Category Archives: Urbanism
The City of the Singularity Part 1: You See Us
What if machine intelligence was in complete control of the city and its citizens? Continue reading
A spotlight on Shenzhen’s Urban Villages… and the future of cities
Shenzhen seems to be the ultra-modern super-scaled metropolis, but it also presents a very different urbanist model, one hidden in its urban villages. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Urbanism, World Cities
Tagged Gentrification, Hubei, Meng Yan, Nanshen, Nantou, Nantou Walled City, Shenzhen, UABB, unplanned, Urban Village, urbansiation, Urbanus
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California at London’s Design Museum
“Californian design has cruised a freeway to the future, but at some multi-level interchange, it may have left the road marked freedom” Continue reading
Posted in California, Design, Life, Urbanism
Tagged Apple, California, Captain America Chopper, Design, Design Museum, Emory Douglas, exhibition, freeways, Google, Los Angeles, Ridley Scott
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Letter from Tokyo
The most advanced city on Earth isn’t just shaped by earthquakes and economics – animes and architects play out dreams there too. Herbert Wright seeks the big picture from above, and the future beyond the futuristic Two things not to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, Urbanism, World Cities
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