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Tories vow to drop quango's World Class Places action plan branding it a "nonsense document".Tories vow to drop government's World Class Places action plan A government action plan to improve the design quality of new public buildings and places has been rubbished by critics, with the Tories branding it a "nonsense document".
CABE seeks to create "World Class Places" with bottom-of-the-class reportWorld class places take a lot of imagination, skill and experience to produce. The approach of this CABE publication contains little reference to any of these. Here are some extracts: "Introduction.
Architect plans massive man-made mountainA 900m-tall snow-capped artificial mountain has been proposed by architect Jacob Tigges as an iconic landmark for the German city of Berlin
Seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater, upt to 20 storeys high, 8400 inhabitants. It's a town - but not as we know itThe Oasis of the Seas is due to make its U.S. debut on Nov. 20 at its home port, Port Everglades in Florida.
New railway station plan for Plymouth. Nice Urbanism, Shame About the ArchitectureA NEW railway station and 20-storey hotel form the centrepiece of a masterplan for the area around North Cross in Plymouth City Centre.
Four 'eco-towns' given the go-aheadFour 'eco-towns' that have now been given the go-ahead will be in line for a share of £60 million of Government infrastructure funding
Eco town plan 'to be scaled down' The government is expected to announce a scaled-down version of its grand plan to create up to 10 "eco towns". Gordon Brown set out in 2007 to create hundreds of thousands of homes in "carbon neutral" communities as he campaigned to succeed Tony Blair.
Sarkozy Remaking Paris One of the first things Sarkozy did after he moved into the Elysée Palace was to convene a meeting of prominent architects and ask them to come up with a new blueprint for Paris.
What's Wrong With Our Cities? A Two-Minute Video ExplainsThe way we build now is killing species and ourselves, read the article and watch the video to get an idea of what we are doing wrong.
Mayor seeks new London Bridge complete with shops, cafes and homes in the manner of the original London BridgeThe designs show the bridge would be suspended from twin 35-storey towers on the north side, containing luxury flats with views over the city. On the south side, a greenhouse over the Thames would contain tropical trees and plants.
Sarkozy's Big Plans for a Greater ParisSarkozy presented proposals by 10 of the world's leading architects to create Greater Paris — a gigantic goal he said would fail if warring over its control undermined it from the outset. "Greater Paris is a project that does not belong to any one party, or any one camp.
Sarkozy's "Grand Paris" in 20 years time in 18 imagesSarkozy's "Grand Paris" in 20 years time in 18 images
Is Rogers' plan for Chelsea Barracks good urbanism?London is a truly democratic city which newcomers and long established residents can equally feel is theirs. It has a wide variety of built form and public space that gives it an informal and almost anarchic nature.
Why Suburbs May Become the Next Slumslayoffs and other effects of the economic crisis are contributing to higher poverty levels in once-solidly middle-class communities.
Scientists find ancient lost settlements in AmazonA vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite images of the region.
Is America's suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare?In the coming decades, suburbia may become populated by low-income families, while urban areas are rejuvenated according to New Urbanism, with mixed-use neighborhoods and totally walkable ways of life.
Curitiba: Plans for a Sustainable CityArchitects and urban planners make pilgrimages to Curitiba to learn how it became what many call the greenest city in the world. There nearly every family has a car, but only a third of them commute by car. The rest use the bus, voluntarily.
Housing: the urbanist approachWe're in a tough spot as a city when it comes to housing costs.
Enclosing the Commons and Enslaving the Minds: the imperceptible impoverishment of the people of SibiuIn the city of Sibiu, like in all normal cities, we have parks, public squares, parking lots, places that are simply green, and places that are simply empty, suitable for biking, walking, skating, or playing soccer.
Sibiu: Ancient City Struggles to Survive the Siege of Functionalistic ArchitectureThe future of Sibiu City is a divided future. A future divided between beauty and ugliness, between community and selfishness, between diversity and monotony, between intelligence and stupidity.
Fate Takes Its Toll on the City of SibiuEverything we do in Sibiu today is ruled by the simple axiom: 1. Money is the measure of all things. Thou shalt have lots of money. From 1, we derive: 2. Thou shalt be cheap, and 3. Thou shalt be flashy.
Cone shaped cathedral that looks like something out of Star-warsThe cone-shaped Metropolitan Cathedral is located in downtown Rio de Janeiro and let me tell you, it looks like none other of its kind. Instead it resembles a Jedi/Sith academy of some sort, only parked outside are not starfighters, but gas guzzling motorcars.
Who says engineering and art can't consummate?Ok, I've seen a lot of brilliant work of engineering and art, but never before have something so awespiring and amazingly hybrid looking appeared in front of my two eyes.
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