The rise of boring architecture -- and the ca...

14-year-old student Miles Wu is obsessed with origami, transforming everyday scraps of paper into unexpected creations. In a joyful talk, he explores the ancient art form — from making Christmas ornaments and pigeons to folding patterns that can hold 10,000 times their weight — a ...  Show more

Community Notes on X started with a wild idea: Instead of tech companies deciding what's true, what if you let people fact-check each other? Jay Baxter and Keith Coleman, who helped build the crowdsourced system adding context to misleading posts, discuss how the program reduces ...  Show more

How might we navigate and negotiate the skins of the Earth in the face of climate change? What can Byzantine architecture and Plato's Khôra teach us about urban living in the 21st Century? What is the role of the architect in current cultural production? This week, we have a fasc ...  Show more

Jean-Louis Cohen Architecture et forme urbaine Collège de France Année 2020 - 2021 Formes urbaines en mouvement : l'architecture de l'interurbanité Depuis l’Antiquité, les villes n’ont cessé d’échanger leurs formes, dans un mouvement incessant qui a vu les dispositifs de Rome, de ...  Show more

We used to care about beautiful architecture. Luckily, Thomas Heatherwick still does. He is on a quest to make the world less boring. You may not know Thomas yet, but you know his work. He's designed iconic buildings and experiences and he says our cities have become dreadfully u ...  Show more

Jean-Louis CohenArchitecture et forme urbaineCollège de FranceAnnée 2020 - 2021Formes urbaines en mouvement : l'architecture de l'interurbanitéDepuis l'Antiquité, les villes n'ont cessé d'échanger leurs formes, dans un mouvement incessant qui a vu les dispositifs de Rome, de Veni ...  Show more