TULU Provides Renters With Access to Household Products
Making appliances, tools and expensive equipment accessible
Tag: Urban Planning
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Via dezeen.com
Excess Heat From the London Underground Used to Warm Nearby Homes
A red, metal-clad building—the Bunhill 2 Energy Centre—in London’s Islington marks the center of Europe’s newest type of energy network. The building itself (by Cullinan Studio) acts as the central provider for …
Via citylab.com
Cars Banned From San Francisco’s Busiest Street
In an effort to ease congestion, improve conditions for cyclists, and make way for publicly funded restorations of sidewalks, transit lines and streets, San Francisco officially banned the presence of cars (except …
Karen Rosenkranz Documents Migration from Urban Centers to Small Towns in “City Quitters”
22 stories seek to explain why people flee energetic habitats for sparser spaces
Via nytimes.com
Oslo Moves to Make Its City Car Free
In an effort to make its downtown more pedestrian and cyclist friendly, Oslo will remove the couple hundred remaining parking spots left in its city center. The development aims to turn the …
Rethinking Pittsburgh’s Public Space with Bae Bae’s Greenhouse
With a mission to give back to the community, an eco-minded space for locals and visitors alike
Via politico.com
Google’s City of the Future in Toronto
Google sister-company Sidewalk Labs has been contracted by a coalition of the Toronto, Ontario and Canadian governments to develop Quayside, Toronto as (what Sidewalk Labs refers to as) “the world’s first neighborhood …
Via edition.cnn.com
World’s Tallest Timber Tower Proposed for Tokyo
Known as “plyscrapers,” several towers of wood are planned for development around the world. None impresses quite as much as Sumitomo Forestry’s 1,148-foot-tall and $5.6 billion project: the W350 tower. It’s slated …
Via futurism.in
Saudi Arabia’s $500 Billion Renewable-Energy-Only Mega City
Announced at the Future Investment Initiative, NEOM might just represent the next generation of urban planning. This future Saudi Arabian mega-city will cost $500 billion to build, connect to Jordan and Egypt …
Beijing Design Week 2017: Baitasi Remade
Exploring the historic and culturally relevant neighborhood's urban planning amidst tremendous growth