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Building America

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

An editorial and discovery platform for the people, places, and projects shaping America’s future.

Meet the First Builders

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People walking across a major bridge with structural cables

Featured Builders

People making the work visible.

A first look at builders whose work opens onto craft, materials, cities, and new places to live.

Austin Tunnell

Structural masonry · Texas

Person working near sorted glass bottles

Franziska Trautmann

Glass reuse · Louisiana Coast

Adults working together on a construction site

Jan Sramek

New cities · California

Construction workers in hard hats and safety vests on site

Devon Zuegel

Civic neighborhoods · California

People in hard hats at a construction site

Ryan Johnson

Housing delivery · Texas

Alicia Pederson

Building craft · Minnesota

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Featured Essays

Opening arguments for building again.

America’s Places Need a Rebuild

Opening Essay

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

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

Essay

Don’t Quit on America’s Cities

Essay

Featured Projects

Places, materials, and models worth watching.

Aerial view of a large-scale construction site in a field

California Forever

New places

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Oyster shells and coastal water for restoration

Glass Half Full

Materials

Culdesac

Car-light neighborhoods

Field Guides Preview

Collectible primers from the people doing the work.

FIELD GUIDE 01

Structural Masonry

with Austin Tunnell

Building America

Preview

FIELD GUIDE 02

Glass and the Coastline

with Franziska Trautmann

Building America

Preview

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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.

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