June 2011
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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...
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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.
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Anthony Uglesich is no longer in his New Orleans... →
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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.
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America’s Cities And Suburbs Becoming Safer | The... →
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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
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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...
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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » birmingham, al city... →
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Juxtapoz Magazine - An Interview with Candy Chang... →
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