Sean McCaughan assesses conditions on the ground three years after the city adopted a form-based roadmap.
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Miami’s New Urbanist Experiment
Sean McCaughan assesses conditions on the ground three years after the city adopted a form-based roadmap.How About Gardening or Golfing at the Mall?
Cleveland’s Galleria at Erieview, like many malls across the country, is suffering.Cleveland’s Galleria at Erieview, like many malls across the country, is suffering.
Sustainable is not enough: a call for regenerative cities
Urban resource consumption and waste disposal is widely seen as the root cause of many of the world’s environmental problems.Urban resource consumption and waste disposal is widely seen as the root cause of many of the world’s environmental problems.
Green walls create new urban jungles
Vertical gardens are cropping up all over cities these days, transforming drab urban facades into vibrant jungles of color.Vertical gardens are cropping up all over cities these days, transforming drab urban facades into vibrant jungles of color.
Times and Tides Weigh on Hudson River Park
It is supposed to be the model for New York City parks to come — built from dilapidated industrial structures, self-sustaining and financed by commercial ventures operating on parkland.It is supposed to be the model for New York City parks to come — built from dilapidated industrial structures, self-sustaining and financed by commercial ventures operating on parkland.
The rise of the Megacity
The rapid increase in the number of cities home to more than 10 million people will bring huge challenges … and opportunitiesThe rapid increase in the number of cities home to more than 10 million people will bring huge challenges … and opportunities
The Collaborative Design of Ancient Hive Cities
What the ancient cities in Sudan and China can teach us about designing better communitiesWhat the ancient cities in Sudan and China can teach us about designing better communities
America’s Health Threat: Poor Urban Design
Researchers can have revelatory moments in remarkable places—the African savannah, an ancient library, or the ruins of a lost civilization. But Richard J. Jackson's epiphany occurred in 1999 in a banal American landscape: a dismal stretch of the car-choked Buford Highway, near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.Researchers can have revelatory moments in remarkable places—the African savannah, an ancient library, or the ruins of a lost civilization. But Richard J. Jackson’s epiphany occurred in 1999 in a banal American landscape: a dismal stretch of the car-choked Buford Highway, near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The Psychology of Ruin Porn
It's the sort of image, imbued with loss and layers, that architecture buffs drool over. A wheelchair sits center stage, its orange vinyl back echoed by a round tabletop that leans against a wall, painted in a familiar shade of institutional green.It’s the sort of image, imbued with loss and layers, that architecture buffs drool over. A wheelchair sits center stage, its orange vinyl back echoed by a round tabletop that leans against a wall, painted in a familiar shade of institutional green.
A Stunning Revival for Hamburg’s Old Port
A 388-acre industrial zone is being transformed into HafenCity, a vibrant mixed-use district dotted with buildings by firms such as Herzog & de Meuron, Behnisch Architects, Richard Meier & Partners, and others. Despite some financial setbacks, the $10 billion urban redevelopment project is moving along.A 388-acre industrial zone is being transformed into HafenCity, a vibrant mixed-use district dotted with buildings by firms such as Herzog & de Meuron, Behnisch Architects, Richard Meier & Partners, and others. Despite some financial setbacks, the $10 billion urban redevelopment project is moving along.
Project to urbanize Îlot P in Lyon Confluence by Josep Lluís Mateo and Dominique Perrault
Last September, Mateo Arquitectura, together with the French practice Dominique Perrault Architecture, presented a proposal for the project to urbanize Îlot P in Lyon Confluence, to the south of the city of Lyon.
Urbanized: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit
Finally the trailer for Urbanized is done!
Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.
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