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Sullivan considers guns, bunkers, and defensive design

Sullivan considers guns, bunkers, and defensive design


Julie S. Higginbotham | April 15, 2013

BD+C Contributing Editor C.C. Sullivan recently penned a thought-provoking essay on whether there's such a thing as architecture that helps protect occupants from gun violence. Gated communities like the Idaho enclave The Citadel constitute one response; hardening walls, cladding, and other building materials is another. Sullivan also considers design for safer schools, as well as memorials that make a lasting mark on landscapes where shootings have occurred.

Check out his ideas below.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/take/bunker-mentality-architecture-for-gun-control/668

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