Tag: Built Environment

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Jenny Wu

An innovator and architect challenging the way we approach our built environment

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Co-founder and principal at LA-based experimental architecture and design firm Oyler Wu Collaborative, Jenny Wu is constantly exploring and developing innovative new design solutions—all based on the mission to benefit and elevate the community. Specifically focused on the built environment (aka our human-made surroundings), Wu has worked on all kinds of architectural projects, from a 16-story tower in Taipei to a pavilion in Beijing to office space in …

Architecture: the Whole Story

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Living up to its lofty title, “Architecture: The Whole Story” satisfies designophiles and the uninitiated alike with a primer on everything we humans have built. From the pyramids to ancient temples and gothic churches, right up to Eero Saarinen’s singular TWA terminal at JFK, and into today, structures get a thorough but digestible rundown on design features and greater societal impact.