“Does this D.O.T. have a prominent Vision Zero campaign? Do they hand out logo merchandise at street fairs? I have no idea. They just build safe streets.”

“In authentic experience, ‘home’, whether a house, a village, or a region… is a central point of existence and individual identity from which you look out on the rest of the world.” – Edward Relph This masterplan and housing project for the University of Cambridge integrates Cambridge’s historic urban traditions with an ecology-friendly public realm, … Continued

The Iranian-based architecture firm, Saffar Studio has designed a residential building in response to covid-19 pandemic in order to define a new lifestyle during these times of crisis.

The National Arbor Day Foundation has a simple app on its website that allows visitors to see how a city changes as it adds tree cover and other vegetation. Using a little sliding tool, one can gra…

Image 5 of 11 from gallery of 2177 3rd Street Apartments / Woods Bagot. Photograph by Scott Hargis

The district of Boulogne Billancourt, land of the old Renault factories, is based on a masterplan that connects the city and its geographical characteristics, the Seine and its valley, with a network of generously planted public spaces. Location: BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, France / Client: SPLA Val de Seine Aménagement, ICADE Promotion logement, BPD Marignan / Landscape […]

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Low-volume residential streets, especially in older cities, often have narrow or crumbling sidewalks. Many of these streets operate de facto as shared spaces, in which children play and people walk…

Townshend Landscape Architects: St Andrews, Bromley-by-Bow, is a 3 hectare high density residential led project developed on the site of a former hospital in East London. The scheme was a collaboration between Barratt Homes London, the London Development Agency and Circle Anglia Housing Association, providing 964 residential units, a healthcare centre and a community centre […]

The upper floors of the building will accommodate residential units, while ground floors will be devoted to commercial use.

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Image 7 of 24 from gallery of Ørsted Gardens Apartments / Tegnestuen LOKAL. Photograph by Hampus Berndtson

David Baker Architects recently completed its multifamily project 855 Brannan Street. Right across the street from Airbnb's headquarters and across an alley from Zynga's headquarters, the complex has 449 apartments, including 15 at-grade flex lofts and 55 below-market-rate apartments, as well as a large courtyard featuring an urban redwood grove ringed with community spaces.

One of my favorite people, Scott Wilson, has always encouraged my efforts to organize a street tree planting on Colorado Boulevard. However, from the beginning, Scott told me I was thinking too sma…

Little C is a high density mixed use urban development near the center of Rotterdam. The plot developed is small and surrounded by infrastructure. On the Westside lies the Coolhaven, an old little harbor and important route for inland waterway transport. The idea is to create a new urban neighborhood with an atmosphere that fits […]

Heatherwick Studio completed EDEN tower a new residential project located in Singapore’s prime Ardmore/Draycott area in prestigious District 10.

Image 1 of 19 from gallery of Alma Street Housing / palast. Photograph by Simon Guesdon

Chicago's First 'Shared Street' Is Slated To Open This Summer

Image 14 of 37 from gallery of Sky Green Residential & Retail Tower / WOHA. Photograph by Kuomin Lee

Green Design wird wirklich grün: Das Architekturbüro Woha aus Singapur entwickelt visionäre Hochhäuser, die nicht nur die gängigen Standards nachhaltiger Gestaltung übertreffen, sondern gänzlich von der Natur erobert werden. In luftigen Höhen und weit über großstädtischen Smogschwaden verwandeln sie Wohn- und Bürokomplexe in paradiesische Lagunen.

The stormwater that hits our streets, sidewalks and alleys carries pollutants, causes soil erosion and flooding, makes sewers overflow, and leads to unnatural highs and lows in stream flows. Green streets incorporate green infrastructure (like trees, rain gardens and permeable pavement) in order to manage and treat the stormwater that flows off of the street. The... Read More ›

Image 9 of 12 from gallery of Strategic Green Spaces: How to Make the Most of their Cooling Effects. Re-Defining of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda Historical District by AECOM . Image © Chill Shine

Citizen-driven urbanism projects turn gray zones into community space