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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis. 10.02.2024. By Josh Stephens. A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history. More.
Climate Change - Common Edge
Sep 23, 2024 · Common Edge Readies Itself for a Leading Role in Climate Change Communication. The Common Edge Climate Change Project seeks to educate people through communications, content, and organizing, in hopes of expanding the public dialogue among leaders and citizens, and help prepare for the unprecedented road ahead. We believe that an educated public ...
Opinion - Common Edge
Sep 10, 2024 · Because Architecture Reflects the Ethos of Its Time. 05.30.2024. By Duo Dickinson. The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence. More. Opinion.
Climate Change - Common Edge
Dec 6, 2023 · Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
The Surprising Stickiness of the “15-Minute City” - Common Edge
Jan 25, 2022 · Yet the “15-Minute City” concept—which implies having all necessary amenities within a short walk, bike ride, or public transit trip from one’s home—has demonstrated stickiness not just as an idea, but as a powerful tool for action, from Paris to Seoul, Bogotá to Houston. For longtime urbanists, the 15-Minute City seemed to merely ...
What Makes a City Resilient? – Common Edge
Sep 23, 2024 · About a decade ago, the term “resilience planning” became ubiquitous in climate circles. That shift, in the wake of increasingly unpredictable events, was shaped in part by the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program, a six-year, $160 million effort to establish chief resilience officers in cities all over the world. Out of …
Essays - Common Edge
Sep 9, 2024 · 06.25.2024. By Norman Oder. A $688 million Koch family (!) investment shows the enormous upside for NBA team owners. More. Essays.
Activating the Edges: How to Create Lively, Active Streets
Sep 14, 2022 · Activating the edges means preventing dormant spots where dynamic uses should prevail. Prioritize interactive uses—community spaces, courtyards, entries, or seating—in the prime space where the building meets the street edge, to ensure a lively interaction between the building and public realm. When placing required elements like driveways ...
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Sep 3, 2024 · Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
How Design Can Help Ensure All Communities Benefit From …
Jul 18, 2022 · The urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has never been greater, and getting there is going to require bold steps for buildings, infrastructure, and communities. Incremental reductions are not enough; we need to focus on full decarbonization, which means removing carbon emissions caused by our built environment.