They are the unloved, invisible and, chances are, right outside your door ”” dozens of them ”” waiting, wanting, right now. Don't panic. They're not closing in, even if, as some say, their numbers are growing. They're waiting for you to come to them. They are what a... View full entry
Dubai: The cost of building structures on the 303 man-made islands of The World will be around $7.6 billion according to the project's developer Nakheel. A huge marine transport system will connect the islands and allow its estimated 150,000 inhabitants to move around. read | World looking a... View full entry
The Fourth Annual International Greening Rooftops conference, May 11th and 12th in Boston: conference website. Via Inhabitat. View full entry
Check out the four-part series - Politics, Economy, Environment, Society - called China Rises. View full entry
Dubai: Motorists will be able to know in advance about traffic congestion, road closures and accidents as a new high-tech traffic management system is being installed on major city roads.Gulf News View full entry
"California has the distinction of having the 11 least-affordable metropolitan areas in the country. One would need to go all the way down to 12th place ”” and across the country to the New York region's northern suburbs ”” to find a non-California metropolitan area on the... View full entry
Westword : Late in the afternoon on the last Friday of every month, bicyclists in 400 cities around the world gather for Critical Mass, a community bike ride that's taken off on every continent except Antarctica, according to www.critical-mass.org But don't make the mistake of thinking that... View full entry
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has recently taken a bold step to protect how three historic resources are viewed from street level by restricting high-rise buildings behind them. Because of the city's character, however, it faces the classic conflict of historic preservation vs. land... View full entry
San José Lab , an urban laboratory that promotes architectural thought and the articulation of culture producing spaces in the city, is deeply interested in implementing strategies for resolving the current state of the empty city. Under this premise the Lab and Euromobilia organized the... View full entry
“While most aspects of the American reconstruction in Iraq are either behind schedule, over budget, or under investigation for fraud, the United States is building a massive "city within a city", an embassy so large it will be visible from space.” Read in the Times. Via... View full entry
"This year, with bombings and roadside ambushes less frequent than before, sections of Chechnya are being rebuilt at last. Roads are being paved, buildings repaired, electric cables hung. Scaffolding now cloaks many of the heavy ruins on the main boulevards." NYT. View full entry
Standing in the buff-colored sanctuary of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church here, Andres Duany, the high priest of the New Urbanist city-planning movement, laid down a challenge to the 375 people who jammed the pews to hear his vision for the city's sprawling Gentilly section. "The question is... View full entry
Around half of the Iranian diaspora lives in California, primarily "Tehrangeles" as it is jokingly referred to, and Orange County. Westwood Boulevard in West LA, is home to all things Persian, with a confident atmosphere of sophisticated middle-class prosperity. bbc View full entry
After months of feuding about who should build what at ground zero, construction began yesterday on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, which will rise on the spot where the World Trade Center stood. AP-Philadelphia Inquirer View full entry
"Wave Dragon is an offshore wave energy converter of the overtopping type. In 2003 Wave Dragon was the first wave energy developer to connect a prototype device to the public grid. Operating automatically this device has been online in the U.K. for 15,600 hours. Now, in a Joint Venture with UK... View full entry
