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Is Rem Koolhaas Channeling Gordon Matta-Clark?
A recent press release on OMA’s website for the mixed-use building in Coolsingel, Rotterdam’s shopping district, suggests a new direction in form-making for the man least obsessed with it. [Image: A view of the plaza at the foot of OMA’s … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, coolsingel, gordon matta-clark, may 68, oma, rem koolhaas, rotterdam
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Sustainable Architecture and Sustainable Cities
It wasn’t necessarily my intention to immediately continue the discussion of sustainable cities and how we define them, because I wanted to spend some time on my other interests. However, considering this issue has some urgency for many people, I … Continue reading
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Tagged abu dhabi, architecture, bender, development, krier, london, sustainability, towers, urbanism
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Sustainable City Race, Part 3: Dongtan
The final part in this series will take us to Dongtan, on Chongming Island outside of Shanghai in China. This eco-city is of a vastly different scale than Masdar, which we examined in part 2. For their motivation, China has … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, arup, carbon footprint, cities, construction, development, dongtan, london, masdar, sustainability, urbanism, wired
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