Tag Archive: emerging infrastructure

“The Infrastructure Revolution: Adaptation to Climate Disruption in Coastal Cities” by Kristina Hill, Monday Feb 21st

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Women in Landscape Architecture (WILA) in cooperation with NCSU Department of Landscape Architecture invite the community to attend “The Infrastructure Revolution: Adaptation to Climate Disruption in Coastal Cities”: a public presentation by Kristina… Read More

Gorgeous Dutch Power Plant Clad in Delftware Tiles! | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

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The SHIFT:publication team has been exploring cultural awareness of infrastructure.  Specifically that emerging infrastructure must become prominent cultural symbols at the community scale.  Images of large cooling towers on the horizon simply do not… Read More

NCSU Grad is Finalist in Build a Better Burb Competition

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2010 MLA graduate and design juggernaut, Matt Tomasulo is once again a finalist in a major design competition.  His design is one of 23 jury selected designs in the Build a Better Burb… Read More

Urban Resilience § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

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This article illustrates why an Intro to Ecology class should be a requirement for all Landscape Architecture students.  We are positioning ourselves to be the purveyors of sustainable communities, yet from my experience… Read More

Triple Bottom Line of Green Infrastructure « Green Infrastructure Digest

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So why did Philadelphia decide to rely so heavily on green infrastructure as a means of reducing overflows in their CSO system? Quite simply it was cheaper, significantly cheaper. The plan estimates over… Read More

Rail funding revives plan for Raleigh terminal :: WRAL.com

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The $545 million in federal funding that North Carolina won Thursday for a high-speed rail corridor has breathed new life into Raleigh’s long-held plans to create a transportation hub downtown.… Read More

President Obama delivers on American High-Speed Rail – Welcome to the Fast Lane: The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation

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President Obama delivers on American High-Speed Rail – Welcome to the Fast Lane: The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

Nissan Leaf – Electric Car Tour Coming to Raleigh 1/29&30

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Yeah for electric cars!  No emissions & no gas is great, right?  I’m not sold yet.  They still require us to tear down the Appalachians to get the coal that makes the electricity.  And… Read More

Vancouver engineers its own urban dream – latimes.com

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Vancouver’s will be on global display during the upcoming Winter Olympics.  This LA – Times article gives a great summary of their efforts, both pro and con. In the article a  Vancouver city… Read More

Prophecy for NC? Yemen could become first nation to run out of water

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Yemen terror stories are topping news reels again today, reinforcing the significance of the linked October article from the New York Times. While we in NC and the southeast are nowhere near the water… Read More

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