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We wish you a meaningful Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

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Architect John Wellborn Root was born this day in 1850 in Lumpkin, Georgia. He worked with Daniel Burnham in the Chicago firm of Burnham & Root where he pioneered the raft foundation system that made Chicago's skyscrapers possible.

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January is National Radon Action Month. Don't delay testing - it's simple + inexpensive. Here's our free course to walk you through what you need to know about protecting your health: https://t.co/BKYFQQpKa8

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Belgian architect Victor Horta was born this day in 1861. He designed many buildings and furniture though it perhaps best known for his work in the Art Nouveau style in which he fashioned building materials into organic shapes. (Pictured: Interior stair of the Hotel Tassel in Brussels)

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The next presentation in our Exploring Architecture series will take us to a subtropical climate. Can you guess the location?

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Happy New Year! Best wishes to you and yours!

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Best wishes for a very merry Christmas!

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Architect + educator Samuel Mockbee was born this day in 1944. He established the Rural Studio at Auburn University and taught a generation of architects to address the challenges of poverty and poor housing in the rural south: he highlighted the concept of social responsibility. He passed away in 2001 though his spirit endures through the communities he helped to improve and the continued work of his studio: https://t.co/Bzo3AvhYSD

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Need a last-minute gift idea for a Georgia history buff? The Historic Preservation Leadership Course presented by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation starts on January 21... and it's virtual! Details + registration here: https://t.co/AVPYHtWyO0

Ryan was in the 2016 inaugural class (pictured).

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The coming days will be brighter!

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Happy birthday to architect + urban planner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk! She's a founding partner of DPZ, an immensely influential architecture firm that's created communities like Seaside, FL. She teaches at the university level and has been influential in zoning ordinance revisions across the country.

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Here's a photo from the tour we mentioned yesterday. (That tree is much taller than you would guess though it looks modest in front of the monumental stair.)

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Ruby Ross Wood was a successful decorator + author. She's an Atlanta connection to the interiors of great houses found in places like Newport, RI and Palm Beach, FL. You can learn more in the Swan House exhibit: https://t.co/xu2VM9fSKA

Thanks to the Institute for Classical Architecture & Art SE chapter + Michael Rose for the recent tour of Wood's only remaining intact interior (at the Swan House).

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LAST CALL: Join us tomorrow 12|18! Water heating + distribution is an every-day issue for homeowners that combine appliance choice, comfort, two utilities + conservation issues so we've created a course to help you get great results without spending more than you need to! Register now to reserve your virtual seat: https://t.co/EiPIxrEHeq

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Winter in the South: It's below freezing outside. We're all inside wearing our one pair of corduroy pants and our heaviest coat. None of this has stopped us from drinking iced tea.

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Ray Eames was born this day in 1912. Ray + Charles Eames may sound like brothers though Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames was a tremendously talented + successful designer who collaborated with her husband Charles. She produced architecture, graphic designs, textile designs + furniture. You've likely seen her furniture designs, many of which are still in production. More info here: https://t.co/G9n7OxKwY2

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It's interesting to see the uses of the term "architect". It's a protected term when it comes to the design of buildings to ensure the professional taking responsibility is accountable to the jurisdiction though we see it in many other uses... such as this one. We've read a knowledge architect's focus is managing information within an organization. To that end, we're all knowledge architects in some capacity. Thoughts?

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Water heating + distribution is an every-day issue for homeowners because it involves two utility costs, appliance selection, maintenance, conservation concerns + comfort issues. We've created a course to help you get great results without spending more than you need to!

Register now to reserve your virtual seat: https://t.co/EiPIxrEHeq

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It seems like our American Beech tree (Fagus grandifolia) is sentient. During a cold snap, it changed its leaves from green to the brown color shown here over the course of a few days. It will keep these leaves until it grows and begins to unfurl new leaves in the spring when it will jettison its old leaves over a few days. These sudden changes appear to be conscious decisions by the tree. These are popular understory trees for residential properties.

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Architect + designer Frank Gehry passed away on 12|05. He was tremendously influential in pushing the limits of design, software + fabrication - he used software designed by an aerospace manufacturer to design buildings and later developed his own technology that enabled projects whose aesthetic impact stems from complex geometries. That helped pave the way for now widely-used technology like building information modeling and Gehry's successors such as Zaha Hadid. (Pictured: Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain, 1997)

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