? At Bergen Brooklyn, a new development in Boerum Hill, a team led by Taller Frida Escobedo is achieving that effect with natural masonry, a private grove, and a rippling facade designed to maximize light. How do you capture that in a tabletop model? This…
Unlocked: Real Estate Development & Investment Workshop
In April 2023, we invited Brick & Wonder members to join an online Workshop on Real Estate Development and Investment. Below, we are unlocking this valuable discussion to give non-members an exclusive look at the programming Brick & Wonder members can access. Many professionals working in the built environment have skills, experience, network, and capital relationships that make…
Design With Love: A Conversation with Katie Swenson
Members gathered for a conversation with Katie Swenson, Senior Principal at MASS Design Group and author of Design With Love: At Home In America.
Workshop Review – Telling Your Story
Mark & Tyler from 1504 Studio led a Workshop aimed to demystify the process of constructing compelling narratives.
From the Architect: How Transparency Transformed our Firm
In architecture school, we were always taught to keep our knowledge and ideas hidden under a veil of secrecy from other architects – and certainly from our clients. I assumed that it was based on the idea that if we isolated ourselves from other professionals, our art wouldn’t be affected by their influences. Or maybe…
