New York DNA between Art, Architecture and Urban Green
Article and pictures by Architect Elica Sartogo. At the Bloomberg Center's Cornell Tech building, by Pritzker Prize architect Thom Mayne, the New York DNA is part of the conceptual project. The outdoor texture has captured the skyline of Manhattan; the panorama is expressed
Finally, an Easy Fix for Climate Change!
How many attention-grabbing headlines like the one above have you read, and then nonchalantly clicked on the next article? Let’s not lie. There is no easy fix. Climate change is a knotty systems problem, requiring long-term commitments from government and
Noise Pollution: An Invisible Adversary
Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes, and unless you live an isolated life in the frozen grips of the Antarctic, the other certainty is noise… and lots of it. From industrial rumbles to tirades of traffic, to
Urban Art and Chaos with Vhils
Alexandre Farto aka Vhils is a Portuguese artist who got his start as a graffiti writer in the early 2000's. Vhils found his artistic voice while growing up during the intensive urban development in Seixal, an industrial suburb of Lisbon,
Shaping The Future Of Our Cities
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY IRINA BOKOVA, DIRECTOR- GENERAL OF UNESCO SINCE 2009. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda
Slumming it and The Value of Tourism
Book Review: Slumming It: The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty by Fabian Frenzel, 232 pages, (distributed for Zed Books, 15 June 2016) The UN predicts that by 2050, one in three people will live in a slum, perhaps this is
From A to B, Joerg Nicht Captures People on a Journey
For years, Joerg Nicht has been traveling and documenting the streets with photography, whether it be his hometown of Berlin or one of the many cities he's visited. It was only relatively recently that Joerg became involved with iPhone photography, and
Disrupting the Streets with Charity
For many people donating to the homeless poses certain barriers. If you go to anyone on the streets of San Francisco and ask what their reservations are about giving money to the homeless, some prevalent answers show up, with the
The Sophistication of Street Art
Evoca1 is a figurative painter, designer, muralist and urban artist based in Miami, Fl. He spent his childhood in the Dominican Republic playing baseball and painting and drawing on walls. He has had no formal training in the arts and taught himself
Around the Corner and Up
Rooftop gardening and farming has become a new and exciting way to go green, bring sustainability to urban areas and change the way we look at our major cities. For over a decade there has been a push to grow