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Madrid in pictures: an architect shares his Spain

29-year-old Iñaki Romero Larrea describes himself as an "urbanist before architect." As one of the five members of design and architecture collective Paisaje Transversal, he is particularly interested in figuring out how to revitalize Spain's cities without indulging in the time-consuming traditional bid process or incurring exorbitant construct...
Posted September 22, 2013
https://ideas.ted.com/through-the-eyes-of-an-architect-madrid-in-pictures

My City: Life as a blind architect in San Francisco

On St. Patrick’s Day in 2008, Chris Downey, an architect, planner and consultant who lives in Piedmont, California, some 10 miles east of San Francisco, reported to the hospital for surgery to remove a brain tumor. The procedure was a success. But two days later, his sight started to fail. On the third day, it was gone. Remarkably, Downey m...
Posted December 4, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/12/04/my-city-life-as-a-blind-architect-in-san-francisco

Architecture infused with fractals: how TED speaker Ron Eglash inspired architect Xavier Vilalta

If you look closely at the Lideta Mercato -- a shopping mall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, designed by TED Fellow Xavier Vilalta -- you will notice a unique pattern on its skin, inspired by the beautiful, bold patterns found on Ethiopian women’s dresses. But if you look closer, you will also notice something else: that the design is based on fra...
Posted October 25, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/10/25/architecture-infused-with-fractals-ron-eglash-and-xavier-vilalta

Process, a new role for the architect: Michael Hansmeyer at TEDGlobal 2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson As an architect, Michael Hansmeyer asks, "What is the origin of the forms we design?" And he asks: "What kind of forms would we design if we had no bias, if we had no preconception? What kind of forms would we design if we could free ourselves from our education?" "How," he says, "Would we go about creating...
Posted June 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/06/28/process-a-new-role-for-the-architect-michael-hansmeyer-at-tedglobal-2012

Chris Downey: My life as a blind architect in San Francisco

On St. Patrick’s Day in 2008, Chris Downey, an architect in Piedmont, California, reported to the hospital for surgery to remove a brain tumor. The procedure was a success. But two days later, his sight started to fail. On the third day, it was gone. Yet as he tells Alison Prato, Downey never once thought of giving up his work in architecture....
Posted September 30, 2013
https://ideas.ted.com/my-city-life-as-a-blind-architect-in-san-francisco

Skyscrapers are boring: One architect against the tyranny of the tower

Architect Ole Scheeren fights against the rigid hierarchy of the skyscraper. When Ole Scheeren (TED Talk: Why great architecture should tell a story) unveiled his design for a complex of residential towers in Singapore, his clients were stunned. “There was a moment of silence, and I could feel that there was a degree of disbelief in the room.” ...
Posted January 14, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/skyscrapers-are-boring-one-architect-against-the-tyranny-of-the-tower

The informal as inspiration for rethinking urban spaces: architect Teddy Cruz shares 5 projects

In today's talk, Teddy Cruz looks at San Diego-Tijuana border, where some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States are just a short drive from some of the poorest communities in Mexico. As used materials flow from San Diego to Tijuana, transforming the kinds of structures created there, people move from Tijuana to San Diego, retrofit...
Posted February 5, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/02/05/architect-teddy-cruz-shares-5-projects

A model of possibility: Tiq Milan on being the architect of his own destiny

Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin Milan brought warmth and light to the TEDWomen stage in 2016, sharing their vision of queer love and possibility. As a Black trans activist, writer and media maker, Tiq Milan expands the cultural imaginary on what it is to live beyond the margins. It's an interesting time to be Tiq; he's working on a book, just compl...
Posted August 16, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/08/16/a-model-of-possibility-tiq-milan-on-being-the-architect-of-his-own-destiny

Remembering Ross Langdon: TEDx speaker and humanitarian architect killed in Nairobi attack

On September 21, gunmen attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, killing at least 67 people, with many others still missing. We are extraordinarily saddened to hear that among the victims of this violence were TEDxKraków speaker Ross Langdon and his partner Elif Yavuz. Ross, an architect by trade, gave a beautiful talk at TEDxKraków 2012 abou...
Posted September 30, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/09/30/remembering-ross-langdon-tedx-speaker-and-humanitarian-architect-killed-in-nairobi-attack

Inside-out: Fellows Friday with Lucy McRae

Lucy McRae (watch her TED Talk) is a "body architect" – an artist who straddles the worlds of fashion, technology and the body. Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, her work invents and builds structures on the skin that reshape the human silhouette, creating provocative and often grotesquely beautiful imagery. Tell us about your h...
Posted April 13, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/04/13/inside-out-fellows-friday-with-lucy-mcrae

Meet the TED2012 Fellows!

Today, TED is thrilled to announce the 25 new members of 2012's TED Fellows class and 12 new Senior Fellows. A Lebanese open-source hardware inventor, a French computational architect and the founder of Skillshare.com are among 25 members of 2012's class of new TED Fellows. Twelve new Senior Fellows from seven countries, selected for two mor...
Posted October 25, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/10/25/meet-the-ted2012-fellows

TED Names 2011 Fellows, Senior Fellows

We're thrilled to announce the 19 members of 2011's TED Fellows class. Founded in January 2009, the TED Fellows program handpicks world-changing innovators from around the globe, and brings them to the TED stage – literally and figuratively – to raise international awareness of their remarkable work. TED also announces today its 2011 Senior ...
Posted December 15, 2010
https://blog.ted.com/2010/12/15/ted-names-2011-fellows-senior-fellows

Constructing kinetic worlds: the futuristic films of TED Fellow Kibwe Tavares

Kibwe Tavares combines his training as an architect with his love of storytelling and animation to create futuristic 3D animated/live action films with social and political depth, creating incredibly detailed, vivid, and kinetic visual environments to entice audiences. His short film, Robots of Brixton, distributed on the internet, won a speci...
Posted February 28, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/28/constructing-kinetic-worlds-the-futuristic-films-of-ted-fellow-kibwe-tavares

Lineup of speakers for TEDCity2.0, unveiled

Around the world, cities are growing at an exceptionally fast clip. As the oft-quoted statistic goes, by 2030, 6 out of every 10 people on the planet will live in a city. So how do we make sure our urban areas are filled with beauty, complexity and possibility rather than simply with overcrowding? TED is pleased to announce TEDCity2.0, a one-...
Posted August 8, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/08/08/lineup-of-speakers-for-tedcity2-0-unveiled

Cool timelapse: Building Paper City 2.0 at TEDActive

Watch Theo Jemison’s video of artist Kiel Johnson’s installation “Everyone’s an Architect” at TEDActive 2012. See how the project grows throughout the week, with dozens of collaborators stopping by or spending long hours to help build Johnson’s charming cardboard city -- lit up with LEDs powered by human foot traffic and a hand-cranked gener...
Posted March 16, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/03/16/cool-timelapse-building-paper-city-2-0-at-tedactive

The proud, the few: the 2013 TED Fellows

TED2013’s tagline is: “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.” And this year’s class of TED Fellows will be representing all three. The TED Fellows program brings together young innovators from around the globe, all with insightful, bold ideas that have the potential to influence our world. In addition to attending TED2013, the Fellows will ...
Posted November 8, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/08/the-proud-the-few-the-2013-ted-fellows

Meet the TEDGlobal 2011 speakers

Announcing the speaker lineup for TEDGlobal 2011 -- happening July 11-15, 2011, in Edinburgh, and via webcast around the world. The 12 sessions of TEDGlobal expand on the overall conference theme, "The Stuff of Life," with session titles such as "Bodies," "Bad Guys," "Coded Patterns" ... TEDGlobal is hosted by Bruno Giussani, TED's Europ...
Posted June 2, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/06/02/meet-the-tedglobal-2011-speakers

Cities of cardboard: TEDActive artist Kiel Johnson featured on the Huffington Post

Artist Kiel Johnson, who led the amazing workshop “Everyone’s An Architect” last year at TEDActive, was featured today on both the Huffington Post and Sinbadesign for his intricate cardboard city creations, which TEDActive attendees helped build in Palm Springs last spring. Since then, Kiel’s been involved in a couple of TEDx events aroun...
Posted August 6, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/08/06/cities-of-cardboard-tedactive-artist-kiel-johnson-featured-on-the-huffington-post

Jonah: A big fish story told with visual flair by TED Fellow Kibwe Tavares

Two best friends inadvertently turn their hometown in Zanzibar into a tourist attraction, in this short film directed by TED Fellow Kibwe Tavares. How did they do it? By taking a chance photograph of a gigantic fish -- far bigger than a human being -- leaping out of the nearby water. The film, called Jonah, brings together stunning, surreal u...
Posted June 4, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/04/jonah-a-big-fish-story-told-with-visual-flair-by-ted-fellow-kibwe-tavares

Gallery: Why tall wooden buildings must be our future

"Like snowflakes, no two pieces of wood can be the same anywhere on earth," says architect Michael Green in his lyrical TED talk, "Why we should build wooden skyscrapers," in which he lays out his thesis for designing and engineering the world's tallest buildings from one of its oldest materials. "Mother Nature has fingerprints in our buildings,...
Posted July 9, 2013
https://ideas.ted.com/why-tall-wooden-buildings-must-be-our-future-a-visual-essay-by-michael-green

How Syria's buildings laid the foundation for brutal war: Marwa Al-Sabouni at TEDSummit

"E pluribus unum” worked in Syria once too. The merciless six-year civil war in Syria has destroyed cities, killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more. The Syria of a decade ago is but a memory. The causes have been detailed exhaustively -- social, economic, religious, geopolitical. But one woman, an architect who ...
Posted June 28, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/06/28/how-syrias-buildings-laid-the-foundation-for-brutal-war-marwa-al-sabouni-at-tedsummit

My City: Creativity, complexity and a little adda every day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh

You could, on first glance, see Dhaka as a fast and loose place, the kind of city that draws people in, churns them around and spits them out after a few tough years. Many in Dhaka face circumstances similar to those in other South Asian cities: poverty, limited education, exploitation. Dhaka itself sits at or near the bottom of rankings of ...
Posted November 27, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/27/my-city-dhaka-bangladesh

Meet the 2018 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows

The TED Fellows program is excited to announce the new group of TED2018 Fellows and Senior Fellows. Representing a wide range of disciplines and countries -- including, for the first time in the program, Syria, Thailand and Ukraine -- this year's TED Fellows are rising stars in their fields, each with a bold, original approach to address...
Posted January 9, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/01/09/meet-the-2018-class-of-ted-fellows-and-senior-fellows

Dream!: The speakers in Session 5 at TED2013

Before you can create a new world, you have to imagine new possibilities. The speakers in this session are the visionaries who propose that which couldn't be seen before, and suggest new paths that not only haven't been traveled yet -- but haven't been thought of. Here are the speakers in this session. Click their name to read a recap of thei...
Posted February 27, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/dream-session-5-at-ted2013

Dhaka in pictures: A city of culture, opportunity, deprivation

Nurur Rahman Khan was born and bred in Dhaka, Bangladesh; here's a taste of his home city, photographed by Mohammad Tauheed, a TED Senior Fellow, architect, designer and technology consultant. This wasn't your regular photoshoot. Tauheed was hampered in his task by the tense political situation. He told TED in an email, "We just faced around ...
Posted September 29, 2013
https://ideas.ted.com/dhaka-in-pictures

Architectural forms as complex as snowflakes? Here’s what they look like up close

Architect Michael Hansmeyer is not one for the T-square. As he explains in a fascinating talk from TEDGlobal, this “computational” designer took inspiration from nature -- specifically from morphogenesis, aka the splitting of cells -- and created algorithms that help him design highly unusual shapes. Instead of the same old boring Doric, Ion...
Posted July 27, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/27/architectural-forms-as-complex-as-snowflakes-heres-what-they-look-like-up-close

Beauty everywhere: Notes from Session 6 of TED2020

We're six weeks into TED2020! For session 6: a celebration of beauty on every level, from planet-trekking feats of engineering to art that deeply examines our past, present, future -- and much more. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle, planetary scientist  Big idea: The Dragonfly Mission, set to launch in 2026, will study Titan, the largest moon o...
Posted June 25, 2020
https://blog.ted.com/2020/06/25/beauty-everywhere-notes-from-session-6-of-ted2020

A new map of the Peruvian Amazon, the race to explore the deep ocean, and a rock album reimagined

As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. A map to guide conservation. After almost eight years of airborne laser-guided imaging spectroscopy, Greg Asner has finally mapped all 300,000 square miles of the Peruvian Amazon. Highlighting forest types that are reasonably safe and those which are ...
Posted March 10, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/03/10/a-new-map-of-the-peruvian-amazon-the-race-to-explore-the-deep-ocean-and-a-rock-album-reimagined

Four very fresh ideas about air conditioning

Air conditioning used to be a luxury -- but as Doris Kim Sung points out in this talk from TEDxUSC, modernized society has become thoroughly air-conditioning reliant. This is largely a problem of materials, says Sung, a professor at the USC School of Architecture. Many new buildings -- especially skyscrapers -- are built with floor-to-ceiling...
Posted October 25, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/10/25/four-very-fresh-ideas-about-air-conditioning

A first glimpse at the TEDSummit 2019 speaker lineup

With TEDSummit 2019 just two months away, it's time to unveil the first group of speakers that will take to the stage in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 21-25. Three years ago, more than 1,000 members of the TED global community convened in Banff, Canada, for the first-ever TEDSummit. We talked about the fracturing state of the world, the ...
Posted May 21, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/05/21/a-first-glimpse-at-the-tedsummit-2019-speaker-lineup
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