When I moved across the pond from Europe to America, I packed my bike with me. And why not? It was working fine and had served me faithfully through my aggressive commuting days in London. But more importantly, I wanted to be able to hop onto my bike and start exploring the city once I […]
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As the saying goes, the only thing that remains constant is change. The world around us is moving, shifting, changing at a pace unlike anything in our planet’s long history. Power is changing hands; Economies are rising and falling; Second World is mixing with First World and BRICs are giving way to MINTs. But one […]
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Can biking lead to a healthier lifestyle and a more resilient city?
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It’s not a rhetorical question. I live in a building that is rated with walkscore of 98, a transit score of 100. It’s a block away from the office, so even if I wanted to, it would take me longer to get the car out of the building, drive to the office, and park it […]
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It’s no secret that high streets have suffered in recent years. By the end of 2012, it was reported that the vacancy rate of British high street shops had reached nearly 15%. Nottingham ranked at the top of this list with 31% of shops unoccupied, up from 23% the year before. This drastic rise is […]
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Lance Hosey, our Chief Sustainability Officer, has an article in GreenBiz.com called “Why architects must lead on sustainable design.” I encourage everyone to read it. And take it to heart. It accurately reflects RTKL’s evolving view on sustainability, and it confirms in my mind why we think our performance-driven design initiative is the right strategy. […]
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With the Kagan Fellowship around the corner, I’ve started thinking a lot about a subject I have always wanted to explore – the architecture of the dead. For as long as humans have inhabited the earth, there has been a ceremonial facet to death. In fact, archeologists have discovered 70,000 year old fossilized human remains […]
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As the world’s cities get smarter about accommodating cyclists, implementing some of the concepts discussed in Part 1 of Alice Phillips’ post, new people will likely climb aboard, eager to seek cycling’s promised benefits. Are you cycling yet? Cycling in London is having a moment. In 2012, the much-lauded “Boris Bikes” cycle share scheme coupled […]
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Cycling provides numerous benefits to cities, but in London, fear of the roads remains one of the largest deterrents to new cyclists. In part one of a two part series, Alice Phillips takes to the mean streets and offers some thoughts on how to break the cycle of fear.
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I must say, I’m a bit concerned and disappointed about the lack of current comprehensive thinking about LAX and its relationship to LA as a whole. While the recent unveiling of the LAX Northside Plan Update, the LAX SPAS Draft EIR open house/public meetings, and the plans metro has developed for extension of light rail […]
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