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Paris Changes the Future of Urban Form
Call me old-fashioned, but I was very disappointed to find out that Paris had lifted the ban on buildings over 37m. I discovered this change through the announcement of Herzog & de Meuron’s new 200m (650 ft) tower for Paris, as the first since the ban.
[Image: Paris roof-scape. Courtesy of PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE.]
Financial Crisis Timeline
I was tipped off by John to a Fast Money video on CNBC, which explains the following three pieces of legislation that set the stage for our current financial crisis.
[Image: Graph of DOW Index highlighting three years with influential economic legislation. Courtesy of Google.]
1999 - Congress passes law allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to […]
Current State of Innovation… Say What?
Disclaimer: If you are a resident of Indiana, an employee of HKS, or a lover of faux-traditional architecture, I apologize. What you are about to read may be offensive.
Yesterday, the news feed at WAN released a description and images of the new Indianapolis Colts stadium by HKS. It claims a level of […]
East Village, Then and Now
When I moved to New York, my first apartment was in the East Village. More specifically, I was in Alphabet City at 10 St. and Ave. B, one block north of Tompkins Square Park. This neighborhood in many ways formed my first impressions of the city and street life in New York. To many, however, […]
Packaging Utopian Sustainability
This month marks the release of Volume #16: Social Engineering, and with that the publication of my essay Packaging Utopian Sustainability.
[Image: Cover for Volume #16: Social Engineering.]
I have included the full text below, along with the introductory question posed by the editors at Volume.
Are carbon neutral cities, Eco-cities and sustainable cities discursive cover ups […]
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