White Horse village in Wuxi county, western China, is a symbol of China's economic revolution. In just four years the village has been transformed. Where subsistence farmers once made a living on tiny plots a city now stands. White Horse village in Wuxi county, western China, is a symbol of... View full entry
Vila Cruzerio favela of Rio is surrounded by army tanks, setting a stark contrast to recent romancing of "informal urbanism" schemes. Government says the problem is created by drug gangs. But people have different view. "PROBLEM HERE IS SOCIAL, AND MONETARY DIVISION OF PEOPLE BRAZILIAN. IN GUETO... View full entry
[Polis] discusses how academia's expert knowledge on cities is out of reach to planners, architects and public. "But is all of this incredibly well-formulated, well-researched work actually consumed by anyone in this new ‘urban society’? For that matter, is it actually used in... View full entry
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For cities to become truly smart, everything must be connected. The Economist has published an interesting piece on Singapore's grid instrustructure, and it's plans to turn the city/state into an experimental laboratory for urban planning.Both local and foreign firms in these sectors will be able... View full entry
Duany sees a coup forming to overthrow the long reigning Urban Design program to install a new Landscape (Ecological?) Urbanism regime. Susan Szenasy asks "... is he just looking for a fight, or is there a constructive dialogue to be had here?" Metropolis Duany sees a coup forming to overthrow the... View full entry
Archinect senior editor Quilian Riano reviews MoMA's "Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement" for the Design Observer. Archinect senior editor Quilian Riano reviews MoMA's "Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement" for the Design Observer. link |... View full entry
Boris Johnson's transport chief today defended spending £390 million improving public spaces, suggesting it could reduce anti-social behaviour. Mr Johnson, who has pledged to make London a “more civilised” place, has argued that you can design out crime by improving street... View full entry
The Big Picture compiled a morbidly beautiful set of satellite photos telling the story of the financial meltdown in SW Florida.Many homes there are empty and have been for years. Huge developments sit partially completed among densely built up neighborhoods and swampland. A guest stated that... View full entry
"On the events of the people's efforts to stop Islamic Center in lower Manhattan, take note. In that case, buildings are not necessary. The New York grid itself could be utilized." "On the events of the people's efforts to stop Islamic Center in lower Manhattan, take note. In that case, buildings... View full entry
Incredibly, scientists are starting to view New York as an ecological hot spot—more diverse and richer in nature than the suburbs and rural counties that surround it. Incredibly, scientists are starting to view New York as an ecological hot spot—more diverse and richer in nature than... View full entry
The Global Post profiles Dhaka the fastest growing mega-city in the world as part of their five-part, multimedia series on the coming dystopia that is urbanization. The Global Post profiles Dhaka the fastest growing mega-city in the world as part of their five-part, multimedia series on the coming... View full entry
In the latest Miller McCune... No Port After the Storm: Post-Katrina New Orleans, still rife with blighted housing, is a lesson for recovering from future disasters. Read | Plus: "A short digression on the meaning of a word that apparently has no generally agreed-upon political definition:" Liberal View full entry
HafenCity is one of the largest urban development projects underway in the world today. But will it be successful? City planners are hoping that their application of an academic field known as environmental psychology will do the trick. HafenCity is one of the largest urban development projects... View full entry
What better way to spend $10 billion in Africa then remake cities into the shape of animals? What better way to spend $10 billion in Africa then remake cities into the shape of animals?Juba — the capital of Southern Sudan — is to be reshaped into a compact rhino with two pointy horns... View full entry