ECOVILLAGE SURVIVES AS A HAVEN...

Aug 22, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate]   By Christy Rodgers, Upside Down World | Report A building within the “ecovillage” of Huehuecoyotl in...

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Aug 22, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] INHABITAT The project’s solar panels, which are treated as a design element, generate around a megawatt of energy per day...

Cleveland: A Sustainable City ...

Aug 22, 2015 by GlobalPossibilities

Cleveland is home to more than 1.6 million people…

WHAT KIND OF DESIGN TRIGGERS H...

Aug 21, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Nikos A. Salingaros  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Figure 6. Biophilic design is better for both architect and user, because the...

HOW SUBURBAN SPRAWL CAUSES SEG...

Aug 20, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Shutterstock By Ben Adler   GRIST As any sharp sociology major could tell you, a lot of the problems we associate with...

HOW CAN WE GET TREES TO COMMUN...

Aug 19, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] THE DIRT         by Liz Camuti The science is increasingly clear: trees are central to healthy, livable cities. New...

NATURE: THE SAVIOR OF CITIES?

Aug 15, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Yoshi Silverstein In my first year studying for a landscape architecture degree, our textbook for a course...

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Aug 15, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] THE DIRT  by J.R. Taylor Red Rocks, Conservation Corps Camp Named National Historic Landmark – The Denver Post, 8/4/15...

Q&A: JAN GEHL ON MAKING C...

Aug 12, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Celebrated architect-planner Jan Gehl has worked with the Copenhagen city council to improve the...

Eko Atlantic – Climate C...

Aug 11, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] by John Crappe for Holy $h*tters   via DAILY KOS Eko Atlantic, being built just off Lagos along Nigeria’s Coast and...

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Aug 8, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] THE DIRT by J.R. Taylor In Seattle, Framing Mount Rainier – The Huffington Post, 7/16/15 “Gustafson Guthrie Nichol was...

BALANCING OLD AND NEW ON ALEXA...

Aug 8, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] THE DIRT by Liz Camuti A new master plan for Old Town, the historic center of Alexandria, Virginia, just a few miles from...

RETIREMENT REBOOT

Aug 1, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Architect and urban studies expert Deane Simpson discusses aging in place and rethinking senior citizen communities....

PARASITIC POD HOMES ATTACH TO ...

Aug 1, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] by Tafline Laylin, INHABITAT Since 2010, the number of homeless people “sleeping rough” on the streets of London has...

Jul 29, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture Anyone Up for a Trip to Iceland? A reader sent me this Airbnb listing...

THIS SKYSCRAPER OF THE FUTURE ...

Jul 29, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate]   Basically, a true secret garden for the 21st century. Priscilla Frank Arts Writer, The Huffington Post   “I...

THE CHICAGO BUNGALOW

Jul 28, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture In the early part of the 20th Century, the United States experienced a surge...

DESIGNING OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACE...

Jul 27, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine The vice president of design and marketing at Landscape Forms calls on the outdoor-furniture industry...

LABYRINTHS FOR HEALTHCARE: APP...

Jul 26, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Labyrinths for Healthcare: Ap  by The Dirt Contributor Labyrinths have become increasingly popular in healthcare settings...

A POST-INDUSTRIAL STONEHENGE R...

Jul 26, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Liz Camuti As Scotland becomes one of the first countries to run solely on renewable energy, communities...