Green Building Would Add 30,00...

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Green Building Would Add 30,000 Plants & Trees To Cityscape

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Modern Cities Breed Alienation...

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From a young age, consumerist settings are normalized to pair as social spaces.

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Houston’s pocket prairies: Nat...

Oct 3, 2019 by

Humans are innovators and tend to look to technology to solve problems. But increasingly, people are turning to the natural world for solutions as well. For Houston, that means reintroducing the prairie.

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Tomorrow’s Healthy Connected C...

Jun 11, 2019 by

Pocket Neighborhood author and community expert Ross Chapin shares his ideas on tomorrow’s community design.

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The Missing Middle: Los Angele...

Mar 16, 2019 by

The desire for something “new and innovative” often stands in the way of proven and successful practices, especially when it involves changing zoning and building regulations.

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Metro areas can grow and cut e...

Jun 29, 2018 by

[Translate] Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images metro boomin’ By Greta Jochem    grist.org Cities have a problem:...

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20 things every city can do to...

Jun 23, 2018 by

[Translate]   Benches, trees, multi-modal transportation, and local food are a few of the suggestions in the Center for Active...

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Salty Urbanism: Sea Level Rise...

Jan 19, 2018 by

[Translate] Brooks + Scarpa    ARCHITECTMAGAZINE.COM greigobrien Project Name Salty Urbanism: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies...

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Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?...

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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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JOAN CLOS: THE PROBLEM ISNR...

Jul 8, 2017 by

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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The Urban Common Spaces That S...

May 12, 2017 by

The Urban Common Spaces That Show Us We Belong to Something Larger

[Translate] Environment We must protect the parks, pathways, and gardens that connect us to each other and to the ecosystems of our...

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URBAN MIGRATION: SHAPING THE F...

May 10, 2017 by

URBAN MIGRATION: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CITIES

[Translate] 100 Resilient Cities 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by @RockefellerFdn, In the largest wave of human displacement...

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The Urban Common Spaces That S...

May 2, 2017 by

The Urban Common Spaces That Show Us We Belong to Something Larger

We must protect the parks, pathways, and gardens that connect us to each other and to the ecosystems of our home.

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BOOK REVIEW: SEEING THE BETTER...

Mar 30, 2017 by

BOOK REVIEW: SEEING THE BETTER CITY

[Translate] THE DIRT   Aaron King Seeing the Better City / Island Press In her book The Eye Is a Door, landscape architecture...

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Housing for the homeless is a ...

Sep 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Editorial  la times Santa Monica residents have proposed an initiative that would require voter approval for most...

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LIBERLAND MAY BE THE WORLDR...

Jun 2, 2016 by

LIBERLAND MAY BE THE WORLD’S FIRST SOVEREIGN NATION POWERED BY ALGAE

[Translate] by Tafline Laylin  INHABITAT View Slideshow A proposal for an algae-powered city has won the design competition for...

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PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

May 25, 2016 by

PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Jared Green  THE DIRT                                                                                         Gold Coast,...

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A SUBURB THAT PUTS PEOPLE FIRS...

May 9, 2016 by

A SUBURB THAT PUTS PEOPLE FIRST

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture One of the biggest demerits of suburban living is how they can have an...

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WE WISH ALL SUBURBAN DEVELOPME...

Apr 21, 2016 by

WE WISH ALL SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENTS LOOKED LIKE THIS

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture We’ve long extolled the virtues of high density, urban living. By keeping...

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BRINGING LIFE TO MORIBUND SHOP...

Mar 24, 2016 by

BRINGING LIFE TO MORIBUND SHOPPING MALLS

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture No structure better represents consumer culture like the shopping mall. For...

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HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FAI...

Mar 23, 2016 by

HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FAILED?

[Translate] by The Dirt Contributor Welcome to the Anthropocene / The Topograph “A sense of crisis has brought us together. What is...

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IF YOU LIKE THE SUBURBS, YOU&#...

Feb 29, 2016 by

IF YOU LIKE THE SUBURBS, YOU’LL LOVE SUNNYSIDE GARDENS

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture Lest we forget, car-dependent, suburban sprawl is a very recent phenomenon....

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TRIO OF LIVING GREEN BUILDINGS...

Feb 16, 2016 by

TRIO OF LIVING GREEN BUILDINGS REINVENT PARIS AS A THRIVING SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM

[Translate]   by Lucy Wang  INHABITAT Share on Facebook Pin Tweet+ The heart of Paris’ 13th district has been reimagined as a...

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A KINDER, GREENER NEW YORK CIT...

Dec 18, 2015 by

A KINDER, GREENER NEW YORK CITY

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture Living in New York City can be many things: exciting, dynamic, culturally...

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HELP SHAPE THE NEW URBAN AGEND...

Nov 18, 2015 by

HELP SHAPE THE NEW URBAN AGENDA

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green Nearly twenty years ago, world leaders met in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss the fate of cities at...

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THE ORACLE OF AWESOME, AFFORDA...

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[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture There’s an ideal we promote on this site about the perfect edited life....

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CARLO RATTI DISCUSSES SMART CI...

Oct 5, 2015 by

CARLO RATTI DISCUSSES SMART CITIES AND THE CONVERGENCE OF OUR DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL WORLDS

[Translate] Network Society Interview:   FUTURISM Carlo Ratti is the Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab and Founding Partner of...

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BEIJING DESIGN WEEK – FU...

Oct 3, 2015 by

BEIJING DESIGN WEEK – FUTURE OF HUTONG

[Translate] DESIGNBOOM during beijing design week 2015, designers, architects and innovators from across the world have come together...

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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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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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