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Scaling the Urban Future by Blending the Urban Past

March 22, 2012 by Chuck Wolfe
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How will the city of tomorrow reflect adaptive reuse of the city of today?I don’t think we ask that question broadly enough, and our day-to-day, property-specific incrementalism can easily overshoot the greatest lessons from history for today’s city politics, regulation and economic constraints.A hometown case in point, last month,... [read more]

Reinventing Place with Angels Above

December 12, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
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In the Lucanian Dolomite mountains of Italy’s Basilicata province, two hill towns show the magical potential of place, connectivity and human innovation in unparalleled fashion.

In the Lucanian Dolomite mountains of Italy’s Basilicata province, two hill towns show the magical potential of place, connectivity and human innovation in unparalleled fashion. There, where, in the Middle Ages, rocky outcrops were lookout posts, some see an extreme sport in the Volo dell’Angelo zip wire which spans a narrow, deep... [read more]

AIA Announces Top 10 Green Buildings

May 4, 2011 by The Dirt ASLA
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The Committee on the Environment (COTE) at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) selected their list of the best examples of sustainable building design this year. According to AIA, the awards program, now in its 15th year, celebrates “projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to... [read more]

Buy a Torpedo-Testing Facility

July 4, 2010 by Geoff Manaugh
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[Image: A former torpedo-testing facility, now a £4 million private home; courtesy of Knight Frank].This £4 million property located in the suburbs southwest of London "must be one of the most unique spaces to have come to the market in recent local history," estate agents Knight Frank justifiably claim. [Images: Former torpedo-testing... [read more]

Flooded London 2030

June 30, 2010 by Geoff Manaugh
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[Image: From "Floating City 2030: Thames Estuary Aquatic Urbanism" by Anthony Lau].Continuing with a look at some noteworthy student projects—which kicked off this week with thesis work by Taylor Medlin—we now look at a proposal by Anthony Lau, submitted back in 2008 at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. For that project, Lau... [read more]

Planning for adaptive post office reuse

May 19, 2010 by Daniel Nairn
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Mixing public and private uses in St. Louis' Old Post Office. Flickr: Kodamakitty The author of the blog Connecticut River Yankee Out West has raised an intriguing question. Recognizing an art deco post office for sale in Eugene, Oregon, he notes: "Unfortunately,... [read more]

Paradise in a parking lot: is history still history if it is relocated?

February 17, 2010 by Kaid Benfield
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Is a historic city church still historic if it is no longer on its site, or even in a city?  The question is posed directly in the case of the spectacular old St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic basilica in Buffalo, which is now likely to be moved to an Atlanta suburb.  It’s hard to fathom a more telling and troubling symbol of the... [read more]