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We speak to Rheaply founder Garry Cooper Jr

Rheaply redefines circular economy in architecture On Earth Day 2022, we speak to Rheaply founder Garry Cooper Jr about his innovative business that tackles reuse and upcycling in architecture and construction When a building gets demolished, or refurbished, what happens to its parts? They might get destroyed, or just thrown away to the back of a junkyard, never to be …

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Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Gets a New Director

Buffeted by charges of sexism and racism over the last two years, the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday announced the appointment of Maria Nicanor, a specialist in architecture and design, as the next director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan. She starts March 21. Nicanor, 41, has been executive director of the Rice Design Alliance at Rice University’s …

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When Alice Cooper Saved a Fan’s Home Painted in His Honor

In November 1992, Patrick Kelly and his family were in a sad state of affairs. The home they had purchased five years earlier was facing foreclosure, and they had no way to make payments on their mortgage. In a fit of frustration – or was it artistic brilliance? – Kelly spray-painted the entire house in psychedelic colors, along with images of …

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