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Franklin Arburtha carries the mantle of disenfranchised youth on Skid Row. But the deck is stacked against anyone who's lived here-especially...
Los Angeles's police chief called Skid Row "the worst social disaster in America." It's a frightening sight from a moving car. Sam Slovick...
Professor Martin Schreibman says our oceans have been overfished beyond repair. If we're going to keep eating fish and chips, tuna tartare,...
The High Line is an abandoned, elevated rail line through western Manhattan that has hovered above the street, deteriorating in desuetude,...
For 60 years in New York, sidewalk sheds have been pretty much the same: dark and ugly blue tunnels topped by scaffolding that hide the nicest...
Last week we showed you some of the finalists in the Studio-X and PRE-Office design challenge, who were asked to come up with creative ways to...
Architecture for Humanity has a new spokesanimal: On April 6, 2010 non-profit Architecture for Humanity will be starting its eleventh year...
After years of dreaming, designing, and campaigning, the first section of the High Line park-built on top of an old elevated rail structure-opened...
While we're on the subject of affordable housing, let's talk about sustainable design, for the two walk hand in hand. But first, let's talk...
On Saturday, October 24, GOOD design columnist Alissa Walker will be leading a tour of Manhattan's new High Line park (it's part of her new book...
Re-engineering slowness back into building design An idea quietly floated by New York City health commissioner Thomas Farley this summer might...
A designer tries to understand the disparate images of Dubai's financial troubles and its skyscrapers. design mind on GOOD is a series...
Meet Rick Potestio: Portland architect and loudmouth. He's apparently a veritable celebrity in his hometown-he's been called one of the design...
The architect Andrew Burgess projects an image of the Icelandic parliament building onto the building itself and then mucks with it in various...
This new, flower-shaped 8,000 square foot house, which is being built for soccer star Gary Neville by Make Architects, is promising to be...
The Environmental Protection Agency released a list of the cities with the most Energy Star labeled buildings this week. Have a look: It's...
With humanity heading to the cities, we're going to have to get creative with our uses of urban space. Here's one idea from an Australian...
Some crafts don't benefit from modern conveniences. Collodion process Somewhere between the daguerreotype and the Polaroid on the timeline...
The 2,684 foot Burj Dubai-the world's tallest man-made structure-opened today. Der Spiegel has a nice photo gallery from the tower. And...
Will the unused eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Bridge be the next High Line? Probably not, but there are at least two fun ideas kicking...