Landscape+Urbanism

  • Animurbanism

    I thought this was pretty funny (and ridiculous) when first heard on NPR, then seen in multiple locations. The story centers on the layouts of these planned Sudanese cities, shaped like indigenous animals and even fruit from the region. This has been all over the place lately in media snippets, with a reaction of surprise,…

  • Sodding Bridges

    Although I did get stuck waiting for one of the many bridges today, my title for this post is more tongue in cheek than brit-inspired rage. Bridges are part of the fabric of Portland, and give our city much of it’s identity while also serving as vital infrastructure connecting east to west (and north to…

  • Goodbye, Landscape Urbanism BS Generator

    Sad news… I got an email that the Landscape Urbanism Bullshit Generator (and the entire ruderal site for that matter) is no longer . One of my first posts mentioned what I think is a great, tongue-in-cheek reference for the overly wordy, obfuscatorily verbose – particularly in terms of the word bank of the early…

  • Restoring the Garden of Eden

    A great feature from Spiegel Online covers the work of Azzam Alwash, a US/Iraqi hydraulic engineer aiming to restore what were once vibrant wetlands flourishing in the cradle of civilization through an organization called Nature Iraq. While most news coming from the region focuses on bricks and mortar rebuilding, it’s important to note the power…

  • Working the Line

    My current (re)fascination with the Center for Land Use Interpretation involves getting up to date on their latest events (as well as tearing through their bookstore and grabbing some gems to dig through – reviews/info coming soon). A recent announcement caught my eye. The ideas of margins and borders is constantly fascinating, along with the…

  • Urban Topographies

    From Urban Omnibus, Linda Pollak’s simple ‘Cuts & Patches’ explores remnant disturbances within the urban environment as ‘topographies’ (which more often than not tend to be coal chute covers from a long-gone infrastructure). Check out the great photos and interview. :: image via Urban Omnibus “As traces, these cuts and patches allow us to perceive…

  • Alan Berger on Landscape Waste

    Via World Landscape Architect a two-part video of Alan Berger: “CUSP Conference organisers recently posted a two part video of Alan Berger’s presentation at the 2009 CUSP Conference on Landscape Waste. An interesting look at landscapes waste resulting from industrial processes.” Check out part 2 here.

  • The Beauty of Reading (Books)

    The lack of functioning monitor and wonder of summer have given me the opportunity to dive in and complete a few books that have been laying around unfinished. While I am intrigued by the Kindle and my sister espouses the merits of B&Ns’ Nook – I still am drawn to the written word – on…

  • Building Better Burbs

    Check out the finalists for the Build a Better Burb competition. Not that Long Island is your typical burb, but some interesting ideas to chew on. Also available is voting on the finalists for People’s Choice Award.

  • This WILL Cut Down on Blogging Productivity

    Aside from the (at least impending) fact of summer, and general busy-ness at work – I thought I’d share my primary reason for the recent decline in blogging. Recipe: Take one laptop. Add one dog running by and catching the cord bringing the works to the ground. The result – one really beautifully broken lcd…

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