By Jessica Stewart on December 4, 2018 They say that trends are circular and what’s old becomes new again. This is true for fashion, music, and art. In the case of architecture, there’s no architectural style that exemplifies this principle better than Brutalism. From the mid-20th century, this style rose in popularity before reaching its peak in the mid-1970s, when... Continue Reading →

Cities! Do you know the implications of your parking minimums? If you require 2 car spaces per 100 square meters of floor space, you are mandating parking to be more than 1/3 of the floor space built. That leaves less than 2/3 for the main land use.

BY RACHEL KAUFMAN | NOVEMBER 30, 2018 San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to propose removing all parking minimums, with legislation introduced in October, Quartz repor The city’s minimum parking requirements, which date to the 1950s, require one car space per residential unit, the nonprofit Livable City says. However, San Francisco has... Continue Reading →

Innovative Self-Sustaining Village Model Could Be the Future of Semi-Urban Living by Lauren Crockett An innovative new housing model dubbed ReGen Villages (short for regenerative) has been developed in response to some of the world's most pressing environmental, social and economic issues. Helmed by Dutch holding firm ReGen Villages B.V. and Copenhagen-based architecture firm EFFEKT, the new model facilitates off-the-grid,... Continue Reading →

  Facebook and Google want to build planned communities. A brief spin through history shows why this is a bad idea. BY GRANT BOLLMER6 MINUTE READ Willow Village is a community planned for a 59-acre site in California’s Silicon Valley, between Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. It will have housing, offices, a grocery store, a... Continue Reading →

A self-contained “smart village” shows how even the smallest rural community can be prosperous and self-sustaining. BY LAUREN GRAVITZ1 MINUTE READ   The world’s population is growing rapidly, especially in the developing world. With that growing population comes a need to figure out where to put all the new people. As we build more houses, it’s important... Continue Reading →

Malaysia's 'Smart Villages' and 9 other proven ideas for sustainable development MALAYSIAN INDUSTRY‑GOVERNMENT GROUP FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY As nations zero in on the UN's post-2015 global Sustainable Development Goals, innovations being successfully pioneered and demonstrated in Malaysia offer several proven tactical ideas for improving the world, says an influential international sustainable development networking organization. The... Continue Reading →

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a surprising twist on the manufactured downtowns that have spread across suburbia, a developer in this central Ohio city — looking to survive amid a retail apocalypse — is doubling down on the much-derided mall. Why it matters: Turkish developer Yaromir Steiner plans on expanding a mall into a bona fide... Continue Reading →

Michael SmithNovember 21, 2018438 Views0 Sydney Road in Melbourne’s north is the city’s longest continuous shopping strip whilst simultaneously being one of Melbourne’s busiest transport corridors and a local activity precinct for the booming populations of Brunswick and Coburg. These different and competing roles that a main street plays for a city and a community... Continue Reading →