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Ryerson School of Interior Design Professor Filiz Klassen has produced a series of building skins to create responsive structures which can be described as hot, cold, wet or dry. (Ryerson University)Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end she has created architectural “skins,” which interact with the weather to ultimately create environmental structures that integra

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Taking QuestionsAsk About Urban WildlifeSarah Grimké Aucoin, the director of the Urban Park Rangers, responds to readers. Biography »First Set, June 24 »Ask a question »Following is the second set of answers from Sarah Grimké Aucoin, the director of the Urban Park Rangers, a division of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Ms. Aucoin is responding to readers about where and how to interact with wildlife in the city. A bullfrog has appeared in a pond in my backyard. He calls and