Artist and designer Aki Inomata uses 3D printing to create crystalline hermit shells modeled after iconic skylines.(Inhabitat)
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- The Masters of Modern Landscape Design Conference, organized by the Library of American Landscape History, will be held September 28 and 29, at the phenomenal Indianapolis Museum of Art. The two-day conference will feature eight of the mid-20th century’s most influential landscape architects, from Thomas Church to Lawrence Halprin. (IMA Museum)
- Another look into LAF’s ongoing Case Study Investigations, this time spotlighting three landscape projects in Illinois. (Landscape Architecture Foundation)
- What’s the world’s best and most influential public park? Garden historian Tom Turner argues that there could only be one answer: St. James’s Park in London. (Garden Visit)
- Vertical gardens are all the rage now, but that climb to the top isn’t as easy as it looks. (NY Times)
& RELATED
- When road rage gets put in park: Grist explores how curb parking brings out the crazy in people, the root causes, and how thoughtful urban planning should turn those trends around. (Grist)
- What comes to mind when you think of Chicago’s Union Station? Empty comes to my mind. Help designers breathe life into Chicago’s Union Station by casting your vote in the Activate Union Station platemaking contest, hosted by the Metropolitan Planning Council. (Atlantic Cities)
- Getting on a crowded bus in the heat of summer can be suffocating. But buses might get “cooler” thanks to Phyto Kinetic, a project that aims to dress up public buses with lush green roofs. (Urban Gardens)
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