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    Curitiba’s Mr. Clean

    Community, Environmental Design

    Brazilian mayor Jaime Lerner’s green urban planning improved the quality of life in Curitiba and continues to inspire the rest of world.

     
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    Bus Shelter House

    Poverty, Environmental Design

    Case Study A prototype for a bus stop doubling as an emergency night time shelter makes the urban landscape less hostile to its homeless.

     
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    Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project

    Community, Environmental Design

    Case Study Seoul’s urban landscape gains green public space and recovers a piece of its past when a highway is removed to restore the river it once covered.

     
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    Global Village Shelters

    Aid, Environmental Design

    Case Study Sturdy and easy-to-assemble emergency shelters provide a protective environment that functions and feels like a real home.

     
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    House of Dance & Feathers

    Arts & Culture, Environmental Design

    Case Study A vital yet underexposed part of New Orleans’ cultural heritage is saved after students rebuild a local museum in the Ninth Ward.

     
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    TAF 21st Century Learning Center

    Education, Environmental Design

    Case Study The Technology Access Foundation’s higher education center for minority and disadvantaged youth gets a sustainable make-over.

     
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    Wall for Peace

    Peace, Environmental Design

    Case Study An interactive monument in Paris serves as a worldwide message board for people to express their desire for peace.

     
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    A New Life by Design

    Community, Environmental Design

    Government When a small industrial Swedish town faced unemployment and depression, it reshaped its identity through arts and design.

     
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    Local Heroes

    Poverty, Environmental Design

    Non-Profit By changing the world one village at a time, Millennium Promise shows that poverty can be eradicated faster than we think.

     
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    Housing Works

    Community, Environmental Design

    Company When a Mexican cement company faced a financial crisis, they built a new future by investing in the country’s poorest residents.