Tag: Urban Life
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New Study Confirms That Walkability Increases Property Values
Across the country, people are voting with their feet as walkable communities become the most desirable places to live.
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Pop-Up Gardens, Other 'Urban Interventions' to be Showcased at Venice Architecture Biennale
Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.
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Train Wagon Transformed into Clever Street Library in Curitiba, Brazil
With the goal to spice up the city's downtown, the wagon has served several different purposes since 1973.
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There is ICFF, There is Wanted Design, and Then There Was the Salon des Refusés
These designers didn't make it into the big show, but that didn't stop them from doing a great bit of guerrilla design theatre
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Interactive Solar Art Lights Up New Sydney Space
The world’s largest permanent interactive light installation has been installed in Sydney's recently revitalized Darling Quarter.
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Simple Swing Makes Any City Spot a Playground
A minimalist, easy to setup swing lets you have more fun anywhere you go.
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Chicago Parklet Goes from PARK(ing) Day Setup to Full Time Green Space
A PARK(ing) Day setup in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood will now be a permanent feature.
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A Unique Patch of Native Forest Survives at the Heart of America’s Largest City
Smaller than world famous urban green spaces like Central Park or Tijuca, the Trianon park in Sao Paulo holds the native richness of the land before development.
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Urban Design Lessons from Milan and Bologna: Architecture Matters as Much as Planning
In one city the pedestrian rules; in the other, the car. And it's the architecture that makes the difference.
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Lack of Contact With Natural World Means More City-Dwellers Developing Allergies, Asthma
New research from Finland again shows the benefits of contact with the natural world on human health and wellbeing
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Rooftop Fish Farm Ups the Ante for Urban Agriculture
The prototype Globe/Hedron is a bamboo greenhouse designed to organically grow fish and vegetables on top of generic flat roofs. It uses aquaponic farming techniques so the fish's water nourishes the plants and plants clean the water for the fish.
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Indoor Sculpture Garden Planted in Empty Downtown Chicago Storefront
Empty storefront transformed into indoor sculpture garden in Chicago.
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Oversized 'Urban Plant Tags' Label Sidewalk Fixtures as if They're Plants
This creative project labels urban sidewalk fixtures with giant plant tags.
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Speed Kills; Toronto's Top Doctor Wants Speed Limits Reduced to Protect Pedestrians
You can imagine how this is going over in a city where drivers say there is a war on the car.
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Is Placemaking the "New Environmentalism"?
Kaid Benfield of the NRDC makes the case that people habitat is as important as natural habitat.
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5 Creative Ways to Connect Our Kids (And Yourself) to Nature
The author of The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods offers ways you can incorporate healthy outdoor time into a child's daily routine.
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Ask the Experts: Why Is US Bike Culture So Different From Europe's?
Why is the U.S. so different from Europe when it comes to bike culture and is it something that we can change? Elizabeth Press from Streetfilms answers.
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3 Lightweight Fabric Planters for Easy, Portable Container Gardens
Container gardens don't need to be heavy and expensive. Fabric planters make container gardening easy for small space gardens, and gardeners on a budget.
