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It's no HafenCity, but South Waterfront is quietly growing up

In the Travel section of last Sunday's New York Times, writer Gisela Williams takes a look at the HafenCity district in Hamburg, Germany. What she found there got me thinking about Portland's South Waterfront district. HafenCity is a new district at the site of Hamburg's central harbor on the Elbe River. It's one... Read more>>

gh3 To Design June Callwood Park In Toronto

On June 24, 2008, the City of Toronto has invited qualified landscape architects to submit a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) to participate in a two stage, international design competition for June Callwood Park. Now, Toronto-based architecture and landscape design firm gh3... Read more>>

Quik Build Ecosystem (QBE)

‘Quik Build  Ecosystem (QBE) by Adam Kalkin creates an inexpensive, quick and sustainable architectural system for millions of inadequately housed people around the world. The Quik Build Ecosystem addresses a broad swath of life concerns for underserved populations by integrating... Read more>>

Villa Dall'Ava

A trippy film about Villa Dall'Ava in Paris designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas Read more>>

Portland central city plans: past, present, future

Do you remember what you were doing on March 24, 1988? I was a 10th grader at the time, counting the days until I could get my driver's license and speed recklessly through McMinnville, and reading Cliff's Notes of literary classics for English class. But here in Portland, that day saw... Read more>>

Villa Grow

Villa Grow by Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky, is an adaptable housing concept catering to starting families that can be extended as they grow. Music by Derango Read more>>

Pole Dance by SO-IL

The 2010 MoMA/MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program presents POLE DANCE by SO-IL from Yellow Line Pictures  Read more>>

City of pearl river (Fez-Marocco)

Founded in 808 by Muhammad Mulay Idriss II, the first Muslim city in Morocco, Fez is one of the most sacred cities of Islam, the seat of the  university that is older than the Sorbonne. According to Ibn Abi Zar in the twelfth century in the old town of Fez were built 785 mosques,... Read more>>

Making Portland Plan plans

Portland is a planning Mecca and it's time to update our Koran: The Portland Plan, a broad, strategic plan with objectives and policy directions. Currently the city is going through what’s called Periodic Review, which was enacted by the state Legislature in 1981. It establishes a... Read more>>

Velké náměstí

(Large Square), Hradec Králové The square differs from the surrounding urban structures due to its spaciousness and relaxed look along with a sense of detachment, with a view of the cathedral in the distance and serving to enhance the façades of the public buildings. It is a clean... Read more>>

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