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A Fistful of Design Dollars

Our academic and institutional clients sometimes express an initial wariness about Centerbrook’s inclusive and interactive design workshops that can involve a wide spectrum of stakeholders.  They worry that too many people participating with too many ideas will generate an unrealistic and unaffordable wish list, leading to disappointments and controversy. In fact, the workshop effect is [...]

Pre-Fabulous Aluminum House

This Mars Rover-esque vision of far-out shelter from the Centerbrook archives was designed by Charles W. Moore at the invitation of the Alcoa Aluminum Company, which wanted to mass-market a bare-bones, mobile, prefab vacation house.  Five architects, including Moore and Ulrich Franzen, were invited to brainstorm with Alcoa and explore the design versatility of aluminum. [...]