Your son is getting older and wants a home of his own? You are starting a new business and need some space to work and receive clients, but cannot afford to rent a proper office? You like flatsharing but still want your privacy? Flexible housing can be the solution! Here are some examples (from Cool [...]
Posts Tagged ‘trends’
Flexible housing
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, B - Trends, C - Tips, tagged housing, tips, trends, workplaces on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
First we kill the architects…
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged New York, reflections, trends on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(source: new york times)
Lake Geneva region goes metropolitan
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, A - News, B - Trends, tagged creatives, geneva, lausanne, montreux, news, nyon, trends on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(image: wikimedia commons) Lake Geneva region is turning little by little into a big metropolis, spreading for about 100 km from Geneva to Montreux. Having all the qualities creatives look for, the region is attracting more and more people and enterprises, and is becoming a key place for high-level jobs. And little by little, the [...]
David Byrne’s bike racks
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, trends on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(source: creative class)
bikes for all needs
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, trends on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(video: conference bike) As car sales dop and bike sales skyrocket, more and more bike models are launched. After the conference bike and the pedal pub, it’s time for family bikes! Here’s a list of the most interesting ones (tips on other models are always welcome): Bella bike The Dutch Bike Factory De Fiets Fabriek [...]
Transit needs some creativity
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged buses, switzerland, trains, trends on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, on All About Cities, I found an interesting post on improvements in public transports. What if people with longer commutes could sit in a luxury coach, fully stocked with amenities, including: Wireless internet (like the google bus in San Francisco) A personal TV with a variety of programs (as on many airlines, especially in [...]
Brasilia: the evolution of a modernist masterpiece
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, B - Trends, D - reflections, E - Reportages, tagged brasil, brasilia, reflections, smart growth, trends on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(image: wikipedia) In 1956, when Brasilia was conceived, cars were the transportation system of the future. “Adapter la Ville à la Voiture” (adapt the city to cars) was the reigning philosophy in those years, and as Brasilia wanted to symbolize the most avanced face of Brazil, all the city was planned around cars. Two big [...]
Fast-recharging electric buses
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, B - Trends, C - Tips, E - Reportages, tagged buses, electric, science, technology, tips, trends on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(video: a supercapacitor bus recharges in Shanghai) As gas prices are getting higher and higher, the need to find other alternatives to gas-powered buses becomes more and more urgent. High frequency bus lines have no problem in this conversion, as they can be turned into trolleybus lines without excessive cost, but this reconversion can be [...]
Small towns and smart growth
Posted in 1 - spaces, B - Trends, tagged smart growth, sprawl, trends, USA on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(image: a small town in Paris’s suburbs, via Microsoft Virtual Earth) Till now, it seemed that small towns were doomed to be the victims of urban sprawl: the only future waiting for them was made of single-family houses, shopping malls, office parks and highways. Even when bigger towns started to develop their downtown, smaller cities [...]
Google maps now gives walking directions!
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, A - News, B - Trends, tagged google, maps, news, pedestrians, trends on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Look at the google map above here. Don’t you see something different? Yes, it’s true: something has changed. The “walk until …” direction has turned into something more precise and more similar to the driving instructions. More things are still to be implemented, but, just like Walkscore some days ago, this is the sign of [...]
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