June 2011
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Jun 24th
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Jun 23rd
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The Believer - Interview with Eyal Weizman →
BLVR: You’re one of the few architects who talks about the ability to transform space not only by building and rebuilding, but by destruction as well—what you’ve called “design by destruction.” This seems to exist mostly as a military practice, but I wanted to ask you how widespread it is, and what you hope to get out of focusing on it in your work. EW: When I study space, I don’t see it...
Jun 18th
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Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
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Jun 15th
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Jun 15th
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Anti-blight program Lot Next Door reaches 1,000... →
The Lot Next Door initiative, spearheaded by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority, offers buyers as much as $10,000 to restore vacant properties adjacent to their homes, as well as landscaping expertise to help owners turn decrepit parcels into side yards, vegetable gardens and other amenities. The money also can be used to rehab abandoned homes.
Jun 13th
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Anthony Uglesich is no longer in his New Orleans... →
Jun 7th
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Jun 5th
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Crime Mapping →
New to real estate site Trulia is CrimeMaps, a way to browse crimes in cities by type—say, assault or theft—neighborhood, intersection, and hour of the day. An aptly named “Heat Map” on the lefthand side of the page charts crime frequency by color, making it easy to see where the most bad stuff goes down.
Jun 5th
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America’s Cities And Suburbs Becoming Safer | The... →
Jun 5th
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WatchWatch
A very cool project, with several collaborators: Making bikes out of Alabama-grown bamboo, and a team of cyclists riding cross-country on them to promote the effort, which is called Alabamboo. The Alabamboo Make and Ride
Jun 4th
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Jun 4th
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Stillspotting nyc →
The Guggenheim Museum’s stillspotting nyc: A two-year multidisciplinary project that takes the museum’s Architecture and Urban Studies programming out into the streets …. Every three to five months, “stillspots” are identified, created, or transformed by architects, artists, designers, composers, and philosophers into public tours, events, or installations. In conjunction to these...
Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » birmingham, al city... →
Jun 3rd
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Juxtapoz Magazine - An Interview with Candy Chang... →
Jun 2nd
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