Sustainable Installation Planning
Dept of Defense releases new update to UFC to create more walkable, mixed-use and sustainable installations.
A design for a geodesic dome could allow for affordable rooftop aquaponics.
A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
Had a great experience at CNU20, meet a lot of great people and learned about exciting, tactical and innovative projects. Kudos to the City of Delray Beach for implementing such a robust CRA improvement plan.
This Interactive Map Shows Exactly How Many Fast Food Restaurants There Are In Every State
Melanie Hicken, businessinsider.comIt’s no secret that Americans love fast food.
So when we recently discovered statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that track the number of fast food restaurants per state, we decided to create an interactive…
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Wow! How many times I needed one of this!
All the tools are still there! Full marks for Brisbane!
Yay, Brisbane!
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NYBG Adult Education instructor Jan Johnsen gets a mammoth feature in Westchester Home, for good reason. The landscape architect has an unusual focus: She likes to work with stairs. So when a family approached her with a 2 1/2 acre site of pure hill, she leaped at the chance to work her magic. Twenty years later, the site is completely transformed and a beauty to behold. Learn more about Johnsen’s work in her June 20 class, Creating Gardens of Serenity.
DETROIT // RECLAIMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
While this request at first seems snarky, I realized that this is probably the best advice. How many tourists visit New York each year, purchase this obligatory souvenir, and then return home to a place that lacks civic pride? Take what you loved about New York, those things that made you buy the shirt, and demand them at home. Then, someday, a kid from Brooklyn may just be spotted wearing (without irony) an “I ‘Heart’ Omaha” t-shirt.
The average Los Angles car driver spends 72 hours in traffic. They can thank the 11.2% using transit – or else the car commute would be even worse.
GOOD’s Flash Mob shows us there is a better way and that way is PUBLIC TRANSIT.
Biker uses GPS to turn city into an Etch-a-Sketch
jesszimmerman, grist.orgMichael J. Wallace may start his bike rides in Baltimore, but he ends them on the moon, on a basketball court, or in the mouth of a dragon. He uses the streets of the city as a canvas, sketching out surprisingly detailed images by…
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