The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

by Mike Chino (*) Addressing the urgent need to green our built environment, Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects have conceived of a Super Sustainable City that re-envisions Gothenburg, Sweden as a future-forward ecotopia. Designed as a dense and interconnected urban area, the master plan incorporates everything from green rooftop gardens to water and energy harvesting roadways, towering [...]

Great video make by the Magazine Monocle about the tip 25 elements that make a city acording to them: “Monocle believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday wonders – pavements, well-designed schools, punctual transport – rather than one-off grand projects.” http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Web-Articles/City-Slickers/

By Olivia Chen (*) New York City’s urban grid is dense, so when new developments pop up, we root for intelligent and environmentally-positive design that balances out the concrete with a little bit of greenery. Architect Enrique Norten and his NYC-based firm, TEN ARQUITECTOS, are in the midst of building a mixed-use high-rise in Hell’s [...]

(from http://www.ecovoice.com.au) The shape and form of Australia’s cities has a direct relationship to the sustainability of the national economy. Australian cities are not economically or environmentally sustainable due to their low density levels according to Richard Marshall, Director of Urban Design at Woods Bagot. In Sydney over the weekend for the 2008 Metropolis Congress, Richard [...]