How Copenhagen is Leading the World in Sustainability
Feb 23, 2024 · Copenhagen is especially remarkable for its commitment to clean air through ‘Project Air View,’ a unique partnership between Google, university researchers, and the local government.From 2018-2019, a Google Street View car, equipped with air quality measurement technology developed by researchers at Utrecht University, rolled through the streets of …
Everything to Know About Sound Transit’s 2 Line ... - The Urbanist
Apr 26, 2024 · Downtown Bellevue. Downtown Bellevue is the magnum opus of the 2 Line extension with new office towers, tons of retails, and 13,000 homes that have either gone in recently or slated to arrive soon, as we laid out in our development roundup.The station itself is also impressive with the skyline looming over an open-air recessed station with tons of light …
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5 days ago · By the time the Seattle City Council convenes for the first meeting of the Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan on January 6, a group of residents from every single council district will have been pushing to scale back proposed zoning changes in their midst, all using similar arguments around lack of infrastructure and loss of neighborhood character.
Urbanism 101: Hostile Architecture - The Urbanist
Dec 11, 2023 · # All urban design and architecture is implemented with a particular goal in mind — often to shape people’s behavior in a particular direction. Hostile architecture, also known as unpleasant or exclusionary architecture, or defensive urban design, is a type of design which "uses elements of the built environment to guide or restrict behavior," particularly relating
Study Ranks U.S. Cities by 15-Minute City Potential
Aug 16, 2021 · # Americans typically associate the kind of accessibility offered by 15-minute cities with European metropoles, but with smart planning 15-minute cities can thrive in the United States too. Step aside, New York and Los Angeles. According to a newly published study by moveBuddha, mid-size American cities of 250,000 to 750,000 residents dominated the …
Seattle Waterfront Park Project Finally Enters Its Home Stretch
Mar 20, 2024 · “We’re making public safety investments we’ve invested $3 million to date on Pier 62 alone modeling a new model for public safety that’s centered in a humane approach, as [DSA President] Jon [Scholes] talked about, we’re working with Project Reach to provide outreach workers for those who are on housed our staff are the eyes and ears on the park,” Shigaki said.
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Urbanism 101: What is a Sponge City? - The Urbanist
Feb 8, 2023 · The Chongqing Sponge City project is one example of a successful pilot: in 2020, 24.2% of the urban area of the city had been transformed.By 2025, they hope to have more than 45% of the city meeting the requirements of the Sponge City. Berlin: Rummelsberg. Another city with extensive Sponge City projects is Berlin.
East Link TOD: Microsoft Grows Around Redmond Technology …
Apr 27, 2024 · In late 2022, Geekwire reported a timeframe shift for nine of the 17 buildings in the redevelopment, as the company was reconsidering the design of interior spaces in an era of increased work from home. Reportedly, Microsoft’s goal continued to be completion of the redevelopment by 2025. Visiting the campus, only the Sammamish Village appears to have …
Burgeoning Waterfront Redefines Vancouver, Washington
Jan 3, 2024 · # Ambitious development is taking Washington State’s most overlooked city from 'Vantucky' backwater to hip. A few years ago an Urbanist reader approached me at a meetup and offered a story tip. Sleepy Vancouver, Washington on the Columbia River across the stateline from Portland, Oregon, was beginning to wake up. “You have to check out the