Forwarding Dallas Earlier this year, Dwell editor Aaron Britt traveled down to Dallas, Texas, for a design charrette with Re:Vision Dallas. The project is a collaboration between Urban Re:Vision and the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation that aims to turn a downtown Dallas city block into a beacon of sustainable building and urban design. In [...]
Concluso pochi giorni fa il concorso dedicato alla tecnologia ecosostenibile. Tante idee, dalla trasformazione delle acque di scolo in bioplastica alla regolazione dello smog nei tir di SARA FICOCELLI Può un software aiutarci a ridurre il consumo quotidiano di energia? La risposta arriva da Redwood City, cittadina in provincia di San Francisco sede, nei giorni [...]
Based on polls so far, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting’s “Entangled Bank” is capturing the majority of citizen responses for Urban Re:Vision’s “Re:Vision Dallas” (popularity in no way influences the judging process for the most feasible block). Today we learned that Entangled Bank has been shortlisted (out of over 600 entries) for presentation at the World [...]
Click here to watch the video. JEFFERSON, La. – There are still the typical desks and chairs and textbooks, but classrooms throughout the metro area these days are officially in the digital age. School districts are making a big push to get the latest technology into classrooms. Officials say they have no choice but to [...]
Courtesy Treehugger writer Jesse Fox, we bring this interview with Stacey Frost of Urban Re:Vision. “A block is to the city as a cell is to the human body.” Stacey Frost is an interesting woman, to say the least. When this former cattle rancher, neuropsychologist and options trader decided to focus on renovating historical buildings, [...]
In coordination with Adora Svitak, Sensible City’s Christina Lor pushed specifically for media attendance representing the Western Chinese expat community. NTDTV and KTSF came and the coverage was great. Thanks to Christina for organizing with the district.
The World Future Energy Summit takes place from 18 to 21 January 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and builds on its previous two editions to create a collaborative platform to tackle policy, innovation and investment issues surrounding renewable energy. Royalty, heads of state, top government officials, scientists, environmental experts, global business leaders [...]
How would you create a city block that was fully sustainable? A competition to redevelop an entire block of downtown Dallas asked urban planners to do just that, and the finalists have just been announced. The competition is billed as more than pie-in-the-sky. The Central Dallas Community Development Corporation, a non-profit, is acting as lead [...]
Word just reached us that Ecobuild Emirates is being rescheduled and modified to adapt to the changing economic environment in Dubai. We’ll keep you posted. Follow Ecobuild Emirates developments at http://www.ecobuildemirates.com/.
Green Building for Dummies author Eric Corey Freed stopped by the Comcast Studios in San Francisco to talk about green building, home building materials, the role of architects and how it all comes together at West Coast Green – the nation’s largest residential green building conference. Journalists interested in attending West Coast Green should contact [...]
Below is a picture of the little Island where I lived as a child. It is called Ebeye [eeb - eye]. Situated in the South Pacific, the nearest notable land mass is Papua New Guinea. The Marshall Islands (making up a region perhaps the size of Washington DC) are divided into two chains: the western, [...]
Lloyd Alter @treehugger picked up the RIBI/Woshipful CCA design competition winner for new ideas to shake up London Bridge. The winning design includes vertical farming, solar heating, vertical axis turbines, gray water recycling and a few other notably disruptive technologies. Here’s the story: London Bridge isn’t falling down, it is just really boring. It used [...]
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