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Fatehpur Sikri

Learning from Mughal Architecture of Northern India

Fatehpur Sikri, an example of Mughal architecture in Northern India, has some lessons and reminders for modern architects, writes Indian trained Bay Area architect, artist, and planner Ayub Patel.

March 12, 2017 - UrbDeZine

Designers Propose New Development Model for NYC's Gentrifying Industrial Districts

From warehouse to art studio to luxury loft: the SoHo model of industrial-zone gentrification has become familiar around the world. A team of New York-based designers developed a proposal for spreading the benefits of economic growth in these areas.

February 21, 2017 - Soft City

Artists' Housing, Beyond the SoHo Loft Model

New York has promised to create 1,500 affordable live/work spaces for artists. Architect Emma Fuller believes that careful consideration of building typologies could make it easier to reach this target.

December 27, 2016 - Soft City

Wildlight: New Urbanism's Answer To Lowcountry Living?

Is it possible to create a community combining the best elements of Lowcountry southern living, cuisine, and architecture with industry and New Urbanism?

December 17, 2016 - Modern Cities

Designing Buildings to Positively Impact Health and Well-Being

Architects at Gresham, Smith & Partners discuss designing for health and wellness, aligning with the US Green Building Council's WELL Building Standard.

December 15, 2016 - Modern Cities

Let There Be LED: The Future of Light-Based Technologies for Interiors

A look at the future of interior lighting, from LED lighting to connected lighting platforms where lights will no longer simply accessorize spaces, they’ll be fully integrated within them. Also discussed are "smart buibs," and comments from experts.

August 13, 2016 - Line//Shape//Space

Housing Construction

Three Design Basics to Stop the Ugly Building Epidemic

Too many new buildings today are simply ugly—with little to add to urban streets, and resembling buildings in every other city. Jason Hart, AIA reviews some design basics, which he hopes will arrest the ugly building epidemic.

December 4, 2015 - UrbDeZine

Oakland Architecture in Music Video

The Significance of Architecture in Music Videos

What can be learned from music videos about popular culture's relationship to architecture?

August 10, 2015 - ArchDaily

A European Perspective on New York's Design Community

Several years after arriving in New York from Lisbon, MoMA Curator for Contemporary Architecture Pedro Gadanho offers his perspective on the city's architecture scene.

June 25, 2015 - Satellite Magazine

Foresight and the Built Environment

In the ever changing global landscape, organizations need to anticipate and adapt to shifting circumstances to survive. AJ Artemel spoke to Dr. Gereon Uerz of the Arup Foresight + Innovation team to discuss how this can be realized.

April 21, 2015 - Arup Connect

Places Journal Launches New Tool for Public Scholarship

Places Journal has just launched Reading Lists: a new, interactive tool that enables readers to create and share topical lists of articles, books, and other media from diverse sources.

March 13, 2015 - Places Journal

Hello Miami!

Miami's High-Rise Orthodoxy Hides a Better Way

Alastair Gordon lambasts Miami's high-end architectural extremes. A horizontal, nature-inspired urbanism might better address contradictions between breezy luxury and inland poverty.

February 23, 2015 - Miami Herald

Inequality and Informality in New York

For a MoMA exhibition about urban inequality, Brooklyn architects SITU Studios documented informal housing in New York.

January 29, 2015 - Arup Connect

High Line park NYC - Manhattan - New York City

Why Developers Love Parks—the High Line in New York as an Example

The High Line is proving to be a powerful catalyst for development but the same can be true for nearly all parks (less perhaps the starchitect-designed projects near the High Line), explains former Empire State Development Corp VP Carol Berens.

November 7, 2014 - UrbDeZine

Adapt and Reuse: Transforming the Old to the New

Adaptive reuse can help the old become the new, honoring our history and desire for efficiency along the way. This piece highlights 10 examples of adaptive reuse projects from around the west, depicting them in their before and after states.

November 5, 2014 - Community Builders

'Future Ground' Competition Focusing on New Orleans Land Reuse Strategies

Spearheaded by the Van Alen Institute, and supported by the New Orleans Redevelopment Agency, the competition brings new life to some of the 30,000 vacant lots and abandoned structures left over from Hurricane Katrina throughout the city.

August 19, 2014 - The Architects Newspaper

A stream of mobile apps

What Computer Scientists Can Teach Planners About Design

Architect Dave Hampton reviews the 2nd annual Urban Sciences Research Coordination Network workshop held June 11 in Chicago.

June 27, 2014 - UrbDeZine

9/11 Memorial

Is the 9/11 Memorial a 'Dead Space' in Lower Manhattan?

The grand opening of the 9/11 memorial and museum is derided by critics as a cold, uninviting public space, and 'ritualizing grief on a loop'

June 12, 2014 - The New York Times

Can Mayors Help Architects Stay Relevant?

According to an opinion piece by Mimi Zeiger, "urban magistrates are appearing more frequently as personas on the architectural scene as designers tackle questions of the fate of the city." What can design-savvy mayors offer architects?

May 7, 2014 - Dezeen

Battered But Not Deterred—Preservationists Heal and Hug at Annual Conference

Bay Area preservation architect Jerri Holan recounts the happenings at the 2014 California Preservation Conference.

May 4, 2014 - UrbDeZine

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