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The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.

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Recipe for Low Pollution Neighborhood: miniaturize everything, legalize small-scale retail and restaurant, zero curbside parking, emphasis on walking and biking Nazakakicho neighborhood in Osaka has been revitalized with this mini mixed use approach

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Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!

submitted 9 days ago • 46 comments

this is like 1/200 of a park and ride space. Build an entire P&R for the price of a single spot!

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Love this project. Embrace of mass timber is a benchmark for Seattle. archello.com/project/nort...

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This is neat, it’s rare for me to see sound absorption in homes like this in a new build

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But where will anyone [visit the] park?

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Seattle: “hi, we would like a train please” Siemens: “very good, what kind? Subway? Streetcar? Commuter?” Seattle: “yes, please.” pause “also we can only afford one train.” Siemens: “…we will see what we can do”

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Can’t wait to make the experience of the Brandon Boulevard bike lane even more Brandon by adding a thundering bus lane on the sidewalk side

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Intellectual rigor in architecture can and should go beyond inventing some new ways to make different looking opera spaceships

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“hey fellas, want to pop over to New Poorswarehouseville for the afternoon?”

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

what’s up Orlampa

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Urbanists often point to Europe for examples of "good urbanism" we should aspire for, while regularly ignoring examples globally that often do certain things even better—like transit-oriented development in East Asia.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

It's actually kind of jarring watching Shoreline council meetings these days. Commenters speaking in favor of eliminating parking minimums and thanking councilmembers for promoting policies geared at welcoming new residents.

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Sometimes it is fun to peruse the 20th-century comics to remind yourself how the 1900s were a different time. www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/0...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Really, working to harmonize international standards is a good idea overall

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Other (hotter) regions of the country have minimum tree canopy coverage requirements for paved areas. Why not streets, here? This @theurbanist.org op-ed starts thinking about ways to reduce this major source of urban heat storage. www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/22/o...

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This year’s Seattle Design Festival theme is FEEDBACK. Get your creative wheels spinning!!!! seadesignfest.org

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Seattle has added millions of square feet of building area, added 20%+ in population, 20%+ in added jobs, is electrifying our buildings, adding EVs, and because of density, efficiency, and smart design we have flatlined our electricity demand

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Have the people who do sound in buildings and cities made it to this site yet? @asa-news.bsky.social is around at least

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really interesting LCA looking at embodied carbon of an urban development area with both new and existing buildings, new infrastructure and streetscapes. journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....

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"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them." -- Alfred North Whitehead

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

people talk about all kinds of crazy things on the internet, but one thing that strikes me about this map is that I struggle to see a situation in which Canada decides it is a good idea to take in well over 1 Canadasworth of Americans

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

In addition to homes, Mountlake Terrace also got several fun new businesses too during this time. Progress is good!

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

this, the slow street thing, and (if still alive) the corner store thing on top of HB1110 and the TOD bill will liberate our cities to do interesting things. It’s an exciting time* to be in the development space here

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

if you’re looking for dark forces secretly controlling society, the real Illuminati is insurance and lawsuits

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

The thing about using the best design here is not only does it reduce light pollution, but it also saves energy. You get the same ground level illumination from a significantly smaller bulb with the reflective down-facing fixture.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

One thing that Cascadia has way more of than Europe is giant evergreen trees. A courtyard-style development like this that uses appropriate landscaping could feel like living in a rainforest treehouse in a way that I think would be really unique to our region.

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

looking forward to being in buildings designed by a system that has trouble with 9.9 > 9.11

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

What if ramblers, but sharing a wall and stacked

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“A single unmuffled scooter crossing Paris at night can wake as many as 10,000 people.” We seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities aren’t noisy, engines are. How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution.

submitted 23 days ago • 22 comments

brb, looking at the best ways to convert all the airline miles to Air Canada so I can fly out of Vancouver instead

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