With any research endeavor, one must come up with a hypothesis of how and why things might work. The gathering of facts and precedents allows us to validate our research so that we may come to a firm conclusion. My Kagan research was focused around the idea of moving this process forward, which directly impacts […]
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By Mark Palmer I was more than a little nervous. I was nervous because I was about to present in front of some of the best and brightest colleagues I have at RTKL. I was nervous because the presentation included a handful of ideas that were critical of the way we operate as a design […]
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By Nora Nilsen I have recently returned from my diagonal trip across the US, where I started in California and ended up in Vermont. My itinerary was formed by Gallup’s Well-Being Index, and I chose to visit cities that were either at the top or bottom of the happiness list. I still have a lot of […]
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From the very beginning of my Kagan proposal, I had a feeling that measuring the effect that architecture has on happiness would be difficult. I was right. As I stated in my last post, my main research objective is to travel to a selection of the happiest and saddest cities in the US and investigate […]
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The Leonard Kagan Design Fellowship honors the legacy of RTKL’s Leonard Kagan and the huge contributions he made to the firm in the area of design. The Kagan Fellowship was conceived to celebrate the spirit of exploration as an integral part the creative process. This year’s Kagan focuses on measurable improvement—the audacious idea that anything […]
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The Leonard Kagan Design Fellowship honors the legacy of RTKL’s Leonard Kagan and the huge contributions he made to the firm in the area of design. The Kagan Fellowship was conceived to celebrate the spirit of exploration as an integral part the creative process. This year’s Kagan focuses on measurable improvement—the audacious idea that anything […]
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The Leonard Kagan Design Fellowship honors the legacy of RTKL’s Leonard Kagan and the huge contributions he made to the firm in the area of design. The Kagan Fellowship was conceived to celebrate the spirit of exploration as an integral part the creative process. This year’s Kagan focuses on measurable improvement—the audacious idea that anything […]
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