by Ophélie Chevalier The Pritzker Prize is architecture’s most prestigious award. The 2014 winner was Shigeru Ban. In announcing this year’s laureate, Tom Pritzker said, “Shigeru Ban's commitment to humanitarian causes through his disaster relief work is an example for all. Innovation is not limited by building type, and compassion is not limited by budget. Shigeru has … [Read more...] about Low-Income Housing is Hot
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Facing the Challenges of Urban Growth
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends…and the dark street winds and bends; Past the pits where asphalt flowers grow…We’ll go where the chalk-white arrows grow,” wrote the late Shell Silverstein, a prolific poet and author whose kid-tailored poems inspired giggles galore in child readers unaware of the profundity of much of his writing. Whether “Where the Sidewalk Ends” was … [Read more...] about Where the Sidewalk Ends: Facing the Challenges of Urban Growth
Sustainable cities: An Interview with Paul Romer from NYU
Español | English Paul Romer, an economist and policy entrepreneur, is University Professor at New York University (NYU) and founding director of the NYU Stern Urbanization Project, where he also leads the Charter Cities initiative. The Urbanization Project conducts applied research on the many ways in which policymakers in the developing world can use the rapid growth of … [Read more...] about Sustainable cities: An Interview with Paul Romer from NYU
2 Ways Renewable Energy Can Help Emerging Cities
Español | English Latin America and the Caribbean exploits more renewable energy than any other region in the world. According to Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, three of the top five countries that invest in renewables as a percentage of their GDP are in Latin America: Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Foto: Flickr Ciudades Emergentes However, many of the … [Read more...] about 2 Ways Renewable Energy Can Help Emerging Cities
Urbanization in China: what’s unique and what’s similar with LAC
*by Yuan Li The scale of the urbanization process in China is huge relative to LAC. No country has ever had urbanization as massive as it has been in China. Despite a still relatively small urbanization rate of 53.7 percent, 560 million people have moved from rural to urban areas in the last 35 years. This is almost the entire population of Latin America and the … [Read more...] about Urbanization in China: what’s unique and what’s similar with LAC