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Food for Thinkers: I Like Coke

Architect Dan Maginn considers the precise conditions under which Coke becomes a perfectly designed object—a Truly Memorable, Great Coke.

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Square Feat: Sustainable Shoes

While we're on the subject of affordable housing, let's talk about sustainable design, for the two walk hand in hand. But...

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Square Feat: Fancy Steps

In my first two entries on affordable housing, we looked at how the size of your house dramatically affects its cost. In this...

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Square Feat: Foot Steps

When it comes to building affordably, small is good. This much you know, because well-meaning but grumpy people such as myself have told you this....

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Square Feat: Affordable Feet

Guest writer Dan Maginn is a principal with el dorado inc, an architecture firm in Kansas City, Missouri. This four part series, "Square...

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