Earlier, I shared an infographic and suggested that it’s time for suburbs to be reimagined. Below, we’ll look at Arch Daily’s specific bullet-points of what could and should be changed about our overbuilt communities. From Arch Daily: As architects, we are in the tricky position of making redevelopment and density, necessary from both a moral and [...]

Bay Area suburbs have exploded since the mid 90′s, sometimes for better, but often for worse. Too many homes, costing too much money, and too far away from jobs, schools, and city centers. Where there was once optimism that a new neighborhood would flourish, many newer neighborhoods are riddled with foreclosed McMansions, blight, and an [...]

I’ll share more details from this series from Arch Daily in the coming days. For now, feast on this awesome infographic:

An article in The Atlantic suggests that cities aren’t only greener, but that physical proximity to others promotes intellectual and economic growth. There are other models that might help us unravel this, especially those that explain the dynamics of networks. In particular, there is a phenomenon in economics that’s known as a “Knowledge Spillover.” It [...]