Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Here are this week’s Friday Faves… The Social Costs of Car Use in Mexico – ITDP Mexico produced a video with Emigre Films on the social costs of the car use in Mexico, and how reducing the excessive use of the automobile and its external consequences depends on better infrastructure and management. Stamen’s Watercolor Maps … Read more
Interview with Antonio Lista
As we gear up for the launch of our masters program this fall, in the following weeks we’ll be introducing some of our stellar faculty members in a series of exclusive short and sweet interviews that tell us a bit more about these seasoned urban practicioners; from personal favorites to snippets of advice to young … Read more
Interview with Julia Koschinsky
As we gear up for the launch of our masters program this fall, in the following weeks we’ll be introducing some of our stellar faculty members in a series of exclusive short and sweet interviews that tell us a bit more about these seasoned urban practicioners; from personal favorites to snippets of advice to young … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Happy Friday! Here are this week’s top urbanism picks… Enjoy! From the Netherlands to America: Translating the World’s Best Bikeway Designs – Urban planners and policy makers from the U.S. visit the most advanced city in the world for cycling infrastructure to gather clues and best practices for implementing similar designs in American cities. Urban … Read more
10 urban infrastructure regeneration projects
There’s no doubt that the High Line‘s success pushed urban renewal to the forefront and made its mark on public awareness. In our fourth installment of case studies related to our program’s field of research and practice, we’ve decided to highlight similar projects involving infrastructural renewal that are perhaps less known but just as significant … Read more
Urban Planning for Dummies
Given its more generalized appeal, it’s not surprising that architecture has its own tome in the popular Dummies reference series…but urban planning? ‘Tis true. As Planetizen reports today, the release of Urban Planning for Dummies next month “is a sure sign that planning is entering the mainstream consciousness.” In Planetizen’s interview with the author, a … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Our Friday Faves this week: Downtown is for People (Fortune Classic, 1958) – Every week, Fortune.com publishes a favorite story from its magazine archives. Here is one we found by Jane Jacobs in which the urban activist laid out the case against modernist planners. Why Apple’s New Campus Is Bad for Urban America – Read about … Read more
Territori 24 wins contest with their Urban Farm Retirement Home
We’re thrilled to hear that Territori 24, the Barcelona-based architecture and urbanism firm cofounded by one of our faculty members Bet Alabern, has won the competition for a civic center and retirement home in the neighborhood of Baró de Viver in Barcelona’s Sant Andreu District. The proposal, based on sustainable principles and the optimization of the … Read more
Exposición Con o Sin Techo
En línea con una de nuestras temáticas–la ciudad precaria, o informal cities–recomendamos la exposición Con o Sin Techo: Mecanismos para la mejora del hábitat en América Latina que se puede ver ahora en Madrid hasta el 9 de abril 2012. En ella se muestra los principales métodos e instrumentos que se están aplicando para la … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Here are this week’s Friday Faves: A Manifesto for Looseness – This lecture by Kazys Varnelis, director of the Network Architecture Lab at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, challenges the notions of the smart city and addresses the threat of complexity in our lives at an urban scale. The talk … Read more
