Posts Tagged: London
Urbanization Notes #4
A Bird’s Eye View of China’s Rapid Urbanization from polis Miami City of Art Manuel Castells at Occupy London Street Films: documenting liveable streets worldwide The City Solution: Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing pains in
Urbanization Notes #4
A Bird’s Eye View of China’s Rapid Urbanization from polis Miami City of Art Manuel Castells at Occupy London Street Films: documenting liveable streets worldwide The City Solution: Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing pains in
Urbanization Notes #3
Ciro Miguel creates landscapes where familiar urban and natural landmarks collide. “A Year in New York City” a short film by Andrew Clancy NYU decides to place the new Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), in Downtown Brooklyn. London
Urbanization Notes #3
Ciro Miguel creates landscapes where familiar urban and natural landmarks collide. “A Year in New York City” a short film by Andrew Clancy NYU decides to place the new Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), in Downtown Brooklyn. London
Urbanization News: July 8
Rankled: This week’s featured news story is from Polis, which posted an excellent critical piece about city rankings: “The regurgitated notion that New York, London, and Tokyo sit comfortably at the peak of the “global city” hierarchy has little bearing
Urbanization News: July 8
Rankled: This week’s featured news story is from Polis, which posted an excellent critical piece about city rankings: “The regurgitated notion that New York, London, and Tokyo sit comfortably at the peak of the “global city” hierarchy has little bearing
What if the whole world lived in one city?
A city of 6.9 billion people may seem like the beginning of a dystopian novel, especially if it is a sprawling suburban city of 6.9 billion people. The blog Per Square Mile created a series of maps that shows just
What if the whole world lived in one city?
A city of 6.9 billion people may seem like the beginning of a dystopian novel, especially if it is a sprawling suburban city of 6.9 billion people. The blog Per Square Mile created a series of maps that shows just
City Beautiful: The Secret Life of Trees
Despite tree-hugging tendencies, I’m trying my hardest not to hate trees and other blossoming urban flora right now as they wake up from a long winter and their wanton pollination causes my awful allergies. To feel a little better, it’s
City Beautiful: The Secret Life of Trees
Despite tree-hugging tendencies, I’m trying my hardest not to hate trees and other blossoming urban flora right now as they wake up from a long winter and their wanton pollination causes my awful allergies. To feel a little better, it’s
City Beautiful: Pop-Up Cities
This week’s City Beautiful starts from a post on BLDG Blog about a forthcoming book, Short Stories: London in Two-and-a-Half Dimensions. Authors CJ Lim and Ed Liu create a new genre of “architectural fiction” where fantastical environments built in paper
City Beautiful: Pop-Up Cities
This week’s City Beautiful starts from a post on BLDG Blog about a forthcoming book, Short Stories: London in Two-and-a-Half Dimensions. Authors CJ Lim and Ed Liu create a new genre of “architectural fiction” where fantastical environments built in paper
Comparing Urban Form
Have you ever wondered how New York City’s urban form compares to London? Or the ancient streets of Rome? This comparison from Bricoleurbanism compares eight famous cities’ urban form at the same scale to the city of Mississauga, ON, revealing
Comparing Urban Form
Have you ever wondered how New York City’s urban form compares to London? Or the ancient streets of Rome? This comparison from Bricoleurbanism compares eight famous cities’ urban form at the same scale to the city of Mississauga, ON, revealing
Encountering Urbanization 