Tag: urbanism

• Zombiescapes: Africa’s Megacity Addiction

  July 14, 2019

  The popularity of these sorts of projects is not just a curious coincidence. Their language, the examples they refer to, and the process of their development all show an obvious… more ›

• Prix BLOXHUB Interactive

  May 29, 2019

  Member of the Danish Parliamant, cand. theol https://prix.bloxhub.org/speakers more ›

• Uber Questions

  April 22, 2019

  Over the course of Uber’s remarkable rise — very significant stumbles along the way notwithstanding — it has been more prudent to defend the company’s valuation than to question it.… more ›

• Meet the Sapeuses of Brazzaville

  March 5, 2019

  Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo – Wearing a white linen Jean Courcel suit, a Chanel bow-tie and Versace sunglasses, Ntsimba Marie Jenne wouldn’t look out of place in the front row of… more ›

• Metabolism (architecture)

  January 1, 2019

  Metabolism (新陳代謝, shinchintaisha) was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism_(architecture) more ›

• What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China

  December 2, 2018

  What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China By 2030, more than half of African residents will be living in cities. These cities are being built, in large part, by… more ›

• The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities

  November 26, 2018

  The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities But first she had to recline the passenger seat of her 2015 Nissan Leaf as far as it would go—that… more ›

• 40 Bleecker | Modern Luxury Residences in Noho New York City

  November 2, 2018

  40 Bleecker | Modern Luxury Residences in Noho New York City Thank you for your interest in 40 Bleecker. Your form has been submitted. Sales Atelier: 65 Bleecker Street |… more ›

• Surviving the Retail Apocalypse |

  July 22, 2018

  Surviving the Retail Apocalypse | We’ve all heard about the retail apocalypse and the supposed demise of malls. It’s a familiar refrain: chains expanded too fast, and malls, especially in… more ›

• indefiniteexpansion: Fig. 4. Photo of typical…

  June 10, 2018

  indefiniteexpansion: Fig. 4. Photo of typical proximity model for city of Chicago used in wind tunnel testing (via Validating Wind-Induced Response of Tall… (PDF Download Available)) more ›