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Tag Archives: context sensitive
Must modern houses resemble office buildings?
A housing trend I’ve noticed in Traverse City is homes being built that look more like an office building rather than a dwelling. I’m all for architectural freedom, but personally it’s not an appealing trend, at least in the manner … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, architecture, art, cities, culture, deserts, environment, futurism, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, land use, landscape architecture, planning, spatial design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, cities, context sensitive, design, modern houses
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Issues of tall (sky) sprawl
I have asked myself at times whether in some places around the globe we humans are simply exchanging horizontal land sprawl with a tall (or sky) sprawl? Don’t get me wrong, I love to admire an impressive skyline just as … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Animals, architecture, art, Canada, charities, China, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, downtown, environment, geography, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Travel, UK, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged architecture, art, birds, cities, context sensitive, design, Detroit, Dubai, environment, FLAP, Hong Kong, land use, Manchester, nature, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, tall buildings, tall sprawl, Toronto
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No copycats allowed when placemaking!
Let me start off by saying that placemaking is a very useful and beneficial approach to enhancing one’s community and creating pride in place. That being said, there is also an inherent risk that placemaking efforts across the nation can become … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, geography, Geology, government, historic preservation, history, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, civics, context sensitive, design, geography, placemaking, planning urban planning, Third places
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