Tag: National Library

Can ugly buildings be heritage?

Sep 3, 2016

# Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY

This question responds to the idea that ugliness
from the Similarity Files – Boston City Hall

Nov 8, 2009

# Similarity Files

The connection here is more than obvious, and not exactly news either, but it is extra-topical in some ways. Just as our very very poor imitation of this building is slated for demolition (it might as well be), so too is the Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, proposing the abandonment of the Boston City Plaza,…
Naked streets: the Dutch are doing it – why don’t we?

Apr 21, 2009

# RANTING, urban design

“Naked streets” or “Naked roads” – some even call them (more tamely) “Shared Spaces” – have apparently been around since the 1980s. Credited to Hans Monderman, the Naked street idea is based on a psychological approach which supports designing roads to reflect the different cognitive skills needed in different transport situations. Shared suburban spaces…