America vs Europe: Two Ways to Build a City

Architect and urban & computational designer Abhinav Bhardwaj made this great set of slides comparing urban design in the US and Europe, peppered with pithy observations like:

• European space is shaped on purpose: American open space is what’s left over.
• Small blocks make more corners, more routes, more street life.
• A fine grid offers hundreds of routes; the tree offers one way out.

(thx, meg)

• Abhinav Bhardwaj
• architecture
• cities
• design
• urban planning

People I would or wouldn’t fuck on the Internet

I didn’t think it was possible: someone has come up with a new take on the “what’s cool, what’s not cool on the Internet” thing.

People I would or wouldn’t fuck on the Internet.

I’m not sure whether I’m disappointed or relieved that I’m in the “I wouldn’t fuck” column. At the very least, this guy owes me an explanation as to why I’m not spongeworthy.

At least he spelled my name right…more than I can say for a lot of the other words on the page. Mispellings galore & bad grammer….I think he goes in my “wouldn’t fuck” column. No soup for you. Next!

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• urban planning