You've seen the rest, now browse the best. Most straight forward real estate info from UAE and other places where sultans like to invest. Of course the name says it all; gowealthy.com empowering you with prosperity. Maps, renderings and photos galore... View full entry
"The world saw what happened to New Orleans. But could the same the thing happen to London? The city is among the best defended cities in the world against the power of a storm surge but there is just one weakness..." US audiences will learn more, starting tomorrow night on the Discovery Channel. View full entry
"Each day, as you go about your life, it's likely you'll make a guest appearance on at least 300 different CCTV screens. Britain now has more security cameras than any other country, yet their impact on crime rates is negligible, while our fear of crime is still rising. So have these screen... View full entry
While Zaha Hadid, Massimiliano Fuksas and Kisho Kurokawa compete for one istanbul project, Kengo Kuma, Ken Yeang and Winy Maas, MVRDV compete for another.via casting couch View full entry
River as weapon and concrete trapezoids. Geoff Manaugh for Inhabitat. View full entry
Critics Raise Concerns Over 9/11 Memorial Exits...with preparatory construction starting, another issue is coming into public view: How safe will the memorial be? Not safe enough, some critics fear. Interesting read for any fire code geeks. NYT View full entry
The Pakistan government is forcing people now to leave the tent camps that they have been living in since the earthquake, to go back to their villages and begin rebuilding. But, while progress is being made, this BBC article points out many of the obstacles still facing villagers when they... View full entry
"From the neo-classical and art deco colonial feel of the waterfront Bund - echoes from the 1800s when French, British and Americans settled in the bustling port - to the modern massive development of skyscrapers across the Huangpu River in Pudong, Shanghai looks very much like a western city... View full entry
London, Paris and New York are dying - the 21st Century belongs to the fertile chaos of the developing world metropolises. Rana Dasgupta heralds the arrival of an alternative vision of modernity Statesman View full entry
Mike Davis spreads the blame. The short answer is one, big category 5 state and federal "kiss-off" Nation | via | Mike Davis On Hurricane Katrina | The Mysteries of New Orleans View full entry
"The conventional response of planners is to try to sweep the dark underbelly of the city away. To do that is to risk the collateral damage that will destroy the very qualities that make a city work, says Deyan Sudjic." Guardian. View full entry
"The future skyline of Queens bears a superficial resemblance to Jersey City: More than a dozen tall buildings are planned to rise along the Queens Waterfront and, as a result of Special District zoning, many others are in the works in Long Island City and Hunters Point." Learn how "the... View full entry
Sprawl. It's an ugly word. That's a common view among urbanites and scholars. But over the past decade, a revisionist-minded, crossdisciplinary group of researchers has been complicating that view of sprawl and the metropolitan geography of which it is a part. They are rereading the suburban... View full entry
The bold scheme of Wansoo Im, an adjunct planning prof at Rutgers, to map NYC's public restrooms. Newyorker | nyrestroom.com View full entry
A new study is out on an overlooked subject: why children who grow up in rural trailer parks 'flounder' as they reach adulthood, despite the resourcefulness of their parents. chronicle from the chonicle: "Little research has explored why children who grow up in rural trailer parks almost all... View full entry
