Solar Power in Public Space
Imagine walking down the street and stumbling upon a glowing cube that looks like it came straight out of TRON. But what you see is not exactly from the future—it’s e-QBO, a modular invention of a...
View ArticleRevitalizing Jakarta’s Fatahillah Square
Few cities in the world can compete with the energy and activity on the streets of Jakarta. If you’re new to the megalopolis, the heat, the noise, the smells and the sheer volume of people and traffic...
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Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you DIY wayfinding that's going mainstream, 10 buildings that redefined...
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Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you the importance of social mixing in public places, mapping NYC's...
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Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you the importance of community access to waterfronts, going car-free...
View ArticleJane’s Walk Toronto – Railpath
On the afternoon of Saturday May 2nd, Toronto architects and urban designers James Brown and Kim Storey of Brown and Storey Architects Inc. and Office for Responsive Environments narrated a walk along...
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Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you the campaign to make iconic Parisian plaza's pedestrian friendly,...
View ArticleAn 100in1Day Story
It started with a vacant lot; an unloved, mostly ignored, plastic-bag-and-broken-bottle-strewn patch of city. I, and am sure many others in my neighbourhood, passed by it every day. Sometimes I'd...
View ArticleCan bikes be good for business?
In a recent staff report the City of Toronto has recommended 41 KM of new bike lanes, including a pilot project for Bloor Street – a highly contested battleground in the “war on the car”. Unlike...
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Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you 250 "alternative" blocks of sidewalks in Seattle, love letters for...
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