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Reimagining Model Cities

February 1, 2012 by TheCityFix - produced by EMBARQ
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During last week’s Transforming Transportation conference, Jaime Lerner expressed that one of the greatest compliments he has ever received was from his driver who told him that Curitiba looked exactly like the architectural model Lerner was carrying with him at the time. [read more]

A Garden City for the 21st Century

February 1, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
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Aberdeen, a city in Scotland, is not only transforming its urban center into a garden and cultural center, but also making sure the proposed designs suits the needs of the public. An upcoming referendum will gauge public support for the designs created by landscape architects OLIN, architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Scottish... [read more]

3 Requirements for Multigenerational Homes to work

January 23, 2012 by Tazmine Loomans
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Multigenerational living is growing like gangbusters, with babyboomers retiring and recent grads increasingly moving home. Here, what factors to pay attention to. Do you agree? [read more]

From Starbucks to Barbucks: Hyperreal Gentrification in Your Neighborhood

January 23, 2012 by Tony Chavira
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The idea behind hyperreality is that, at some point, you stop being able to distinguish what is real from what is fantasy. And this is what companies like Starbucks hope to ultimately achieve. [read more]

Texas-Based Company to Retrofit First New York Skyscraper

January 23, 2012 by Stephen Del Percio
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In cooperation with its joint venture partner Mitsui & Company, Transcend Equity Development Corporation out of Dallas will perform a free $1.4 million energy-efficient retrofit at 125 Maiden Lane, a 17-story, 340,000-square-foot office condominium in the Financial District that is sponsored by Time Equities, Inc. The project is... [read more]

Is Social Media the Key to Making Buildings More Sustainable?

January 23, 2012 by This Big City
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Can you use social media to better engage your community? Even in construction? [read more]

The Real Value of Old Buildings

January 21, 2012 by Tazmine Loomans
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This week I sat on a panel about the topic of the State of Sustainability in the metropolitan Phoenix area. One of the subjects that was discussed was adaptive reuse. Adaptive reuse is when you use an existing building for a new purpose. A great example of adaptive reuse is Filmbar, a combination theater and bar, which is in a... [read more]

How Design Activists Hope to Turn Around Detroit

January 20, 2012 by the polis blog
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The Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) is not content with the status quo when it comes to built environment professionals — especially architects. Based at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture since 1994, it sees the production of architecture as a political act, one that supports or disrupts the actions... [read more]

Top 10 States for LEED Green Buildings

January 19, 2012 by U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
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Today, USGBC released its top 10 list of states with the most LEED-certified building square footage per capita. The District of Columbia leads the nation, with more than 31 square feet of LEED-certified space per person in 2011, and Colorado is the leading state, with 2.74 square feet per person in 2011. [read more]

A Model of Integrated Design: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus

January 19, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
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In the heart of Seattle, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the wealthiest private foundation in the world, with assets of more than $34 billion, opened a new campus with little fanfare last year. Winning a rare LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, the building is a model of integrated design.... [read more]

South Korea Uses Architecture to Reignite its Publishing Industry

January 19, 2012 by This Big City
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In 1989, construction began on a development 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the South Korean capital of Seoul, aiming to create an urban region which specialised in print and publishing. And what better place to embark on a project like this than South Korea – an area of the world which saw the invention of print some 200 years... [read more]

More walkable urban development is good. But is it good enough?

January 18, 2012 by Kaid Benfield
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Where would you rather be?  Here?   Or here?   Let’s try it again.  This time assume you are an environmentalist who understands that we need more urban density in order to reduce suburban sprawl.  You’re hoping to persuade a skeptical citizens’ group.  Would you rather have something like this to show... [read more]