Architects Turn Disused Parking Garages Into Pop-Up Homes
Hackney-based architecture studio Levitt Bernstein has won a housing competition with a proposal to turn disused parking garages in London into flexible homes. The competition, organized by the Building Trust, asked architects and (urban) designers to come up with ideas to tackle the shortages of affordable single-occupancy housing. Levitt Bernstein’s idea suggests instant transformation of empty parking garages in Hackney into houses for homeless people by insertion of pre-fab structures. The structures allow for easy assembling and can be inhabited immediately.
Read more →Put A Bird In It
Didn’t we say that design for animals is hot these days? Especially birds and their accommodation needs are a topic of interest for many designers. This community design project from Portland is another neat example. Under the witty name ‘Put A Bird In It’, designers and artists from around the world were asked to use their creativity to design a unique bird house.
Read more →UrbanChatRoom Brings Chat Boxes To The Real World
UrbanChatRoom is a new smartphone application developed in Vienna, that aims to blend the real and virtual worlds. Demonstrated for the first time at the Austrian pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, the app serves as a new, free location-based communication system that brings the good ol’ chat box alive in physical space.
Read more →Klebstoff #4 — Sticker Magazine
♥, ♥, ♥. Dresden-based Wildsmile Studios, the people behind Klebstoff, sent us the fourth issue of their amazing sticker art magazine. Klebstoff presents sticker designs from selected artists from around the world. There are only 1,000 hand-numbered copies of the magazine available. If you like urban interventions and stickers, you’ll like Klebstoff.
Read more →Blogging The City — A Chat With Rudolf Klöckner (Urban Shit)
Last Thursday Blogging the City took place in Amsterdam. It turned out to be an unforgettable day with a great selection of leading European bloggers that shared what drives them and inspires them with our online and offline audience. One of them was Rudolf Klöckner, driving force behind Hamburg-based street art blog Urban Shit. He entertained the audience by showing his favorite urban interventions he’s come across in the past years. We asked him a few questions right before the conference.
Read more →#Pinyourcity!
What do you absolutely love about your city? Show us! Launched yesterday at Blogging the City, the Philips Livable Cities #pinyourcity Pinterest Contest encourages you to get creative and capture what it is that makes your city livable and lovable through a series of images (photos, graphics, visuals). All you have to do is create a board on Pinterest which tells the story of what your city makes a great place to live in (it can be anything from the view of the skyline at night to the authentic streets or the open space) to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes.
Read more →Blogging The City — Thank You!
Laaaaaadies and gentlemen! Yesterday we brought together our favorite selection of bloggers in Amsterdam at Blogging the City. It was a great conference, and we have to thank so many people for making it an unforgettable day.
Read more →Blogging The City Live!
Thanks to Philips, Blogging the City will be live streamed. Do you have any questions for the speakers? Send them to their personal Twitter accounts (see below) and make sure to use the hash tag #bloggingthecity. Enjoy!
Read more →Today: Blogging The City
Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day! This afternoon and evening, we’re bringing together a selection of Europe’s leading bloggers at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, to share what drives them, inspires them, and what their ideas are when it comes to topics such as urban development, architecture, food, design, bicycle culture, street art, and new media. Thanks to generous support of Philips, there’ll be a live stream available for the entire conference! Blogging the City starts at 14:00 local time, so there’s two hours left for you to run to the supermarket to buy some popcorn and soda.
Read more →Blogging The City — A Chat With Luc Harings (Ilovenoord)
In advance of Blogging the City, we’re publishing a bunch of short interviews with some of the speakers to get you in the mood. Last one: Luc Harings. On his blog ilovenoord he collects things and places that make you happy in the upcoming district Amsterdam Noord (North Amsterdam). In two years the online and offline community grew into the biggest bottom-up initiative of Amsterdam. The blog’s heart-shaped logo is seen everywhere in the North. Tomorrow, Luc will talk about the role of new media in making a shift from ‘top-down’ thinking to ‘bottom-up’ thinking when it comes to city-making.
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