#ForewordFriday: Multifamily Livability Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On April 25th, 2014
ForewordFriday: Welcome to Bo01 Edition
By Jason Leppig / On March 21st, 2014
New Series: In the Urban World, Juxtapositions Matter
By Charles R. Wolfe / On January 30th, 2014
In an ongoing series, Urbanism Without Effort author Chuck Wolfe argues the importance of the overlaps, overlays and convergence points that define city life, and emphasizes the importance of reading and interpreting their everyday expression.
#Foreword Friday: Studying Public Life Edition
By Jason Leppig / On December 20th, 2013
In celebration of Planetizen's top ten books published in 2013, this week we'll take a look at Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre's new book: How to Study Public Life.
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Urban Interventions in Mar del Plata
By Admin / On November 15th, 2013
This post originally appeared on the Gehl Architects Cities for People blog
The implementation of the first pilot projects in Mar del Plata is approaching completion, a mile stone in the fruitful and inspiring collaboration between Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the City of Mar del Plata and Gehl Architects. Oh, how exciting to see in reality, the result of the hard work undertaken by the great team involved in this project!
#Foreword Friday: How to Green your City Edition
By Admin / On November 15th, 2013
This week's selection comes from The Guide to Greening Cities. Rich in tools, insights, and tricks of the trade, The Guide to Greening Cities helps professionals, policymakers, community leaders, and students understand which approaches have worked and why and demonstrates multidisciplinary solutions for creating healthy, just, and green communities.
NYC, after 12 years of Bloomberg
By Admin / On November 1st, 2013
This post originally appeared on the Gehl Architects Cities for People blog When Janette Sadik Khan and Amanda Burden visited CPH back in 2007, they were impressed with the overall vibe of the city as well as some of the practical design details.
#Foreword Friday: Designing with Empathy Edition
By Admin / On October 18th, 2013
This Friday, visionary architect Sim Van der Ryn takes you on a reflective journey of a more ecological and humane approach to design. With a focus on the strengths and weaknesses in our approach to the design of our communities, regions, and buildings he looks at promising trends and projects that demonstrate how we can help create a better world for others and ourselves.
Enjoy this beautifully illustrated book drawing on a rich and revered career of a noted leader in the field.
#Foreword Friday: Big City Edition
By Jason Leppig / On October 11th, 2013
This week, join New York City's Chief Urban Designer, Alexandros Washburn, as he rides out Hurricane Sandy from his apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Contrasting Two Models of How Places Survive
By Charles R. Wolfe / On October 11th, 2013
Two September experiences reminded me of the strength and fragility of urban places, and the inherent ironies of surviving town forms. One such experience was here, at home, while preparing for a keynote address in New Hampshire scheduled for later this month. The other was on the road in southern France.