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"Shaping the City" with Roger Lewis

Listen Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Architecture, Property, Society, Technology

They're the raw materials that make up the modern city: glass, concrete, and steel. But these materials are more than building blocks. They're the backbone of urban and suburban landscapes. Architect Roger Lewis joins Kojo to explore how advances in building technology dictate the way buildings are constructed and used.

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Roger K. Lewis

Architect; Columnist, "Shaping the City," Washington Post; and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Maryland College Park

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