This morning, we came upon a great article by Christine Grant on the Sightline Daily. She recently spent six months traveling the world to document cycling culture. Her great article highlights ten big lessons. Read it here:
http://daily.sightline.org/2012/01/23/two-wheels-and-high-heels/
We’ve just returned to Charleston after three days of continuous work. Our new project, in conjunction with Peter Drey Architect, has the potential to transform a 2.5 mile corridor in the town of Covington, GA (near Atlanta). We’ll post ideas and updates in the coming weeks.
Over the next 4 days, Fabric UDO will be holding the first of two public workshops on location in Covington, GA. This innovative project, in collaboration with designer Peter Drey, will attempt to reclaim the public realm and rebuild a district of the city. The project website will update with live news:
I/Jacob teach a theory class at the Clemson Architecture Center at Charleston, a small outpost of the Clemson School of Architecture. Last week, we had the privilege to visit the new architecture building at the Clemson main campus in northern South Carolina.
This new architecture school, designed by Thomas Phifer, is an all-white, super minimalist warehouse. With this new addition, the Clemson school has upgraded its facilities during a precarious time in American architectural education. We wish them the most success with their new addition.
Getting it right: tiny buildings
We have often proposed the construction of micro-buildings for infill in urban locations. But our proposals remain mostly unbuilt, often due to restrictive zoning in American cities that prevents such tiny structures.
So we were impressed with this tiny gallery and office in Japan. See it here:
Dezeen » Blog Archive » Iron Gallery by Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio
This graphic describes our current situation at Fabric; you may be familiar with the process!
Image via Fast Company.
Great coverage in the New York Times about Europe’s biggest and best urban park project:
City Parks, Like Madrid Río, Stand Where Highways Did - NYTimes.com
As a positive take on an obviously gloomy headline, we at Fabric hope that 2012 could be the year when America realizes that our housing patterns need to change.
Hmm:
Ikea’s property development group is proposing to build a massive new project in London, according to the English Huffington Post. See more:
Strand East: Ikea Hopes To Build An Entire London Neighbourhood
