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Designing for the Other 90%

Sustainable design is a powerful concept for transforming our society. It combines the most important word of the 20th century, sustainability, with what will surely be the most important word of the 21st, design, in order to holistically solve some of the world's most pressing problems. (more)

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Co-Create A Car-Free Village

Rebecca Buttignol

Piscataquis Village Project is a proposal to create a compact, car-free, 125 acre village on a site totaling 500 acres in southern Piscataquis County, Maine. (more)

10-8-12
Rebecca Buttignol's blog
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The Metropolis Essays

Nikos A. Salingaros

Our built environment should mimic essential geometrical qualities of the natural environment -- otherwise we become less alive. (more)

11-15-11
Nikos A. Salingaros's blog
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Architectural Myopia: Designing for Industry, Not People

Michael Mehaffy and Nikos A. Salingaros

A culture based upon an abstract, disconnected conception of space is re-shaping our world for the worse. A parallel reality is replacing the living one. Architects have been commissioned to destroy historic buildings and urban spaces worldwide. Such interventions are praised by their promoters but are disastrous for the urban fabric. (more)

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Green Maps: An Interview

Wendy E. Brawer

Green Maps contribute to policy change, reverse over-development plans, foreground environmental justice issues and create new opportunities for green infrastructure. The world is a beautiful place. Come and join me from the place where you stand, and help everyone see it that way. (more)

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