one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
February 24 2008
I always try to take stairs instead of elevators and escalators when I can, although some places make it near impossible. It seems planners have noticed.
Pretty strange seeing James Howard Kunstler’s predictions become reality.
September 14 2007
Jan Gehl on how to build a place for people, not for cars.
September 04 2007
Europe’s coolest cities are the medium-sized ones, not the mega-cities, and certainly not boring old Brussels either.
June 23 2007
If you’re anywhere near the Tate Modern in London between now and the end of August, Global Cities looks like an interesting exhibition to explore.
June 21 2007
Someone bring these guys to Brussels.
June 19 2007
Ghost cities of the future.
May 08 2007
After this year, the majority of people in the world will live in cities.
May 02 2007
People in cities are walking faster.
April 22 2007
Five innovations in urban transportation that you won’t find in America, yet (or Belgium, for the most part).
Cities are wealth generators“When you integrate all these people and all these activities and the struggle to make a living, total productivity increases”
April 03 2007
city life worse than radiation“Air pollution in major cities may be more damaging to health than the radiation exposure suffered by survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster”
September 09 2006
Momus on urban auto culture“Cars are the closest thing we have in our society to predators, capable of picking off the weak; they're malevolent steel sharks or pumas, cruising our cities, hogging the head of the food chain.”
June 20 2006
The BBC asks leading experts for their forecasts on cities of the future. Recurring themes are polarisation between those who have and those who don’t, climate change and energy problems.