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Sustainable Design Requires Fun, Lively Social Communities
‘The architecture was award winning - but the lifestyle? There’s more going on at local cemeteries.’The comment, in the German magazine Der Spiegel, described the City Nord development in Hamburg last year. But it could have been equally true of many new urban developments worldwide. In the UK, the only qualification to that comment... [read more]
Our Top 15 Favorite Posts of 2010: from Urban Cemeteries to Sustainable Design
All of our top posts of 2010 were written in the last quarter of the year. These fifteen posts covered a range of topics such as trees (the American chestnut, Stuyvesant's pear tree, American sweetgums not planted at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, and cherry trees in bloom and in fall color); the urban cemetery (as habitat and as new... [read more]
Sustainable Sites Initiative Selects 175 Pilot Projects
The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) has selected 175 pilot projects to test a national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward Sustainable Infrastructure Project... [read more]
R&Sie(n): The Question of Morpho-Ecological Architecture and Engineering
I wrote in a previous text on BIG, precisely, on the use of Circle Packing in their project The Ren Peoples Buildings, quoting Cynthia Ottchen, (AD, p.23) that there is an increasing interest for scripted design methodologies, in particular, genetic algorithms based on a biological model (morphogenesis), mathematical means, and advanced... [read more]
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow: moving smart growth forward
What do we mean, exactly, when we describe or advocate “smart growth”? Is it the same as all those other phrases, such as “sustainable communities,” “urbanism,” “growth management,” “green development,” “livability,” or “location efficiency”? What is it that we want? What should we want? This is my 500th blog... [read more]
The Zero Energy Home
Have you got a spare $350,000? Specht Harpman are looking for an investor to turn their zeroHouse concept into a reality. Compact living has a high profile at the moment (just a couple of weeks ago we blogged about a 12 foot house), and as the world urbanises it is likely to remain an important issue. Called the zeroHouse because it is... [read more]
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Kaid Benfield is director of sustainable communities and smart growth at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, DC. More »
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Rodrigo Herrera Vegas is a writer for for one of Argentina's main newspapers, La Nación, and a radio show host. More »
Warren Karlenzig Warren Karlenzig is the founder and president of Common Current. More »
Geoff Wilkinson is the Vice Chair of the Building Standards Faculty of the Chartered Institute of Building.i More »
Chuck Wolfe Chuck Wolfe is a lawyer, professor, and photographer who blogs at MyUrbanist. More »
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Transformation Through Technology: Delivering Better Public Services
When: Thu, 2012-05-24 08:00
Webinar: ISO 20121 - Sustainability & Event Management
When: Thu, 2012-05-24 08:00
Sustainability and Affordable Housing: an Interactive Charrette
When: Sat, 2012-06-02 11:00
Tourism and Sustainable Futures: Beyond 2015
When: Fri, 2012-06-15 09:00
Public Sector Leadership: driving cultural change
When: Thu, 2012-06-21 14:36
Youth Policy Summit on Urban Sustainability at UC Denver
When: Sun, 2012-06-24 12:00
“Ever since it appeared in The Road. Braddock has been on my radar for some time. They have been working hard up there for a long time. Very good to see the community pushed into the spotlight. Looking forward to watching this series of articles!”
“I don't walk by choice. My vision forced me to give up my car years ago. I won't lie, I miss being able to drive. I hate the bus, though Santa Clara's VTA is one of the best systems in the country. But I am able to get around. And I walk to shop, sometimes as far as 3 miles away. Sometimes I take the bus back, sometimes I just walk back. This changes ...”