6-10 of 19 matching articles 5 20 100 All The centre reigns supreme: how a polycentric urban plan for Beijing was lost Jinxi Chen • 10 July 2012 Jinxi Chen takes us on a modern history tour of Beijing's urban structure, arguing that Mao's efforts to rebuild the centre preserved a concentric structure that could not work well for contemporary Beijing. It takes a village: building the Renaissance Project in Haiti Edad Mercier • 27 September 2011 The challenges facing the implementation of a proposal to build a self-sustainable village to the north of Port-au-Prince in one hundred days. "Bat people" and "floating houses": hope in the lowliest of Manila's slums Marcus Tudehope • 29 March 2011 A call for planners and advocates to recognise the compatibility of their goals and those of Manila's most forgotten slums communities. Righting the ship of good urban planning: Newport News rediscovers the wisdom of its street grids Andy Carr • 16 July 2013 After decades of shipyard expansion, suburban sprawl and segregation, the city is doing its best to learn from its original street grid and reintegrate its neighbourhoods. EcoMobility World Festival: Demonstrating the car-free lifestyle, in numbers and on the ground Konrad Otto-Zimmerman • 21 August 2013 If we can't build a truly ecomobile city, why not assemble a temporary one? This is what the city of Suwon has done under the creative direction of Konrad Otto-Zimmermann. 1 2 3 4
