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• in Business
  Aerotropolis: The Way We Will Live Next
  Kasarda's Law Says Technology Is Changing The World, But Not How You Think
  by ScentTrail / on Aug 20, 2011
• in Green
  $53 Billion - Too Much or Not Enough? The Debate over High Speed Rail
  The debate over $53 Billion that would deliver High Speed Rail to 80% of the population divides down political and ideological lines.
  by jreinh01 / on Feb 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “urban planning”

 

• Portland’s Public Toilets

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 120
  Posted in News Why Portlands Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed
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• Reconstruction in Mogadishu Somalia: #urbanplanning, #mogadishu, #somalia, #design4dev

  
  International Development Consultant Mitchell Sipus — Authority: 97
  Urban Planning and Reconstruction in Mogadishu For the last 7 years I have labored to understand as much as possible about the city of Mogadishu and to determine viable strategies for reconstruction when the opportunity is presented.  I now have the opportunity to implement these concepts and look forward to ...
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• The Man Behind Karmaloop: How He’d Like to Die and Answers to 11 Other Killer Questions

  
  Black Gossip, Celebrity Urban Entertainment, Hip Hop Hollywood News - JohnJohnSaidIt.com — Authority: 136
  Innovators of the Week (IOW) is a new series featuring people around Greater Boston who are innovating harder than anyone else and making Boston a better city. Greg Selkoe started his signature street wear company, Karmaloop, in his parents’ basement when he was a grad student at Harvard. He may be the only hipster ...
  6 days ago

• Central Delaware Riverfront Master Plan receives 2012 Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 109
  The Central Delaware Riverfront Master Plan has received a 2012 Honor Award in the category of Regional and Urban Design from the American Institute of Architects. OLIN worked in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team including Cooper Robertson & Partners, KieranTimberlake, HR&A Advisors and over thirty ...
  6 days ago

• Architecture review: ‘Centers of the USA’ at the Center for Land Use Interpretation

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 120
  Posted in News Occupying a windowless, easily overlooked storefront on Venice Boulevard in Culver City, the Center for Land Use Interpretation has been putting together quietly impressive and obsessively detailed exhibitions, publications and field trips for nearly two decades.
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• Small Houses and the Impact of City Housing Codes and Zoning

  
  ResourcesForLife.com — Authority: 111
  Housing > Small House Society Summary . The video below presents some insights into the challenge of finding a suitable location for a tiny home on wheels intended to be lived in year-round. As explained in the video, in most cities, small homes on wheels are considered to be the equivalent of an RV or ...
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• Williams-Sonoma must jump hurdles to return home

  
  ExaminerPolitics.com — Authority: 140
  BETH DUFF-BROWN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Chuck ...
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• Laws That Shaped L.A.: Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 120
  Posted in News the Laws That Shaped L.A. spotlights regulations that have played a significant role in the development of contemporary Los Angeles. These laws - as nominated by a variety of experts - may be civil or criminal, and they may have been put into practice by city, county, state, federal or even ...
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• Top 15 Arguments Against New Land Use Permit – Not Just NIMBY Objections

  
  The Saint Report — Authority: 95
  By P. Michael Saint, Chairman and CEO, The Saint Consulting Group Not everyone who lives near a proposed new land use project and objects to it is a NIMBY. And not every argument raised in opposition to a new land use permit is a selfish grasp at straws. Many who say “no” to new development have sincere and ...
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• Sasaki Associates awarded APA National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 109
  Sasaki Associates, Inc.; Watertown, Massachusetts has been awarded the 2012 National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm by the  American Planning Association (APA). Sasaki has received the 2012 American Planning Association’s National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm. Sasaki has been ...
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• The Evolution of England’s First Planned Community

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 120
  Posted in News In September 1901, 300 men gathered in Birmingham, England, for a conference on the city of the future. Back then, cities of the present left a lot to be desired.
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• Lessons from the Front Lines of Social Design

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 120
  Posted in News An Essay by WILL HOLMAN
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• Calgary Comparison

  
  Price Tags — Authority: 494
  Speaking of Alberta (below), the Calgary Herald ran a piece a couple of days ago, asking prominent Calgarians to envision their city 30 years into the future.  The Mayor, Naheed Nenshi, provided the uplifting boilerplate – “Calgary will be a city of sustainable, walkable, livable, lovable, complete ...
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• Our Hometown: Kansas City As You Have Never Seen It

  
  Brand Rockhill — Authority: 85
  We are proud to be based in Kansas City, Missouri. It is truly an overlooked gem of a city that is gaining a lot of momentum as an arts, culture and innovation destination. Below is a time lapse video in HD that gives you a nice feel for what "Americas Creative Crossroads" is all about. We will share more on our ...
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• Pier 15 by SHoP Architects Opens on NYC’s East River Waterfront Esplanade – Exclusive Photos!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 693
  Winter may not seem like the best time to visit New York City’s windy waterfront, but the newly-opened Pier 15 on the East River Waterfront Esplanade will give any design-lover reason to head to the city’s edge. Designed and built by SHoP Architects, with help from landscape architect Ken Smith , Pier 15 is ...
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• Pier 15 by SHoP Architects Opens on NYC’s East River Waterfront Esplanade – Exclusive Photos!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 693
  Winter may not seem like the best time to visit New York City’s windy waterfront, but the newly-opened Pier 15 on the East River Waterfront Esplanade will give any design-lover reason to head to the city’s edge. Designed and built by SHoP Architects, with help from landscape architect Ken Smith , Pier 15 is ...
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• Opinions on Aberdeen’s plans for Union Terrace Gardens?

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 124
  Planning is becoming cool. Council-led CHORD development projects are in existence for all Argyll’s five towns.  Ardrishaig has engaged in a series of community planning initiatives. Masterplanning exercises are in train at Bowmore in Islay and Inveraray in Mid Argyll. Planners were concerned that masterplanning ...
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• Urbanized: A film about the design of cities

  
  Project Groundswell — Authority: 85
  Half of the world’s population now lives in cities. By 2050, it is estimated that this ratio will grow to over 75%. Put another way, 3.5 billion people live in cities now. Global population is project to reach 9 billion by 2050. That means that cities will need to the housing and infrastructure to absorb upwards of ...
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• Associate-Research and Practice (Social Entrepreneurship)

  
  greenzone- a green jobs board — Authority: 85
  Company Name: EMBARQ – World Resources Institute (WRI). Category Industry Level Location Research Environment Junior/Middle Management Mumbai, India Click to read full details . . . → Read More: Associate-Research and Practice (Social Entrepreneurship)
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• Madrid Turned a Highway into a Park

  
  Things Are Good — Authority: 105
  Madrid made a very wise urban planning decision and buried a highway to make room for people and nature. Thanks to a lack of foresight, the Rio Manzanares was surrounded by concrete and industrial spaces that made for depressing scene. The smart people in Madrid decided to change that and make the area along the ...
  2 weeks ago

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