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Somewhat controversial but successful Environmental Designer, Landscape Architect, and Developer Dr Chris Mulder whose integrated design firm CMAI developed Thesens Island in Knysna South Africa is...
By tackling some of the most daunting problems of the city, landscape architects are rising to new prominence.
PARTICIPANTS: Jill Desimini is an assistant professor in landscape architecture at the Harvard...
A recent post on [polis] led me to reread Rem Koolhaas’ seminal text and a critique of it in QRLS, which reminded me how when we first visited Singapore in 1986 I noticed how compliant and alienated the...
An experiment in using living plants to grow structures reminiscent of the way farmers, horticulturists and gardeners have trained plants and trees for shade structures and hedges for centuries – Baubotanik.org have...
A new book coming from The Urban Age Project and the team from the London School of Economics that brought us the Endless City
“The last decade has witnessed a major international re-evaluation of the importance...
TOP DESIGN: dhk Architect’s design for the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies in Kenya
Cape Town based firm of architects, dhk, won the competition to design the Wangari Maathai...
Are we satisfied that the use of electronic books is the way of the future – oh how we long for the luxurious and satisfying feel of beautiful glossy paper as we revel in the sensuous intoxication of our...
From HUFFPOST New York and other sources as credited -Mitchell Joachim’s crazy vision of an biomorphic future
Fab Tree Hab
Architect and urban designer Mitchell Joachim hates the idea of a lower-pollution...
I believe that giving exposure to efforts to include traditional and sustainable jobs and authentic hand made materials in our synthetic and transient world. Cotton is one of the most durable and eco-friendly...
A huge vision , boundless energy and a drive for impact and success seem to mark the world of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels whose work we have featured recently Big Architechts – A Cube Too Far?: A beautiful...