Architecture's Next Top Model
Having made my opinions on certain superscrapers clear, it is refreshing to report that there seems to be a new era dawning on the industry constructing architectural giants. At first it seemed that the Burj Khalifa had set the precedent for a boastful display of »
Will Building More Parking Finally Enhance the National Mall?
The cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. may have been delayed by a cold early spring, but there wasn't a dip in the number of people wishing to see them after they »
How We've Ignored the Complex Simplicity of the Manhattan Street Grid
Woven across Manhattan Island is a vast tapestry of street and block that has been so successful in organizing the forces of urban development, it’s often hard to »
Take a Subway Ride Through Inequality
This interactive subway map of NYC highlights the city’s vast inequality When data is visualized, patterns emerge. The same can be said about the New Yorker’s Inequality and New York’s Subway interactive »
Indonesia's Disaster Experience Will Save Lives
Between 2004 to 2010, Indonesia was struck by a series of extreme natural disasters. The first, and most deadly, was the Asian tsunami in December 2004. Triggered by a massive 9.1 magnitude earthquake, the tsunami »
Architecture’s Next Top Model
Having made my opinions on certain superscrapers clear, it is refreshing to report that there seems to be a new era dawning on the industry constructing architectural giants. At first it seemed that the Burj Khalifa had »
Will Building More Parking Finally Enhance the National Mall?
At busy hours, much of Washington D.C. is congested with cars, crossing pedestrians, weaving bicyclists, pedicabs, taxis and tour buses. Would adding underground parking »
Indonesia’s Disaster Experience Will Save Lives
Because it is located in a geologically active geological area, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters. But today the country is better prepared because of the lessons it learned in responding to a series of disasters »
How We’ve Ignored the Complex Simplicity of the Manhattan Street Grid
What has been lost in the ignorance and rejection of the core principles of the Manhattan grid, to the detriment of most cities in the western world, is the ability to »
Take a Subway Ride Through Inequality
When data is visualized, patterns emerge. The same can be said about the New Yorker’s Inequality and New York’s Subway interactive chart, which highlights inequality based on subway stops. »
on 18th Apr 2013
Articulating the New York City Grid
On a trip to New York, an architecture and design writer observes subtle patterns within the seeming regularity. »
An Introduction to Urban Cycling with Ezra Rufino
There always seems to be new tactics and tricks to learn when it comes to cycling safety. With bike commuting on the rise, now is a good time to review some of the basic tips needed to keep you safe and your bike secure. »
on 8th Apr 2013
Motorville: The City that Fiends for Oil [Video]
Car dependency – what a drag. It is a wide known fact that areas of the developed world suffer from an dependency on automobiles that is almost impossible to cover up, lie about or seek therapy for. It is considered »
on 5th Apr 2013
Is Going Off-Grid Really More Sustainable?
It seems to be the common view that when it comes to providing domestic housing with more sustainable forms of energy, that off-grid, decentralised production is a more environmental option.The world consists of high »
Sydney’s Barangaroo: Repeating Mistakes Of The Past?
Casino tycoon James Packer, is bidding to build a resort-style casino on the Sydney's most central and beautiful foreshores - Barangaroo. »
10 Things Every Urbanist Should Know About Mumbai
’10 Things Every Urbanist Should Know About Mumbai’ first appeared on BMW Guggenheim Lab’s Lab Log here. For those of us who fetishize urban factoids, Mumbai is a goldmine of superlatives: it’s one »
on 28th Mar 2013