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A Short History of America
Perhaps an homage to a weekend of bbq’s and fireworks – this panel progression from the fantastic R.Crumb highlights the long (or really, actually quite short) road from nature to excess that we like to call development in America… anyone care to refute this vision? The interesting part, to see where this leads in future…
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Urban Chickens Build – 5
Sort of a conceptual jump cut in the process, as two weekends of rain hampered plans to make progress on the Chicken Cube… but a big push this weekend (and a loaner of the wonderful compound miter saw that I am now officially) has yielded a vision close to complete. Not too many pics of…
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Local Flavor: OSC Revealed
Last week I posted about this local project, and the process in general. The end of the Phase I feasibility study for the Oregon Sustainability Center revealed a very integrated and transparent process culminating in a potential example of cutting edge Veg.itecture in Portland – albeit in need of some visual refinement. I usually turn…
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Growing the Shrinking City
Following up on the proposed plans for the ‘shrinking’ city of Detroit, I was excited to see this link from City Farmer News announcing plans for Hantz Farms, set to be the ‘World’s Largest Urban Farm’ using a patchwork of vacant lands on the lower east side. John Hantz, CEO of Hantz Farms explains: “Detroit…
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DailyLand: Almere Hout Noord
Almere Hout Noord CompetitionWest 8 ; Mecanoo Architecten > info via Land8Lounge; World Landscape Architect “…a socially sustainable residential and office neighborhood, promoting small-scale networks of the different residents.” :: images via Land8Lounge
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World Map of Shrinking Cities
Showing that the idea of shrinking cities is not a localized, unique, or recent phenonomenon, a great video spotted via synchronicity from shrinking cities. World Map of Shrinking Cities from 1kilo on Vimeo.
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Seeing Daylight
The idea of daylighting streams is compelling as an urban intervention – unearthing the natural drainage from the buried pipes and. A new project from Seattle offers a unique vision of the potential in action. Some background: “A large, paved lot once devoted to overflow mall traffic and RV parking has been replaced with a…
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DailyLand: Pinar del Perruquet Park
Pinar del Perruquet ParkTarragona, Spain 2008Artek Arquitectura :: images via Vulgare
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Take to the Streets
I just passed a milestone of sorts… topping out at 500 posts (not to mention a few on the new Veg.itecture blog…). Seems like just yesterday I was starting this humble outlet for collecting thoughts – fighting with time to blog amidst time to work and occupying all of grey area in between. Often times,…
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DailyLand: Imperial War Museum North Exterior
Imperial War Museum North ExteriorManchester, UKTopotek 1> more via Bustler:: image via Bustler From the description: “The camouflage patterns used by the military are an abstraction of landscapes of combat. These patterns represent a visual average of the natural environment: the muted green, brown, and ocher hues of typical camouflage are a graphic summary of…