Common Edge

Common Edge is a nonprofit organization focused on bridging the gap between architecture and design and the communities they serve. To achieve this goal, we aim to foster genuine public involvement and revisit essential design principles. Our mission centers on promoting and reporting on how public participation can enhance the planning and design of our built environment. We highlight pressing questions from emerging designers and architects, such as: How can we ensure that planning and design reflect the true desires and needs of everyday people? How can we create a more inclusive and democratic design process? How can we share the stories of the public in more impactful ways? And how do we address these challenges in the face of climate change, which is arguably the biggest issue we face today?

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The Unique Intimacies of Designing a House

1 week ago | commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson

When you design homes, those who live in them are your circumstantial intimates. And, sometimes, far more. After about 700 residential projects—some new, others recreated—many of my “clients” became people I love, and who in turn love me and my family. If we’re lucky enough to live long enough, both the clients and the designer change. There is nothing magic about aging.
Episode 3: Our Buildings, Our Selves, With Guests Paul Goldberger and Zach Mortice

3 weeks ago | commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson |Martin C. Pedersen

Welcome to Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a monthly podcast produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut AIA, and Bridgeport public radio station WPKN. In many ways, design journalism in the 21st century is in uncharted territory. Digital technology has changed everything, eroding the business models of the previous century and catapulting everyone onto the infinitely fractured world of the internet.
Panama City Walking Tour: the Old Town of Casco Viejo

1 month ago | commonedge.org | Boyce Thompson

Casco Viejo, Panama City’s elegantly restored Old Town, needs to be viewed on foot. On most days, walking is the only way to navigate it. Impossibly narrow streets—designed for horses, not cars—choke traffic. Cabbies deliver tourists to renovated five-star hotels, then wait in near-standstill traffic to return to arterial roads. Pedestrians jostle for precious sidewalk space, playing an unspoken game of chicken; someone must enter the street to pass.
The Graveyard of Styles in Home Design

1 month ago | commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson

The Residential Industry Complex is a vast marketing machine, and within it, architects and designers are either a sales tool or an unnecessary cost. In fashion, “hot” styles have a burst of popularity: Nehru jackets, shoulder pads, wide lapels and ties, large-plaid patterns, miniskirts, maxi skirts—all sold copiously and then faded away, essentially never to be seen again (except in nostalgic memes and at Halloween parties).
Our Buildings, Our Selves, Featuring Michael Kimmelman and Kate Wagner

2 months ago | commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson |Martin C. Pedersen

Welcome to the second episode of Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a monthly podcast produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut AIA, and Bridgeport public radio station WPKN. All specializations create their own language, rules, and personalities that reinforce the values of those engaged in that particular work. Architecture is no different.
Wine and Architecture, Legibility and the Art of Making

2 months ago | commonedge.org | Martin C. Pedersen

I’m driving in the French countryside, north of Le Muy. I’ve been invited by a friend of my neighbor’s to receive an introduction to his job as a wine bottler. Entering the drive into the winery, I am met by a long allée of towering maples, turning my view vertical as I glance up at their spidery overhangs. Out the other end, I pass a chateau, a modest affair, closed for the off-season. I drive along a dirt path that brings me to a parking lot.
Richard Florida Wants to Talk About the “Creator Economy”

2 months ago | commonedge.org | Martin C. Pedersen

MCP: Martin C. Pedersen RF: Richard Florida : MCP: Your research piqued my interest because I am one of those millions of people that do a website from my dining-room table and put out content on a regular basis. I was interested in this report, especially coming from you.
Don’t Buy the Fossil Fuel Hype: There Is No “National Energy Emergency”

2 months ago | commonedge.org | Edward Mazria

Uncovering false narratives and institutionalized deceptions is critical to building a responsible and informed future for energy and the built environment. Policies and practices must be based on facts and data, not fearmongering, corrupt quid pro quo politics, or hollow posturing. And the reality is, there is no “national energy emergency,” nor is there inadequate electric generating capacity, or a dangerous reliance on foreign energy.
Style Is Not Beauty, Just As Religion Is Not Faith

2 months ago | commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson

Architecture is in a confused state. The profession has always been caught between art and problem-solving, but technology is fundamentally changing everything. In a time of social rage and professional listlessness, perspective is needed. Even in this age of convulsive change, none of us have ceased being human.
Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a New Monthly Podcast

2 months ago | commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson |Martin C. Pedersen

We are excited to announce the launch of a new monthly podcast, Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut AIA, and Bridgeport public radio station WPKN. We will talk with some of the most thoughtful voices in architecture, design, and culture in an accessible way that reaches beyond the cloistered debates that architects often have with each other.