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• Population Shifts in the East

  
  German Joys — Authority: 128
  Clay Risen continues his series of reports from Germany (which appear in different outlets) with this guardedly optimistic take on East Germanys economy: The east isn’t lagging so much as diversifying, with some areas nearly even with the west and...
  17 hours ago

• Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory on transit

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 471
  From " Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory advocates Bay area rail " in the Tampa Bay Business Journal : “Wherever you put transit, it will create jobs,” he said. “The more choices you have, the more the consumer will want to live, work and play here.” I dont think this is exactly correct. If you dont put ...
  1 day ago

• Rollin Stanley, planning director in Montgomery County

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 471
  I went to a training session (a "planners bootcamp" at Catholic U, sponsored by the local chapter of the Am. Planning Association), and he spoke, ostensibly about how to do spellbinding graphic presentations, featuring presentations on the current Montgomery County Growth Strategy update process (the strategy is up ...
  1 day ago

• re:Use Canopy Upcycled from Plastic Cups by BIOS Design Collective

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  One of the main principles of permaculture is that “the problem is the solution.” Problem: tons of waste cups created by attendees of the OutsideLands concert in San Francisco. Solution: a fabulous recycled cup canopy. BIOS Design Collective tapped a keg and invited their friends over for a canopy party, ...
  2 days ago

• Revisions to Innerbelt Bridge plans

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 433
  The Cleveland Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee approved changes to the design of the planned new Innerbelt Bridge on Thursday, and the Cleveland City Planning Commission discussed the plans today. Cyclists are not pleased with ODOTs treatment of bicycle path issues .
  3 days ago

• Smart, Cheap Stormwater Fixes

  
  Worldchanging: Bright Green — Authority: 645
  WorldChanging Team: By Lisa Stiffler Stormwater -- the rainwater that streams off roofs, parking lots, roads, and yards, carrying with it toxic pollutants -- poses a...
  3 days ago

• CurbedWire: Goldman Lights Up FiDi, Thom Mayne Speaks!

  
  Curbed — Authority: 671
  FIDI— Were used to gazing out from our Palazzo Chupi penthouse ( William J.B. Brady is our pseudonym) and seeing lights glowing atop 7 WTC, but it looks like another new FiDi skyscraper has joined the light show. A tipster writes, "This evening includes new lights atop the Goldman Sachs HQ ." Welcome to the party, ...
  4 days ago

• Brisbane’s 470-meter Solar-powered Footbridge

  
  The Dirt — Authority: 512
  A 470-meter solar-powered footbridge recently opened in Brisbane’s Central Business District, writes Inhabitat . The footbridge, designed by Cox Architects, an Australian firm, cost $63 million. Approximately 36,000 pedestrians and bikers are expected to use the bridge per year.  According to Inhabitat , the LED ...
  4 days ago

• Manhole of the Future is Powered by Rainwater

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Instead of acting as one of the most bland parts of city landscapes, what if manholes served a purpose? That’s what designers Cheolyeon Jo and Youngsun Lee propose with their “ Eco Sign “, an electronic manhole cover that gives directions to the closest train or bus stop . Read the rest of Manhole ...
  4 days ago

• Two Interesting Downtown Design Review Board Items

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 125
  We were perusing the agenda for today’s meeting of the city’s Downtown Design Review Board, and a couple of items under “New Cases” caught our eye. Here they are, as written on the agenda:DG09-053401 West Lancaster Avenue; Texas & Pacific WarehouseOwner / Applicant: Cleopatra Investments, Ltd./Gromatzky, ...
  4 days ago

• Sustainable FLOAT House in New Orleans by Morphosis

  
  Home and House Design — Authority: 131
  Morphosis has completed the first floating house permitted in the United States for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans designed and built by Morphosis and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design graduate students.The FLOAT House is a new model for flood-safe, affordable and sustainable housing that is ...
  5 days ago

• TCC Sunken Plaza Progress

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 125
  One can debate whether or not this plaza is a good idea (our instincts say “no” – sunken plazas tend to not be very active or inviting, with a few exceptions), but it’s getting built, so here’s an update on the project’s construction. Tarrant County College is steaming ahead with finishing out its ...
  5 days ago

• Strengthening

  
  Eye of the Fish — Authority: 116
  A welcome to those of you new visitors who may have visited the Eye of the Fish site since the talk at the City Gallery today. The EoTF is a site set up as a forum to discuss city matters (in Wellington) generally, and Urban matters and Design in particular. Feel free to comment on line any time - yes, it can be ...
  5 days ago

• GREENCITYBLUELAKE: 58 ‘GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE’ PROJECTS MOVE CLEVELAND’S REIMAGINE STUDY INTO REALITY

  
  ClevelandDesignCity — Authority: 434
  Fifty eight Clevelanders will start re-designing their city this week in ways that reflect a shrinking population and a new mindset that vacant land can be an engine for social, environmental and economic opportunity. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson signed agreements yesterday to invest $449,405 in 58 projects — many ...
  6 days ago

• Wellness Village Construction

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 125
  The Wellness Village is moving in to this older single-story structure on Pennsylvania just east of Harris Methodist in the Near Southside, and they’re adding on vertically with the construction you see above. It’s definitely one of the more unique projects underway at the moment. We think we’ll have to wait ...
  6 days ago

• Thoughts on the ‘fun theory’

  
  Design with Intent — Authority: 451
  The ‘Piano Staircase’ from Volkswagen’s thefuntheory.com The Fun Theory ( Rolighetsteorin ), a competition / campaign / initiative from Volkswagen Sweden – created by DDB Stockholm – has been getting a lot of attention in the last couple of weeks from both design-related people and other ...
  6 days ago

• Geoff Parker is Sketching Oklahoma City

  
  imagiNATIVEamerica.com — Authority: 467
  Just found out that Geoff Parker, local architect and sketch master, has started posting some of his work on the web.  I have known Geoff for some time and am a fan of both the person and the talent.  His stuff is very cool!  I wanted to repost it all, but settled on this analytique and figured if you want more ...
  1 week ago

• Stunning Open Air Library Pops Up in East Germany

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an incredible open air public library. Designed by Karo Architekten in collaboration with local residents, the grassroots project revitalizes a post-industrial district in Magdeburg, Germany by ...
  1 week ago

• Cercle et suite d’éclats

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 426
  Last summer, Felice Varini did this installation called “Cercle et suite d’éclats” in Vercorin, Switzerland. The scale of this point of view artwork is very impressive.
  1 week ago

• Car-free cities: an idea with legs

  
  Worldchanging: Bright Green — Authority: 645
  WorldChanging Team: Car-free neighbourhoods are no unrealistic utopia – they exist all over Europe by Steve Melia A quarter of households in Britain – more in...
  1 week ago

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