sidewalkcurator:

tactical urbanism or trashcan hopscotch

thisbigcity:

Thanks guys for your great Big Ideas for sustainable cities! Some of our favourites got included above.

- Joe

(Source: smartercities, via thisbigcity)

verticaltheory:

Brick Biotope: Modular Homes For Urban Wildlife

Brick Biotope is a series of bricks designed specifically to provide a natural living environment for birds within the urban landscape. Inspired by the disappearance of the House Sparrow in the Netherlands, Brick Biotoperesponds to the desire to create hand-made objects in a digital world…Read more here. 

massurban:

By Haya El Nasser, USA Today. May 16, 2012

Townhouses and single-family homes are sprouting on old industrial sites in the heart of Southern California cities. In Florida, developers are coveting foreclosed golf courses in urban centers to put up new subdivisions. Builders in Texas are…