Latest Stories in Urban Design - Page 4
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Private Generators Are A Reflection of Failure
This is how it works now: The rich take care of themselves and everyone else freezes in the dark
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Forget Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day; Re-Occupy Main Street and Remember Small Business Saturday
Our Main Streets are key to building a new green economy and it's time we got serious about supporting them
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Quote of the Day: The Future According to Agenda 21
They are catching on to the TreeHugger plot to fill the world with transformer furniture
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Visiting Rome: What It's Like To Be in a City Overrun by Cars and Scooters
What happens when the car and scooter take over the city and the pedestrian must survive by wits alone
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Spectacular New Tile Mosaic Decorates London Subway Entrance
A new piece of art decorating the outside of a London subway station makes a boring building look beautiful.
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What It's Like To Live in a City Without Cars
A few days in Venice shows that it can be done, but it's not easy or cheap.
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Low Impact Standing Cinema Pops Up in the Streets of Guimarães, Portugal
The latest urban intervention to celebrate the city's status as European Capital of Culture is an unusual film venue for pedestrians.
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Secret Wind Patterns Revealed by Kinetic Facade (Video)
Unexpected flows of wind make an imprint on this intriguing architectural and scientific installation.
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Alternative Social Housing: Prefab, Add-On Homes to Densify Suburbs
How to provide housing for the masses getting out of poverty and out of slums in the developing world, without creating sprawl? Argentine architects propose attaching new homes to existing structures.
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Power To The People!
Will Doig makes a very good point about what should now be a public utility: Power outlets
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Making the Case For Resilient Design: Other Voices
Richard Florida, Katie Fehrenbacher, Alex Wilson and others all agree: We have to build resilience into the system
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A Smart Guide to Utopia: 111 Inspiring Ideas for a Better City (Book Review)
This unique travel guide is the perfect book for the eco-conscious non-tourist. It features 111 projects you can visit around Europe, that make our cities better.
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Hurricane Sandy Ignites Massive Fires, Too (Video)
Destruction from fire is certainly not the first thing you think off in the middle of a massive hurricane, but here we are.
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More on the Trick or Treat Test: Calculating the "Candy Density."
Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy
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Use The Trick or Treat Test Tonight To Find Good Urban Design
Can kids find your front door? Is it safe for them be be out?
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The Weather Reminds Us Why We Need Resilient Transportation Systems
The most resilient modes are walking and biking; we have to design our cities to promote them.
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How a National Forest Grew From a Derelict Alley
The Tenderloin National Forest lies in an alleyway in urban San Francisco. There are lessons here for every city.
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The Weather Reminds Us That It's Time To Get Serious About Resilient Design
Where would you rather be, in a 2nd floor walkup or a 60 storey glass tower in the face of a storm?
