Monthly Archives: April 2015

Planning for People

Posted on April 25, 2015 by

“First life, then spaces, then buildings–the other way around never works.” Jan Gehl While Boston celebrated the start of the American Revolution on Patriot’s Day this week, the city of Somerville, two miles west, started a different kind of rebellion … Continue reading →

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Face-i-tecture

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

Do you see a face in Palladio’s Villa Rotunda? Do the windows on the second floor suggest eyes, and the portico a nose or mouth?  Or maybe the front door behind the columns represents the mouth, and the windows symmetrical about … Continue reading →

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People Need Green Space

Posted on April 18, 2015 by

In 1970, Joni Mitchell sang “they paved paradise to put up a parking lot” to decry the lack of green space in the built environment. Since then, architects, planners and builders have expanded parking lots, widened highways and removed green … Continue reading →

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