Tag: Cities - Page 2
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A Vertical Garden That Actually Lives Up To The Term
This Barcelona garden is about as simple as it comes. Only it's 70 feet high.
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Top 10 Dirtiest Cities in America
Dirt, grime, filth, smut, muck, mud, sludge, slime, litter, trash, smog, and rats -- these cities have it all.
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12 Innovative Ways to Rethink Our Cities From the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.
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Quote of the Day: Richard Florida on The Joys of Urban Tech
Urban theorist explains why high tech companies are moving back downtown
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Adding Wildlife 'Passengers' to the Urban Commute
A Dutch landscape architecture firm is proposing a clever way to help animals navigate the urban environment -- using the same infrastructure human city-dwellers rely on to get from place to place.
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Compact Window Hydroponic Gardening System Fits Tight Urban Spaces
Another take on the windowfarm that doesn't require the use of electricity for aeration.
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Rentable Tree Trolleys Are Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots, Parked Like Cars
Citizens who rent a parking space can choose between car or tree with this design, which imagines a rentable, mobile tree trolley outfitted with a bench, wi-fi capabilities, charging station and more.
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Is Technology Going to Save Our Small Towns Or Concentrate More People in the City?
Do technological changes benefit the the dense city, the small town, or do they make the pie higher for everyone?
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Number of "Distracted Walking" Injuries Quadruples In Seven Years. Is This A Problem?
Car hits pedestrian, and suddenly it's the pedestrian's fault for being distracted. What's wrong with this picture?
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A New Way To Look At The Quality Of Our Cities: Walk Appeal
Urbanist Architect Steve Mouzon shows how quality matters; it isn't the distance that you walk, it is the experience you have doing it.
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Indian City Installs Composters in Every Police Station
Facing a waste management crisis, one Indian city is mandating that all of its police stations start composting.
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Dallas Is Building a 5 Acre "Deck Park" Over a Freeway
Klyde Warren Park, in construction, is a new urban green space built over an active freeway.
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Taking Back the Streets: Info-Pillars Hacked By Urban Activists In Toronto
Horrible obstructing billboards taken over by artists. Still horrible, but better.
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New Study Suggests That Everything Everybody Believes in About Urban Design Is Wrong, That Density and Smart Growth Don't Make A Difference in Sustainability
Forget going tall or dense or walkable or cyclable; apparently it doesn't matter. It's back to school.
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To Revitalize Detroit, Bring on the Zombies.
A proposed zombie-themed park would use Detroit's abandoned state to its advantage.
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My French Love Affair with the Tram, and the Ensuing Heartache
More and more cities in France are installing tramways to replace bus lines. Here's why.
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Update On Sky City One: Interview With Architect Xian Min Zhang
We Interview Architect with Broad Sustainable Construction In Rio
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Paris Tests Out Snazzy New 'Bus Stop of the Future'
Multi-purpose public space outside Gare de Lyon offers bike rentals, a book lending library, and places to buy coffee and recharge your cell phone.
