Boston Society of Architects hosts Julie Campoli: Made for Walking
01.09.2013
Landscape architect, urban designer, and photographer Julie Campoli will present on the new book Made for Walking: Density and Neighborhood Form Thursday January 17 at the Boston Society of Architects/BSA Space in Boston. Made for Walking, published last month, takes urban design to the next level by identifying the essential characteristics of successful urban neighborhoods that provide a better quality of life and a reduced carbon footprint.
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Great urban design in Made for Walking
12.12.2012
Designing great places is part art and part science. Good urban form sometimes just feels right, though there are necessary elements, found in the "five Ds and a P" formula, for example: diversity of land uses, density, design, distance to transit, destination accessibility, and parking. In the new book Made for Walking: Density and Neighborhood Form, landscape architect, urban designer, and photographer Julie Campoli takes urban design to the next level by identifying the essential characteristics of successful urban neighborhoods that provide a better quality of life and a reduced carbon footprint.
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Streaming Cleveland
12.09.2012
The second film in the Making Sense of Place documentary film series, a probing look at efforts by the city of Cleveland to reinvent itself in the face of population loss and decline in manufacturing, is now available to be viewed streaming at the Lincoln Institute website. Cleveland: Confronting Decline in an American City is one of three documentaries produced in collaboration with Northern Light Productions as part of the Making Sense of Place documentary series. Phoenix: The Urban Desert and Portland: Quest for the Livable City will also ultimately be set up for streaming. All films are also on DVD.
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