The district is located in a suburb in Amsterdam. The people living there would grow their own food. Each house will have its own greenhouse. The houses ...
Great architecture through more or less regulation?
A number of arguments have been brought forward for more or less regulation of the US building sector. This article argues against less regulations and ...
Report stresses benefit of building greenery
A recently published report of Arup, a global engineering company, demostrates how urban greenery on the ground and covering buildings are advantageous. ...
Independent architecture school founded by Peter Zellner
Unhappy with the current US tertiary education for architecture, Peter Zellner announced to found a new architecture school. It will be tuition-free for ...
“Super-green” city service building planned in California
A new project of engineering a “super-green” city service buidling has been started in Santa Monica, California. The main features of the high ...
Ahmedabad receives funding for big urban redevelopment
The fifth biggest Indian city Ahmedabad received funding for an urban redevelopment project of almost 70 hectares area. Under the Economically Weaker ...
The beauty of urban decay
Photographer Yeung documented the decay of buildings and urban infrastructure in Britain. Yeung does not reveal the places where he takes the photographies ...
Smog-eating tower aims to solve China’s pollution problem
According to the World Health Organisation, China has one of the most polluted air in the world. To curb the toxic pollution, Dutch designer Daan ...
Preserving historic buildings means more than maintainance
Stephanie Meeks collected 50 years of work on preserving historic buildings in her new book “The Past and Future City”. It deals with both ...
Tsunami-safe design for buildings
A group of engineers in the US developed new standards that make buildings strong enough to withstand tsunamis. Building industry groups might however ...
