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- Lush new neighborhood in London will feature 37 timber-clad homes in a long green row Thu, 10 Mar 16, 5:00amThe neighborhood will function as a linear park of high-quality houses and apartments located on a wedge-shaped site alongside the Great Western Railway in London...
- Foster + Partners unveils plans to rejuvenate Cairo’s Maspero Triangle District Wed, 11 Nov 15, 2:11amThe Egyptian Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements (MURIS) just announced that Foster + Partners has won the competition to design the masterplan for the Maspero Triangle District in downtown Cairo...
- Foster + Partners’ winning design aims to rejuvenate Cairo’s Maspero Triangle District Wed, 11 Nov 15, 2:11amThe Egyptian Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements (MURIS) just announced that Foster + Partners has won the competition to design the masterplan for the Maspero Triangle District in downtown Cairo...
- Study shows planting street trees can make residents feel up to 7 years younger Thu, 6 Aug 15, 8:00pmA new study published in the journal Nature has a shown a strong correlation between an abundance of street trees and local residents' improved sense of well-being.
- Tenderloin’s rehabilitated “Prison Park” taps into San Francisco’s geothermal energy Wed, 15 Jul 15, 4:00amBesides being one of the city's densest neighborhoods, Tenderloin is also notorious for it poverty. The adjacent Boeddeker Park has been a problematic area for years which earned it the nickname "Prison Park". A few years...
- 300 Ivy Street is a mixed-use block of pedestrian-friendly living Fri, 23 Jan 15, 1:30amThe mixed-used 300 Ivy Street development in San Francisco aims to return space to the public realm and create the comfortable, human-scaled edges. Designed by David Baker Architects, the development tries to transform urban...
- Urban Skärvet Neighborhood Will Have a Lush Park at its Heart in Sweden Fri, 31 Oct 14, 5:30amThe block is organized around a large, green park and offers different types of housing units – from smaller spaces for students to large apartments for big families with children...
- Sonoma Mountain Village: North America’s First One Planet Community Sat, 9 Aug 14, 4:00amSonoma Mountain Village is envisioned as a place where residents can work, shop, play, and have virtually all of their needs met within a 5 minute walk of where they live...
- Brickstarter Makes It Easy to Say ‘Yes In My Backyard’ for Funding Community Projects Wed, 8 Aug 12, 6:17amThe team of developers at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, know that urban landscapes are full of potential for innovation. But initiatives aimed at change and progress can often find themselves entangled in a great...
- Incredible Floating Pre-Fab Neighborhood Pops Up in The Netherlands Fri, 25 Mar 11, 4:00pmRead the rest of Incredible Floating Pre-Fab Neighborhood Pops Up in The Netherlandshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed...
- Award-Winning Park Life to be First Green Neighborhood in Tirana Wed, 1 Sep 10, 11:36pmRead the rest of Award-Winning Park Life to be First Green Neighborhood in Tiranahttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink...
- Boston’s Macallen Building Fosters a Revitalized Green Neighborhood Tue, 13 Jul 10, 5:53amAs cities around the world make strides to revitalize their urban cores, some projects stand out as beacons of sustainability. The AIA jury did not mince words as they handed out this year’s 2010 Institute Honors Award...