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Documenting the people, places, and projects shaping America’s next 250 years, and helping more people find their way into the work.

Documenting the people, places, and projects shaping America’s next 250 years, and helping more people find their way into the work.

Documenting the people, places, and projects shaping America’s next 250 years, and helping more people find their way into the work.

Meet the First Builders

Meet the First Builders

Read the Opening Essay

Read the Opening Essay

Featured Builders

Builders worth paying attention to.

An opening collection of people whose work offers useful clues for how America might build better.

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Austin Tunnell

Austin Tunnell

Structural masonry · OKLAHOMA

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Franziska Trautmann

Franziska Trautmann

Glass reuse · Louisiana Coast

Adults working together on a construction site

Jan Sramek

Jan Sramek

New cities · California

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Devon Zuegel

NEW CITIES · California

People in hard hats at a construction site

Ryan Johnson

Car-light neighborhoods · arizona

People working in a dim workshop

Laura Fingal-Surma

Building craft · California

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Featured Essays

Opening arguments for building again.

City street and architecture

Don't Quit on America's Cities

Don't Quit on America's Cities

Don't Quit on America's Cities

Opening Essay

A first essay on the civic, physical, and practical work ahead — and why America’s places deserve more than managed decline.

A first essay on the civic, physical, and practical work ahead — and why America’s places deserve more than managed decline.

A first essay on the civic, physical, and practical work ahead — and why America’s places deserve more than managed decline.

Read the Opening Essay

Read the Opening Essay

America Has No Business Being This Bad at Soccer—or Building Places

America Has No Business Being This Bad at Soccer—or Building Places

Essay

An American Shenzhen (Actually Isn’t)

An American Shenzhen (Actually Isn’t)

Essay

Glass Half Full: Building New Orleans

Glass Half Full: Building New Orleans

Case Study

Featured Projects

Places, materials, and models worth watching.

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California Forever

California Forever

California Forever

New places

Explore the project

Explore the project

Oyster shells and coastal water for restoration

Glass Half Full

Glass Half Full

Recycling, Coastline Restoration

People biking on a neighborhood street

Culdesac Tempe

Culdesac Tempe

Car-light neighborhoods

Field Guides Preview

Coming Soon: Collectible primers from the people doing the work.

FIELD GUIDE 01

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Building America is a launch journal for the people, places, and projects shaping America’s next 250 years — and for anyone looking for a way into the work.

Building America is a launch journal for the people, places, and projects shaping America’s next 250 years — and for anyone looking for a way into the work.

Building America is a launch journal for the people, places, and projects shaping America’s next 250 years — and for anyone looking for a way into the work.

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