Resilient Cities architecture design

Concept sketch depicting desert pavilions by Paolo Testolini

Resilient Cities architecture design. Italian architect Paolo Testolini – based in Dubai – believes there is a surprising synergy between ancient Venice and modern cities in the Middle East that provides valuable lessons in resilience – the most vital survival tool for the modern city.

Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: compact neighborhoods

One Big Sky District - Landscape Architecture Planning, USA

Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: how to slow climate change by slowing urban sprawl – the case for compact, vertical, walkable urban neighborhoods. As we’ve ‘stretched out’ it’s come at the cost of the environment and a comfortable future

Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects Vienna

PANEUM Wunderkammer des Brotes

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU architecture news: Wolf D. Prix appointed as Norman R. Foster visiting professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT, USA, for the spring semester of 2015-2016 academic year.

Daily torture of the disabled & elderly, USA

Daily Torture of the Disabled & Elderly

“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing” — US football legend Vince Lombardi. The 1865 building is the most important building in the City of Williamsport, PA, USA – 192 immeasurable miles from New York City

Planet Smart City Aquiraz, Brasil

Planet Smart City Aquiraz, Brasil

Planet Smart City Aquiraz, Brazil, to be home to 18,000 residents on 200-hectare site: sustainable and socially inclusive communities with easy access to public transport.

New Andean Architecture of Freddy Mamani

New Andean Architecture of Freddy Mamani increase colors in Bolivian city – this famous Bolivian architect imbues colour, personality, and culture into El Alto’s monochrome city with buildings based on ancient craft and architecture.

The Power of Lines, Architecture Article

The Power of Lines, Peter Magyar

The Power of Lines, article by Dr. Peter Magyar, Kansas State University, USA, drawings range from Villa La Rotonda drawn on a small screen iPhone to ‘The Nerd Cat’ drawn by a six year old.

Best architecturally designed cities in Florida

Metropica Development in South Florida

Best Architecturally Designed Cities in Florida – you may not be aware that Florida is host to some of the most beautiful architecturally designed homes in the country, and you would be pleasantly surprised.  The Sunshine State is home to many coastal cities and communities.