You know your green building project has achieved something special when a blogger mistakes a photograph of it for a computer rendering. That's exactly what happened with the immaculate image above, showing The Grand Large District in ...READ»
He's being called "an urban planning prodigy" with "an uncanny sense of how things actually get done in an American city." Daniel Jacobson hasn't yet graduated from Stanford, but he has produced a plan strong enough to catch the attention of a major city. READ»
The future belongs to crowds. That’s the lesson in a sentence from Expo 2010, which concluded in Shanghai on Sunday after six months, a record-breaking 73 million visitors, and 30,000 newborns saddled with the unfortunate name of ...READ»
A year ago, some designers reacted to the distress of the financial pages by borrowing imagery from farming and scenes of rustic subsistence, a style informed by the fear that we can no longer rely on banks and other ...READ»
The High Line is a long-abandoned 1.5-mile elevated railway in Manhattan that's been turned into a public park. It's being unveiled to the public today. Enjoy the view.READ»
The High Line is a long-abandoned 1.5-mile elevated railway in Manhattan that's been turned into a public park (with gardens designed by Piet Oudolf, one of our 100 Most Creative People). It's being unveiled to the public today. ...READ»
A manual for New York City street design released yesterday signals a flexible, pedestrian-friendly cityscape to come--one more influenced by Jane Jacobs than Robert Moses.READ»
A plan to revive the river that runs through Fez, Morocco beat out nearly 5,000 competing proposals, to win top honors in the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, and a cool $300,000.
The winner, Bureau E.A.S.T, is an ...READ»