How Local Housing Regulations ...

Sep 6, 2017 by

How Local Housing Regulations Smother the U.S. Economy

[Translate] By CHANG-TAI HSIEH and ENRICO MORETTI   NYTIMES Houses fill the landscape near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Credit...

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Brooks + Scarpa’s The Six Rais...

Sep 5, 2017 by

Brooks + Scarpa’s The Six Raises the Bar for Affordable Housing in LA

[Translate] A new veteran-focused housing development seeks to offer a more sensitive salve to Los Angeles’s growing homelessness...

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Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?...

Sep 4, 2017 by

Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

[Translate] Paul Krugman    NYTIMES Photo The highways in Houston were empty last Tuesday after the city was inundated with...

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Houston’s flooding shows what ...

Aug 30, 2017 by

Houston’s flooding shows what happens when you ignore science and let developers run rampant

[Translate] WET LAND NEEDS WETLANDS Share Written by Ana Campoy David Yanofsky   QZ.COM August 29, 2017 Since Houston, Texas was...

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Earthships: 100% Sustainable, ...

Aug 18, 2017 by

Earthships: 100% Sustainable, Inexpensive Off-Grid Homes Made From Recycled Materials (Video)

[Translate] Environment Grow your own food, produce your own energy and reduce your carbon footprint in an Earthship home. By...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Aug 16, 2017 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (August 1 – 15)

[Translate] J.R. Taylor   DIRT.ASLA.ORG Approaching the Japanese Garden Cultural Village / Jeremy Bittermann Portland Japanese Garden...

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A Village for Thought Leaders ...

Aug 15, 2017 by

A Village for Thought Leaders Breaks Ground on Powder Mountain

[Translate] A visionary organization has purchased a mountain in Utah and is designing a ground-up public town that they hope will...

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How to Make “Music Cities” in ...

Aug 13, 2017 by

How to Make “Music Cities” in an Age of Rapid-Fire Gentrification

[Translate] The takeaway from this year’s Music Cities Convention was clear: if we want vibrant cities, we must start...

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The Greenhouse of Abundance: H...

Aug 4, 2017 by

The Greenhouse of Abundance: How to Build Your Own Abundance Oasis for Food Self-Sufficiency

[Translate] By Daisy Hunt & Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World Breaking from the conventions of the Victorian Age, the...

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Designing for the Moment Refug...

Aug 1, 2017 by

Designing for the Moment Refugees Become Neighbors

[Translate] A Seattle architect has created an award-winning guide for refugees navigating day-to-day life in American cities. Audrey...

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A Carbon-Free City Is Being Bu...

Jul 29, 2017 by

A Carbon-Free City Is Being Built from Scratch

[Translate] DENVER — Can a city built from scratch be profitable to developers and enjoyable to residents as it tries to be...

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Using design to protect studen...

Jul 28, 2017 by

Using design to protect students from the unexpected

[Translate] Kim Slowey   CONSTRUCTIONDIVE.COM Violence has a long history in U.S. schools, with recorded incidences dating back to...

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A Guide to Helping Senior Citi...

Jul 25, 2017 by

A Guide to Helping Senior Citizens Stay Safe at Home

[Translate] Introduction Care about a senior citizen in your life? Then make sure his or her home doesn’t become a house of horrors....

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From Jails to “Justice Hubs”: ...

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From Jails to “Justice Hubs”: New Report Details How Design Can Improve & Integrate Jails in Our Cities

[Translate] Van Alen Institute today released “Justice in Design,” a report that examines how re-designing our jails...

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GrowNYC’s New Center Brings Su...

Jul 19, 2017 by

GrowNYC’s New Center Brings Sustainability to the Heart of NYC

[Translate] Farmhouse, a new profit-generating event space designed by Oregon-born environmental architect Thomas Kosbau, highlights...

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How Tiny Homes Could Spur Affo...

Jul 18, 2017 by

How Tiny Homes Could Spur Affordable Housing, Ease Gentrification, Reduce Consumerism and Help the Environment

[Translate] There’s a growing movement to downsize living, but is America ready for a nation of micro-houses? By Lorraine Chow...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Jul 17, 2017 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (June 16 – 30)

Shades of Green’s 630-square-foot Pacific Heights rooftop garden

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Nuns build open-air chapel to ...

Jul 14, 2017 by

[Translate] Battles against fossil fuel pipelines aren’t limited to North Dakota. In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a group of...

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Amazing low-cost, off-grid Lif...

Jul 14, 2017 by

Amazing low-cost, off-grid Lifehaus homes are made from recycled materials

[Translate] by Lacy Cooke   INHABITAT View Slideshow This amazing home by Lifehaus blends low-cost off-grid appeal with with holistic...

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These Transparent, Solar Power...

Jul 14, 2017 by

These Transparent, Solar Power-Generating Windows Are the World’s First

[Translate] Earth & Energy by nbcmach  FUTURISM.COM Physee Energy-Neutral A tech startup on a mission to make modern commercial...

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GREEN ARCHITECTURE 101: BUILDI...

Jul 11, 2017 by

Green building, sometimes referred to as sustainable design, is a practice that focuses on improving the efficient use of energy, water and materials during a building’s life.

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LA Riverwalk Architects propos...

Jul 10, 2017 by

LA Riverwalk Architects propose seven ways to reinvigorate the Los Angeles river

[Translate] Dezeen Magazine Eleanor GibsonColourful playgrounds, undulating pathways and a spot for kayaking are among the proposals...

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medical clinic can drive itsel...

Jul 9, 2017 by

[Translate] Emma Tucker This concept for a self-driving mobile medical clinic by Seattle studio Artefact includes diagnostics powered...

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HOLLAND’S FIRST VERTICAL...

Jul 8, 2017 by

HOLLAND’S FIRST VERTICAL FOREST TO RISE WITH 10,000 AIR-PURIFYING PLANTS

[Translate] by Lucy Wang  INHABITAT.COM View Slideshow Hot on the heels of the world’s first Forest City in China, Stefano Boeri...

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JOAN CLOS: THE PROBLEM ISNR...

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JOAN CLOS: THE PROBLEM ISN’T ARCHITECTURE, IT’S URBAN DESIGN

[Translate] Metropolis’s Avinash Rajagopal asks Dr. Joan Clos, executive director of UN-Habitat, for his insight into successful...

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HOW A HYDRAULIC BOARDWALK IS G...

Jul 8, 2017 by

HOW A HYDRAULIC BOARDWALK IS GIVING ISTANBUL ITS WATERFRONT BACK

[Translate] A master plan by Gensler and U.S.-based design firm Dror will reintegrate Istanbul’s waterfront within the ancient...

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10 LOW-COST HOMES THAT COULD H...

Jul 8, 2017 by

10 LOW-COST HOMES THAT COULD HELP TACKLE THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS

[Translate] Dezeen Magazine Trudie Carter  DEZEEN.COM An affordable micro home that takes less than a day to build has just launched...

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WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AN...

Jul 7, 2017 by

[Translate] popular now architecture! prism design + office coastline’s runner camp merges a retail shoe store with a gym...

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QUIRKY COUPLE TRAVELS AROUND T...

Jul 7, 2017 by

QUIRKY COUPLE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD TO PLAYFULLY INTERACT WITH ARCHITECTURE

[Translate] Citing the street as their favorite workplace and the whole world as their canvas, Valencia-based couple Anna Devis...

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35 AUDACIOUS IDEAS TO CHANGE T...

Jul 6, 2017 by

35 AUDACIOUS IDEAS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE OF ENERGY

[Translate] Rocky Mountain Institute Founded in 1982, Rocky Mountain Institute is a nonprofit that transforms global energy use to...

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