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Thanks to its density, New York City is the locus of some of the most extreme disparities of the hou sing crisis, with super-tall luxury condos inflating the entire city’s housing prices. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to change that by adding 200,000 new units of affordable housing, but activists say that he is moving too…
Robert Moses can confirm that elevated highways in urban areas act as a virtual DMZ, dividing sectio ns of a city and creating strong boundaries between neighborhoods — often along socio-economic lines. In the middle of the 20th century, car-friendly cities were seen as futuristic, economically healthy cities, even if roads made them ugly, dirty, noisy,…
The partially computer-generated concept allows the tower to reflect light where it casts a shadow.
When we received news earlier this year that Google Earth Pro is now free to download, we rejoiced — the digital world has become our oyster, with mind-boggling levels of geographic and demographic statistics at our fingertips. In fact, we have access to such an amount of data that the ocean of information can be…
Earlier this year, when the Downey Conservancy announced their efforts to #SaveTacoBell, we took the opportunity to look at how the beloved chain restaurant has reinvented itself over the years. SxSW sees the latest incarnation of their restaurant: Taco Bell is jumping on the shipping-container building trend. Image via Fast Company Shipping containers have long…
Running a successful architecture practice is more than just program diagrams and foundation details : the operational side of things is equally important when it comes to keeping the firm afloat and it takes both business sense and creativity to spur growth. For project managers, accounting is paramount. It is important to keep close track of…
Wiel Arets Architects has been selected to design the “Am Hirschgarten” mixed-use campus on the western of edge of Munich. In order to meet the requirements of economy, sustainability, and flexibility, the firm has developed a series of four buildings, towers rising from the 6- to 7-story plinths, the tallest coming in at 17 stories…
Architizer was founded on the premise that architecture is and always will be for everyone — look no further than Marc Kushner’s TED Talk and book for proof — and the A+Awards perfectly encapsulates this mission to break architecture out of its echo chamber. Now in its third edition, the program has gotten bigger and…
In recent news from Kiev, Ukrainian rebels have seized the palace of ousted President Viktor Yanukov ych in a symbolic coup d’etat, opening the enormous five-story estate and surrounding golf course to the public, who expressed outrage that such a private residence even existed. Vice recently toured the grounds and veritable McMansion, and the result is…