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High Line-Inspired Copy Cats |Connections

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Wednesday, 24 September 2014. High Line-Inspired Copy Cats. To coincide with the opening of the final stage of the High Line in NYC, Inhabitat have conveniently collated a list of 6 High Line-inspired copy cats that are changing cities across the globe. Including Sydney's own the Goods Line. Read more over at Inhabitat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). How Urban Planning Created Hip-Hop. Inside The Forgotten Chinese Cities Destroyed By The Three Gorges Dam. Digital Placemaking - City Fireflies.

How Self-Healing Materials Could Change the World |Connections

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Tuesday, 23 September 2014. How Self-Healing Materials Could Change the World. Self-healing or "smart" materials may seem as magic as the alchemy of old, but they carry the very real potential to change our roads, buildings, and means of transportation. Dr Erik Schlangen, a Dutch civil engineer at Delft University has successfully created a road-ready material that’s practically self-healing 'with a little bit of help from the outside'. In the video of his TED talk. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Minecraft For Real Life: This Video Game Wants To Help Redesign Actual Cities |Connections

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Wednesday, 3 September 2014. Minecraft For Real Life: This Video Game Wants To Help Redesign Actual Cities. More than 100 million people play Minecraft, building virtual worlds out of virtual blocks. What if some of them started to use the same skills to redesign actual cities? A new video game in development at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture. Read More over at Fast Company Co.Exist. USC School of Architecture. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). How Better Urban Design Ma...

CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year 2014 – winning images |Connections

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Wednesday, 5 November 2014. CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year 2014 – winning images. The theme of this year’s competition – Cities at Work – challenged photographers from around the world to capture the beauty and day-to-day reality of working life. The overall winner of the CBRE sponsored competition was German photographer Marius Vieth with his striking image ‘Masks of Society’. 1am: Tokyo Late Night Dinner Photograph: Chris Jongkind. See more over at The Gardian. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Infographic: A Map Of New York's Hip-Hop Heritage |Connections

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Tuesday, 23 September 2014. Infographic: A Map Of New York's Hip-Hop Heritage. P to the L to the A to the double N - ING. (Yes I am too fly for a white guy). Following on from the popular post on how planning created hip-hop, I thought I'd share an inforgraphic that you may rekonize (see told I'm cool). Word out. See the original article and graphic over at Fast Co.Design. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). How Urban Planning Created Hip-Hop. Urban Sprawl: Get Fat, Stay Poor, And Die In Car Crashes.