Landscape+Urbanism

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  • 80/20 for Sustainability

    A recent post from anArchitecture mentioned the Pareto Principle – also known as the 80/20 rule. The idea, as explained on the site: “The 80/20 rule asserts that approximately 80% of the effects generated by any large system are caused by 20% of the variables in that system. The 80/20 rule is observed in all…

  • Mapping Evolution: NY Subway Map

    For the record, I don’t read Men’s Vogue on a regular basis – no offense to the magazine – I just am already overloaded with periodicals so need to focus. So I was pleased when The Men’s Vogue Web Team sent me a link to a recent story on the updates to the iconic 1972…

  • Eikongraphia’s MoPo 2008

    In this day and age of exit polls and populartity projections – time for one related to the top architecture blogs out there. A L+U favorite is Eikongraphia, has a great, semi-scientific method for determining the popularity of focused blogs out therer. It’s not mistake that certain blogs have extremely high readership and popularity is…

  • Manual for the Machinic Landscape

    I’ve been looking for this book for a while now – anyone know of a source for a copy? In lieu of the actual book, I guess I will be content for now with a recent review, via Archinect: :: image via ArchinectLandscape Urbanism: A Manual for the Machinic LandscapeBy Mohsen Mostafavi (Author), Ciro Najle…

  • Media Good & Bad = Rant

    Ok, perhaps the last post on Integrating Habitats. Oh, probably not. Anyway, the best part of competitions is the joy of having freedom to explore ideas outside of the confines of either client or constraint (wherever these may come from). The second best thing is working to create a winning entry, and then sitting back…

  • Void Metabolism

    Eikographia is an amazing site. If you haven’t yet, add it to your list of regular visits, as it comes with some stellar and comprehensive overviews of projects, and an added twist of in-depth analysis of the remnant (or overt) iconography present in the work. A recent multi-part example covering a 2007 competition The Great…

  • The Power of Plants

    It never ceases to amaze me the wonder of plants in all of their many forms and functions. A few night back I caught the end of a special on Nova about the search for the ‘First Flower’ – which highlighted the story of Archaefructus liaoningensis, the “…ancient plant discovered in the fossil beds of…

  • Listen to your Martha

    It’s not often I hear something that really resonates with the profession of landscape architecture – particularly from one of the major players in the profession. It’s definitely less-often I hear this from Martha Schwartz, whom is better known for edgy design and controversial project aesthetics than sustainability. A recent BBC article offers her surprisingly…

  • It’s an Eco-Planning World

    Time to re-engage with the amazing eco-planning happening around the globe. We took a tongue-in-cheek look with the Suburb Eating Robots, as well as a more in depth and serious look at Auroville, a visionary community in southern India. For a great follow-up to this project, read Brice Maryman’s first-person account of a design-build trip…

  • Go: West 8 Young Man

    I try to hide my distaste or love for things landscape+urbanist in the quest for some sort of neutrality (um, ok, not really). Without critical evaluation and dialogue – we lack the capacity to expand our thinking and examine our interventions in ways that are beneficial to us individually and collectively. Or in short, we…