English architecture has now reached a consensus, says J Sorel. "That is: that there can be no escape from the madding crowd. Every public place is to become a walkable, human-scaled sitting area-cum-playground."
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Net Zero doesn’t envisage a transformation of industrial society, only a gradual and forced winding down of living standards, and its buildings and street interventions reflect that, writes J Sorel.
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Can we, as limited cognitive beings, ever be able to cope with the growing complexity of cities and be a part of its decision-making structure or are we doomed to go into an automated democracy? One thing we can say about a city, unlike a power regime, is that cities have very long lives. They […]
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As a prince, the new British monarch developed some curious attitudes to architecture. He also proved to be a dedicated meddler behind building projects he did not like. Combined, this led to a number of interventions that cast a shadow over his accession to the throne. What will Charles III do when it comes to […]
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Des hiéroglyphes égyptiens aux signes sumériens, des glyphes mayas aux idéogrammes chinois, l'écriture commence par des images. Des origines à la révolution numérique, une passionnante plongée dans l'histoire de la plus grande des inventions humaines. L'écriture commence par des images : les hiéroglyphes égyptiens, dont les premières traces datent de 3 700 avant notre ère, les marques creusées sur des tablettes d'argile par les Sumériens pour tenir les comptes, les glyphes mayas ou encore les idéogrammes (...)
Des hiéroglyphes égyptiens aux signes sumériens, des glyphes mayas aux idéogrammes chinois, l'écriture commence par des images. Des origines à la révolution numérique, une passionnante plongée dans l'histoire de la plus grande des inventions humaines. L'écriture commence par des images : les hiéroglyphes égyptiens, dont les premières traces datent de 3 700 avant notre ère, les marques creusées sur des tablettes d'argile par les Sumériens pour tenir les comptes, les glyphes mayas ou encore les idéogrammes (...)
Censored Blunder | This might just be the world's biggest-ever pink elephant, and here's why.
Despite a climate of continuing mask confusion and deviantly “variant” COVID-19 strains: “It’s Tourist Season Again in the United States of America!” Now, if you’re traveling across the USA this Summer, you may encounter a startling sight known as the St Louis “Gateway” Arch as you navigate which Interstate Highway will best deliver you to […]
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Over and over, countless projects and utopias have been made and are still thought out of cities where people would reach out to anything within some minutes of walking distance. Here some thoughts on why this is not a goal and why such dreams will always surface in the news. Urban migration, the largest ever […]
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Nikola Tesla, travailleur infatiguable et grand marginal, car peu sociable, était fasciné par les pyramides du plateau de Gizeh. Certains le disaient obsédé par ces structures qu'il étudiait de très près. Est-il possible que l'étude de celles-ci soient à l'origine de certains brevets déposés par Tesla, ou encore auraient-elles inspirées la célèbre tour de Tesla (Wardenclyffe Tower) ? Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) était un inventeur serbo-américain, ingénieur électricien, ingénieur en mécanique et (...)
