March 12, 2026 Ι Bloomberg CityLab In the 1960s, America marshalled its massive breadth of military and civilian technological expertise for a mission that was deemed critical to the country’s national security and economic development. Generous government funding was directed to major corporations, including aerospace and defense industry mainstays, and to government labs, testing the… Continue reading Inside the Space-Age Bid To Build Millions of Homes in Factories
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Redesigning Lathrop
Architect Magazine Ι January 2017 The Julia C. Lathrop Homes, built in 1938, are one of the oldest Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) projects in the city. Inspired equally by Ebeneezer Howard’s English Garden Cities and company towns like Pullman on Chicago’s far South Side, Lathrop was designed by a cadre of architects punching below their weight… Continue reading Redesigning Lathrop