Anne Trubek at Good Magazine has penned a piece on feral houses, inspired by James D. Griffioen's beautiful photos. Anne Trubek at Good Magazine has penned a piece on feral houses, inspired by James D. Griffioen's beautiful photos.Feral houses are no longer domesticated, having reverted to a... View full entry
The Meatpacking District's newly opened, much-touted urban park along an elevated, former railroad trestle has unwittingly turned into a peep show near The Standard hotel, as randy hotel guests perform sex acts in front of floor-to-ceiling hotel windows.""Note to parents strolling the High Line... View full entry
Architects and planners are told of their 'Pollyannaish view' in working out the details for Jordan Downs housing project in So. Central Los Angeles. Architects and planners are told of their 'Pollyannaish view' in working out the details for Jordan Downs housing project in So. Central Los... View full entry
A void deck typically found under apartment blocks in Singapore. The void deck occupies the ground level, while apartments are usually on the second floor onwards. Sometimes, events like Malay weddings, Chinese weddings or even funeral wakes are held in such places. Void decks also facilitate the... View full entry
Editor Nathan Gardels, of New Perspective Quarterly interviews Mike Davis who talks about Pandemics and the Planet of Slums. Editor Nathan Gardels, of New Perspective Quarterly interviews Mike Davis who talks about Pandemics and the Planet of Slums. Read View full entry
Economist Paul Romer unveils a bold idea: "charter cities," city-scale administrative zones governed by a coalition of nations. Economist Paul Romer unveils a bold idea: "charter cities," city-scale administrative zones governed by a coalition of nations. TED Talks View full entry
Councils in deprived areas of England to get £50,000 each to turn boarded-up shops into art galleries or community centres Ministers today announced a £3m fund to help revive English high streets hit by the recession. The money will be shared between some of England's hardest-hit areas... View full entry
Moving Cities has a good three-part series up right now on the hutongs in Beijing and their continual disappearance to make way for China's rapid urban development -- “where have the memory masochists gone to?” and why has “the topic of the disappearance of the hutongs... View full entry
Ben Fry, infographic artist and co-creator of Processing, has created a map of the USA (minus AK and HI), consisting of the 26 million individual road segments across the nation. The result is quite fascinating.Ben Fry, infographic artist and co-creator of Processing, has created a map of the USA... View full entry
The BBC visits one of the world's biggest refugee camps.The BBC visits one of the world's biggest refugee camps. The Dadaab camp, (which lies on a dusty patch of land close to Kenya's border with Somalia.) wasd designed to hold about 90,000 people, but now gives shelter to more than three times... View full entry
Conflictive urbanism in Dharavi: the dialectic of mega-projects and mega-resistances Abitare reports. Conflictive urbanism in Dharavi: the dialectic of mega-projects and mega-resistances. Abitare reports on some recent work by a group of 16 students from the MSc: Building and Urban Design in... View full entry
Why Richard Florida's honeymoon is over...Richard Florida arrived two years ago as the toast of Toronto. Today, his critics argue he is a glib salesman and elitist. How did such a sweet marriage go wrong?They say he's a huckster. He shrugs. "I made the decision to build my dialogue around economic... View full entry
It was the most beautiful river park in the world, says Linda Cox, until in 1949, the State Legislature narrowly decided to build a high-speed highway through the Esplanade, to alleviate what supporters called “disgraceful” traffic conditions. WBUR (read/listen) View full entry
The authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have reduced water supplies by 30% as it faces one of the worst shortages in its history. The authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have reduced water supplies by 30% as it faces one of the worst shortages in its history. The fear... View full entry
Each plastic triangle represents a block where there have been three or more home foreclosures. When it came to representing the sprawling nature of the foreclosure crisis in New York City, the artist Damon Rich figured out that the best thing to do was to shrink it down to size. NYT View full entry