milkmiruku + urbanism 9
Detroit looks at downsizing to save city - Washington Times
march 2010 by milkmiruku
"Near downtown, fruit trees and vegetable farms would replace neighborhoods that are an eerie landscape of empty buildings and vacant lots. Suburban commuters heading into the city center might pass through what looks like the countryside to get there. Surviving neighborhoods in the birthplace of the auto industry would become pockets in expanses of green."
news
politics
usa
urbanism
urbandecay
cities
agriculture
interesting
march 2010 by milkmiruku
New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today!
june 2009 by milkmiruku
"An elevated park in the sky built on top of the skeleton of an old rail system? It may have sounded impossible only five years ago, but today, the eagerly awaited High Line elevated urban park officially opens for thousands of New Yorkers looking to escape the hubbub of the city below! "
usa
urbanism
design
architecture
travel
environment
newyork
interesting
images
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark)
september 2007 by milkmiruku
"The Toronto subway has a typographic heritage all its own, starting with a unique font. But, with renovation after renovation and after a series of new station additions, signage and wayfinding in the system are a total mess."
aesthetics
architecture
design
typography
history
canada
underground
modernism
transport
article
urbanism
september 2007 by milkmiruku
train
january 2007 by milkmiruku
"Ongoing research into the language and aesthetics of mobility, which aims to build a mobile transportation unit that moves along a disused railway track."
transport
urbanism
images
interesting
art
january 2007 by milkmiruku
A Daily Dose of Architecture: Half Dose #30: Urban Cactus
december 2006 by milkmiruku
"Due to its siting at the end of harbor, the architects chose to conceptualize the project as belonging to the "green nerve" rather than the surrounding urban structure."
architecture
design
urbanism
cool
garden
nature
weird
housing
cactus
december 2006 by milkmiruku
Norton
september 2006 by milkmiruku
The definition of a 'feral city'.
article
sociology
politics
culture
war
urbanism
prediction
september 2006 by milkmiruku
Digitally Distributed Environments
july 2006 by milkmiruku
A blog on 3D representations of urban environments.
architecture
blog
urbanism
photography
mapping
london
google
design
july 2006 by milkmiruku
Wired News: LED Architecture
june 2006 by milkmiruku
LEDs are reinventing the look and feel of skylines, bridges, facades and other architectural surfaces around the globe.
architecture
led
urbanism
photos
electronics
design
technology
geek
june 2006 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | World | Viewpoints: The urban world in 2050
june 2006 by milkmiruku
Opinions on what the cities and society will be like in 2050.
society
technology
prediction
urbanism
june 2006 by milkmiruku
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