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Futurist Friday: The Flood Next Time

Bjarke Ingels BIG architects in Copenhagen, won a federal competition to design storm protection for New York City. In this article he speaks about how his work in geoengineering is …

Wordless Wednesday: Microhousing

#Sustainable #Self-Sufficient #architecture #microhousing  Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on …

Wordless Wednesday: Mission Impossible Engineering

#FutureArchitecture #London #UrbanDensity Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s Pinterest Boa…

The Sustainability “Myth”

Here’s something I’ve been wondering about: are social service and cultural nonprofits really the same species? Sure, we’re united by our 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, but beyond that, …

Wordless Wednesday: Friendly Alien Museums

#Museum #Photovoltaics #Austria Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s Pinterest Boa…

The Future of Funding – Revisited

One of the best things about attending the annual AAM meeting is the serendipitous networking that takes place 24/7. For example, as I ran from event to event one evening, I connected for …

Cafeteria Connections: Some food for thought and thought for food

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2015 edition of the Museum magazine.  We have become a nation of food-obsessed individuals. A glance at television’s offerings reveals that …

Food Forward: Eat and drink trends in museums

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2015 edition of the Museum magazine. Museums today are leveraging eating, drinking and tasting in new ways for visitors. Institutions …

Beyond Four Walls: A conversation with Peter Kim about creating a museum of food and community

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2015 edition of the Museum magazine. Good projects never really end—they flow into the future with all sorts of serendipitous consequences. …
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