Loop NYC Wants to Bring Driverless Express Ways & Green Corridors to Manhattan
New York studio Edg has proposed converting some of Manhattan’s major roads into public-transit highways for driverless vehicles, in order to reduce travel times and turn the island’s central...
View ArticleThe Driverless Future Challenge’s Winning Entry Uses Plug-and-Play System to...
Of the four finalists selected for Blank Space’s “Driverless Future Challenge”, which was announced last month, “Public Square” has emerged as the winning entry, with a plug-and-play scheme to...
View ArticleArchitectural Showcase for Educational Developments
Architect and academic Arthur Barker of the University of Pretoria believes there is a way of thinking about architecture in this country, that says something particular about South African...
View ArticleJan Gehl: How to build a good city
These Are Jan Gehl’s Methods For Building Good Cities “We now know that first, we form the cities, but then the cities form us.” Meet 81-year-old Danish architect Jan Gehl who, for more than fifty...
View ArticleThe end of an era for a Stellenbosch single-lane bridge
Built in 1691, Steenenbrug, alias Plankenbrug, alias the Adam Tas Bridge at Bosman’s Crossing, was the first access to Stellenbosch across the Kromme River, now known as Plankenbrug river. Earlier this...
View ArticleSleepwalking towards climate change or walking towards a green society
United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) regularly releases reports on the extent of climate change. The latest report, from March 2022, on Mitigation of Climate Change contains...
View ArticleUkraine’s cultural heritage
The brutal invasion of Ukraine is sending shudders around the world. Unfortunately, Ukraine’s cultural heritage has also been damaged and destroyed by Russian forces. This includes museums, archives,...
View ArticleFirst African architect receives architecture’s highest honour
Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has won this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming the first African architect to win the prize. This award is considered architecture’s most significant...
View ArticleEconomist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index 2022
If you had to choose an international city to move to, which would you choose? The latest global liveability Index is ‘back to normal’ after the impact Covid-19 had on the 2020 and 2021 index. Vienna...
View ArticleThe spatial development framework for the Stellenbosch Corridor
The local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the Adam Tas Corridor (or Stellenbosch Corridor) published by Stellenbosch Municipality, aims to bring hope and create sustainable growth. The...
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