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Whether it's designing efficient skyscrapers, creating whole cities which aim to be carbon neutral or re-building out of the rubble created by natural disasters, architects are changing the way we experience the built environment, finding solutions to the ecological challenges -- big and small -- of the 21st century.

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The floating ecopolis Where will future refugees of climate change live? On "The Lilypad," of course.	Rebuilding lives Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, talks to Principal Voices about his design philosophy.
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Principal Voices on CNNI

CNN's Charles Hodson presented the second Principal Voices program: "Principal Voices: Design for Good" which aired in late August. Watch it here:

Part 1: Designing for good
Part 2: Open architecture network
Part 3: Turning urban China green

Daniel Libeskind

His buildings are some of the most recognizable and radical designs of the early 21st century.

Cameron Sinclair

Bringing design to some of the world's most impoverished and disaster-hit communities.

Peter Head

The award-winning architect is playing a leading role in the plans to build China's first eco-cities.

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