Co-Living for the 21st Century...

Mar 18, 2015 by

Co-Living for the 21st Century and Beyond

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Behavior As we’ve seen recently with Stage 3 in NYC, generic The Collective in London and...

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Learning from Africa

Mar 17, 2015 by

Learning from Africa

[Translate] Ten ways how creativity on the continent reflects and suggests global shifts in design practice Amelie Klein  METROPOLIS...

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Insta-Offices for the Remote W...

Mar 17, 2015 by

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Working remotely is great because you can cut out commuting time, see it makes you less...

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Drones Will Elevate Urban Desi...

Mar 16, 2015 by

Drones Will Elevate Urban Design

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor “The conscious remolding of the large-scale physical environmental imageability is a new one. We...

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Super-sized Pop-up Parks

Mar 10, 2015 by

Super-sized Pop-up Parks

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green Typically, pop-up parks tend to be fairly small — just a thousand square feet, if that — but a...

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Parkour for Kids

Mar 10, 2015 by

Parkour for Kids

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green Since its founding nearly 20 years ago, Carve Landscape Architecture in the Netherlands has...

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Add Privacy to Your Small Spac...

Mar 9, 2015 by

Add Privacy to Your Small Space with White Noise

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Digitize Let’s say, nurse theoretically of course, find that you live in a small...

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These bizarre, beautiful citie...

Mar 5, 2015 by

These bizarre, beautiful cities of the future are also super green

[Translate] By Suzanne Jacobs GRIST I consider myself somewhat of an expert on future cities. When I relocated to Seattle just over a...

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F. Kaid Benfield: How to Creat...

Mar 5, 2015 by

F. Kaid Benfield: How to Create Healthy Environments for People

[Translate] THE DIRT    by Jared Green “Just as all parts of an ecosystem must be healthy if the system is going to work, check ” an...

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How Design is Tranforming a Re...

Mar 2, 2015 by

How Design is Tranforming a Remote Canadian Island

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine / / Redefining the Island Aesthetic Redefining the Island Aesthetic With architect Todd Saunders and...

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The Terrifying “Smart...

Feb 26, 2015 by

The Terrifying “Smart” City of the Future

[Translate] Civil Liberties So-called “smart cities” are being heralded as the way of the future, but they have scary...

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To Reshape the World, Architec...

Feb 26, 2015 by

To Reshape the World, Architects Need to Design at Every Scale

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine / February 2015 / To Reshape the World, Architects Need to Design at Every Scale We should revive...

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Mario Schjetnan Finds the Deep...

Feb 24, 2015 by

Mario Schjetnan Finds the Deeper Meaning of Places

[Translate] 02/24/2015 by The Dirt Contributor Mexican landscape architect, shop architect, and urban designer Mario Schjetnan,...

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COMPACT, COLORFUL, RUSSIAN FLA...

Feb 20, 2015 by

COMPACT, COLORFUL, RUSSIAN FLAT

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture We’ve seen INT2 Architecture on this site in the past. The St...

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Modern 700 sq. ft. loft apartm...

Feb 19, 2015 by

Modern 700 sq. ft. loft apartment designed for two couples to share (Video)

[Translate] Kimberley Mok (@kimberleymok)   TREEHUGGER Design / Interior Design © Studio P10 / Miel Architects In dense, urban areas...

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Intricate 3D printed ceramic b...

Feb 14, 2015 by

Intricate 3D printed ceramic bricks would cool homes with evaporation

[Translate] Kimberley Mok (@kimberleymok)  TREEHUGGER Design / Sustainable Product Design © Emerging Objects Though it promises to...

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CONNECTED VERTICAL CITY DESIGN...

Feb 13, 2015 by

CONNECTED VERTICAL CITY DESIGN FOR BRAZIL

[Translate] DESIGNBOOM     for his final masters thesis project, hospital online architect eduardo camarena has proposed a...

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Nissan glow-in-the-dark LEAF f...

Feb 13, 2015 by

Nissan glow-in-the-dark LEAF features sunlight absorbing car paint

[Translate]   images courtesy of nissan       the nissan ‘glow-in-the-dark LEAF‘ electric car is coated in a...

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PLAYING HOUSE – AMERICAN...

Feb 13, 2015 by

PLAYING HOUSE – AMERICAN STYLE —- What about the poor?

[Translate] Shannon Sharpe METROPOLIS MAGAZINE All images courtey PLAYMOBIL Tomorrow is the opening of the 2014 New York Toy Fair at...

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General Motors Teams up with S...

Feb 9, 2015 by

General Motors Teams up with Students to Design the Future of Car Travel

[Translate] Lillien Waller  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE With all the technology, social media, and bespoke products available to them, the...

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FIVE CITIES WHERE PLANNING WEN...

Feb 9, 2015 by

[Translate] Cities THE GUARDIAN Britain’s planning departments have lost nearly half of their budgets over the past four years,...

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HOW NEW YORK’S URBAN DES...

Feb 6, 2015 by

HOW NEW YORK’S URBAN DESIGNERS CAN FIGHT THE CITY’S MILLIONS OF RATS

[Translate]  METROPOLIS MAGAZINA Johanna Phelps Our last post focused on the burgeoning edible landscape of New York City and how the...

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This energy efficient dome hom...

Feb 6, 2015 by

This energy efficient dome home in China is made from reclaimed wood (Video)

[Translate] Kimberley Mok (@kimberleymok)   VIA TREEHUGGER Design / Green Architecture © Timothy Oulton The space under a dome is...

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SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR DITCHING ...

Feb 6, 2015 by

SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR DITCHING THE FRIDGE

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Korean Designer’s Simple Solutions for Ditching the Fridge Refrigeration for small...

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For Philadelphia and Baltimore...

Feb 5, 2015 by

For Philadelphia and Baltimore, Parks Are Central to Livability

[Translate] THE DIRT by Karen Grajales “Many people think parks are easy, see but parks are one of the hardest things for governments...

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NYC’S MEAN STREETS GET S...

Jan 28, 2015 by

NYC’S MEAN STREETS GET SWEETER

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green “New York City’s mean streets are getting a little sweeter, decease ” said Janette Sadik-Khan,...

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HUD USES DESIGN COMPETITION TO...

Jan 28, 2015 by

HUD USES DESIGN COMPETITION TO ACHIEVE POLICY GOALS

[Translate] THE DIRT BY Jared Green In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, healing “HUD didn’t want to move at the speed of government” in...

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20 QUOTES TO INSPIRE LESS

Jan 28, 2015 by

20 QUOTES TO INSPIRE LESS

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Behavior Sometimes the path of less can be a lonely one. All around us, sick we are...

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CHILD’S PLAY

Jan 26, 2015 by

CHILD’S PLAY

[Translate] LifeEdited Staff Gabriele Galimberti Happiness Stuff Toy Stories Toys Over the course of 18 months, seek photographer...

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LIVING SOCIAL

Jan 25, 2015 by

LIVING SOCIAL

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine / January 2015 / Living Social Through generous communal spaces, sickness the Songpa Micro-Housing...

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