NEW CITY PLAYGROUNDS EXPLORE U...

Sep 18, 2015 by

NEW CITY PLAYGROUNDS EXPLORE UNDIRECTED PLAY

[Translate] Point of View METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Grace Lo Hanegi Park in Tokyo, Japan, is ruled by children. In our previous Green Team...

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REMAKE LOS ANGELES’ OLDE...

Sep 18, 2015 by

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green Pershing Square Park is Los Angeles’ oldest park. First opened in 1867 as St. Vincent’s Park,...

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PLACEMETER MEASURES THE FLOW O...

Sep 18, 2015 by

PLACEMETER MEASURES THE FLOW OF PEOPLE THROUGH URBAN SPACES

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Cities are increasingly loaded up with technology. Sensors now enable managers of urban water and...

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URBAN HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE, ...

Sep 17, 2015 by

URBAN HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE – IN GERMANY

[Translate] David Friedlander   life edited Architecture Real estate is a big and often lucrative business. The reason is fairly...

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MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT SKYSCRAP...

Sep 17, 2015 by

MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT SKYSCRAPERS ARE BEING BUILT THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT THERE’S A CATCH.A

[Translate] re Being Built Than Ever Before. But There’s a Catch. Green building is a booming industry, but it’s still a...

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CREATING COMMUNITIES

Sep 14, 2015 by

CREATING COMMUNITIES

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine In America, nineteen million low-income families are “housing insecure.” Housing specialist Katie...

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“ARCHITECTURE IS LOSING ...

Sep 14, 2015 by

“ARCHITECTURE IS LOSING ITS CAPACITY TO INSPIRE PEOPLE”

[Translate] METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Chicago-based architects Design With Company on why buildings should reframe and celebrate the...

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MARTHA’S VINEYARD HOME A...

Sep 12, 2015 by

MARTHA’S VINEYARD HOME AS MOVABLE CONCRETE BLOCKS

[Translate] DESIGNBOOM sep 05, 2015 peter rose constructs martha’s vineyard property as movable concrete blocks photography by chuck...

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IN QUEST FOR HOME, MAN CHOOSES...

Sep 11, 2015 by

IN QUEST FOR HOME, MAN CHOOSES TO BUILD RATHER THAN BORROW

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture If you didn’t know it already, the modern home-ownership model is pretty...

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A VERY BRIGHT IDEA IN PORTABLE...

Sep 11, 2015 by

A VERY BRIGHT IDEA IN PORTABLE LIGHTING

[Translate]    LIFE EDITED A couple years ago, we featured a prototype lighting system made by Voltaic Systems that was installed in...

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST GREE...

Sep 9, 2015 by

THE WORLD’S LARGEST GREEN ROOF IN SILICON VALLEY

[Translate] 0 all images courtesy of the hills at vallco       uruguayan architect rafael viñoly has unveiled plans to...

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HISTORY, VEGETATION, HAPPINESS...

Sep 6, 2015 by

HISTORY, VEGETATION, HAPPINESS … YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT MAKES A CITY ATTRACTIVE

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but is it all cities need to be attractive? Readers shared their...

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World’s Biggest Economie...

Sep 5, 2015 by

World’s Biggest Economies Devise Plan That Spells Doom for Planet Earth

[Translate] Experts warn that the G20’s massive infrastructure plan will cause “rapid ecological deterioration.” By...

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WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM EU...

Sep 5, 2015 by

WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM EUROPE’S HIGH-SPEED TRAINS

[Translate] Shutterstock By Ben Adler GRIST Riding the high-speed train between Berlin and Hamburg, Germany’s two largest cities, is...

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DESIGN A NEW HUB FOR DEAF CULT...

Sep 5, 2015 by

DESIGN A NEW HUB FOR DEAF CULTURE

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts university in the world that teaches its students in...

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SILICON VALLEY REINVENTS THE M...

Sep 5, 2015 by

SILICON VALLEY REINVENTS THE MALL

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green As malls die off around the country, and more people shop online, new shopping center models...

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STYLISH LITTLE HOUSE FIT FOR A...

Sep 4, 2015 by

STYLISH LITTLE HOUSE FIT FOR A FAMILY

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture While it’s a nice idea to think a family could live in a sub 300 sq ft tiny...

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MAD presents cloud corridor re...

Sep 2, 2015 by

MAD presents cloud corridor residences at the A+D museum’s inaugural exhibition

[Translate]   aug 28, 2015     in an exhibition currently on view at the A+D museum in LA, MAD architects has proposed...

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DUTCH STUDENT DESIGNS OCEAN CL...

Sep 2, 2015 by

DUTCH STUDENT DESIGNS OCEAN CLEANUP ARRAY

[Translate]         the ocean cleanup array won the 2015 INDEX: award due its potential to address one the...

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PUBLIC HOUSING: THE MYTH, THE ...

Sep 1, 2015 by

PUBLIC HOUSING: THE MYTH, THE FACTS, THE HBO SHOW

[Translate] The U.S. National Archives By Natalie Y. Moore GRIST HBO’s Show Me a Hero, which ended last night, cuts right to the...

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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BRAD PITT A...

Aug 31, 2015 by

[Translate] By Peter Whoriskey WASHINGTON POST After Hurricane Katrina, movie star Brad Pitt descended on New Orleans to help rebuild...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS QUESTION ...

Aug 31, 2015 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS QUESTION GEHRY-LED LOS ANGELES RIVER MASTERPLAN

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor The Los Angeles landscape architecture and design community was surprised by the recent...

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CONVERSATION WITH SUSTAINER HO...

Aug 30, 2015 by

CONVERSATION WITH SUSTAINER HOMES ABOUT ZERO IMPACT LIVING

[Translate] 1 all images courtesy of sustainer homes         in the outskirts of amsterdam, there is a courages...

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NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WANT T...

Aug 30, 2015 by

NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WANT TO MAKE ELECTRICITY WITH EVERY WINDOW

[Translate] DESIGNBOOM 0 all images courtesy of new energy technologies         american company, new energy...

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FUTURE AND PAST EXPERIENCE ARC...

Aug 30, 2015 by

FUTURE AND PAST EXPERIENCE ARCHITECTURAL COLLISION

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture I’ve long expressed my enthusiasm for clever renovations of old spaces. The...

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INFOGRAPHIC: LOOKING BACK AT C...

Aug 28, 2015 by

[Translate] <d Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana. On August 29, 2005, the force of this...

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MEXICO CITY’S AMBITIOUS ...

Aug 28, 2015 by

MEXICO CITY’S AMBITIOUS ELEVATED PARK

[Translate] THE DIRT    by Jared Green Mexico City, one of the world’s great megalopolises, with more than 20 million people, is...

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BEAUTY REDEEMED – DESIGN...

Aug 25, 2015 by

BEAUTY REDEEMED – DESIGN THINKING FOR A POST-INDUSTRIAL CENTURY

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Yoshi Silverstein Gas Works Park in Seattle. Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord in Germany. Ariel Sharon (Mount...

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IT’S DE BLASIO AND BRATT...

Aug 24, 2015 by

IT’S DE BLASIO AND BRATTON VS. THE WORLD ON TIMES SQUARE PLAZAS

[Translate]   by Stephen Miller   STREETS BLOG, NEW YORK CITY Let’s start with some basic facts: Most people like Times Square...

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BRAD PITT’S ‘MAKE ...

Aug 23, 2015 by

BRAD PITT’S ‘MAKE IT RIGHT’ TO UNVEIL THEIR FIRST TINY HOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS

[Translate] by Charley Cameron, INHABITAT Make it Right, the non-profit founded by Brad Pitt to provide sustainable housing in New...

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