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[Playing devil's advocate] But isn't that the counterargument that cannot be ignored in this discussion? That culture will flourish in spite of "bad" architecture/planning or maybe more precisely just in spite of architecture or planning? Beyond the energy unsustainability and pollution...

then wouldn't you call Los Angeles a suburb? good point.

Over the years a lot of Detroit has returned to wilderness as well I believe.

I applaud and share your final sentiment of unification and togetherness. Let?s see what Mr. Obama will do. I think the reason that suburban housing sucks is due to the fact that the market has freely determined that the cost of ?design? results in diminishing marginal returns. The value...

<JohnAKeith> I don?t remember where I read/heard the quote, but the Onion is probably correct. Sometimes they nail it. <Kennedy> Out of the three problems of banality, environmental impact, and lifestyle, only environmental impact has real consequences beyond the suburb's borders. So if that...

We need a strong resurgence of [sub]urban planning. Rem Koolhaas wrote: "Where there is nothing, everything is possible. Where there is architecture, nothing (else) is possible. Who does not feel an acute nostalgia for the types who could, no more than 15 years ago, condemn (or was it...

touche', I withdraw the question. I value this forum too much. cheers

99% of all motorists approve of public transportation for others. From the first article: ??what comes out of the tailpipe is only a fraction of the total climate impact of driving a car, and the climate impact is in turn only a part of the environmental and social damage cars cause. Improving...

I wanted to start a post about architectural manifestos and I thought I would post one of my personal favorites. _______ Mould Manifesto against Rationalism in Architecture [Hundertwasser, 1958] Painting and sculpture are now free, inasmuch as anyone may produce any sort of creation...

Thank you Senator. Glad to be here.

Unlike Boston City Hall plaza, the plaza in which the Ulm City Hall sits was established in the 14th C. So the problem is our impatience... We should just wait five hundred years for City Hall plaza to be ingrained in the daily life of the city. I'm sure Menino will still be Mayor. Also I...