Cities & Planning

In his new book, historian Nicholas Dagen Bloom chronicles the collapse of public transportation in US cities — and explains who really deserves the blame.

A concept movie produced for the Japanese Pavilion at the 12th Venice Biennale, held between 29 August and 21 November, 2010 in Venice, Italy. The work had been offered to WOW by architect Ko Kitayama, the commissioner of the Japanese Pavilion, and is based on the Pavilion’s concept “Tokyo Metabolizing”, which is expressive of the unique way in which the city of Tokyo has expanded. Aerial photographs of Tokyo were incorporated, and rendered to appear as a fix-point observation footage taken over a long period time. The work captures houses and buildings appearing and disappear- ing one after another, representing the city of Tokyo as a living metabolizing organism.About the ExhibitionThe 2 meter-square projection was made on the white wall within in the Japanese Pavilion, in the booth among various architectural models and photographs. The high-power Canon WUX10 Mark II projector was used to make the mirror projection, while a MacBook Pro was programmed to automatically play the QuickTime through out the long duration of the exhibition.

Georg Plebst’s brainchild, the Mangalore tile, has spread as far as Australia and Africa – and yet very little is known about him.

Flying is the most damaging mode of transportation for our climate. At least, up until now. But work is already underway to investigate technical alternatives to conventional aircraft.

“I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."

The $30 billion 'Ike Dike' could fail to block climate-fueled storm surge — and won’t prevent other urban flooding in Houston.

Today, transportation companies like Uber and Hyundai are building VTOL aircraft fleets to serve as short-hop air taxis.

Sun Thinking is an online group show that brings together artists and writers to explore some of the themes and questions central to the Solar Protocol.

Electric cars alone can’t solve our emissions problem

Wallingford 4 All invites you to build a vision of new neighbors at an April 26th meetup. The gardens of Wallingford are blooming! Purple, yellow and pink flowers paint the neighborhood. Birds are …

For over 50 years, Lake Washington Boulevard between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park has been the site of Seattle’s oldest open streets festival, with Bicycle Sundays closing the corridor t…

The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, ‘we have to come up with a different plan.’

ABC News Australia recently reported that scientists from the University of Sydney have discovered that two types of fungi—Aspergillus terreus and Engyodontium album—are effecti…

To tackle climate change, we’ll need to plug in millions of cars, trucks, home heaters, stoves and factories.

North America's passenger trains, once world-beaters, have become global laughing stocks.

Is it hard to go carless around the Sound? One frequent rider shares how to navigate one of the nation's busiest transit systems.

People seldom associate Copenhagen with urban strife, but before Superkilen was completed in 2012, Nørrebro was known as one of the most dangerous areas of Copenhagen. Gangs made up of people from …

In 1976, the price per watt of energy generated by solar photovoltaic was over $100. In 2019, it was less than 50 cents per watt

Researchers pioneer a system to make 500 grams of green hydrogen per day

Imagine if a tiki bar and Lost Horizon Night Market had a lovechild – the result would be Tiki Mirage, an immersive mobile speakeasy experience in Los Angeles created by Aaron Girard, Max Masuda-Fa…

As different elements of Seattle’s waterfront overhaul are beginning to open to the public, Seattleites of all stripes naturally have many opinions about how things are turning out. Given the…

Train travel is thriving in Central Europe, and so are dining cars. We rode the rails from Prague to Zurich and beyond, sampling regional dishes and savoring the views.