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Is Your Architectural Firm Failing?
A Framework for Recognition and Recovery Jim Collins’ book, How the Mighty Fall, presents a transformative framework for understanding organizational decline, providing a perspective that can be applied to architectural practices. While architects often focus on creativity and innovation, the same principles that apply to corporate giants are equally critical to smaller design firms. This…
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The Right to Sanitation: Leveraging the Public Urination Crisis
The global crisis of public urination, a persistent urban blight, has plagued cities for centuries. Despite the UN SDG’s recognition of sanitation as a fundamental human right, the issue remains unresolved, even in areas with public toilets. In cities where such facilities are scarce or inaccessible, the problem is exacerbated. While societal attitudes and personal…
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The Genius Architecture of Shibam: Yemen
A Timeless Model of Sustainable and Human-Centric Design Nestled in Yemen’s Hadhramaut region, Shibam stands as a testament to human ingenuity and a model of sustainable and human-centric design. Renowned for its towering mudbrick buildings, some reaching up to 11 stories, the city showcases how ancient communities thrived by working in harmony with their environment.…