Posts Tagged ‘architecture’
Why Does Hong Kong Have So Many Window Ledges?
Another case where regulations shape how buildings must look.
Read MoreAmerica’s Progressive Developers, San Antonio Edition: Silver Ventures
Installment #4 in the monthly cross-country series America’s Progressive Developers.
Read MoreAmerica’s Ugly Strip Malls Were Caused By Government Regulation
Why concentrate all the fast food chains?
Read MoreOf History, Architecture & Memory
Humans are conditioned to think today’s buildings are automatically uglier than what came before.
Read MoreEuropean Villages Are Showcases Of Old Urbanism
In installment #4 of the “World City Profiles” series, a traveler describes the old villages of western Europe, and what the U.S. can learn from them.
Read MoreThe Trinity House: A Philadelphia Style Of Missing Middle
Trinity homes, a common 3-story rowhome throughout Philly, could be used as a missing middle style in other U.S. cities.
Read MoreSure, Houston Has Sprawl. But Some Areas Have East Coast Levels Of Density
Dense areas can be found scattered throughout Houston city proper.
Read MoreDowntown Los Angeles Is America’s Most Colorful Neighborhood
…and arguably its best.
Read MoreThe Need For Granularity In Urban Design
A comparison of fine-grained and coarse-grained styles of development.
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