Here’s a great article on some creative approaches to urban development in the 21st century. Cal Poly-educated architect Teddy Cruz has begun reconnecting to his Latin roots and using some density-driven ingenuity to redesign urban and suburban development.
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dls : DIY Projects, Design IQ, Reinventing X
March 29th, 2006
It was only a matter of time until it got political.
If your life was dominated by the grueling beauty of the world’s fittest athletes in the world’s tightest clothing over the last 2 weeks, then no doubt you were also sitting through the commercials. You might have noticed those irritatingly sunny ads with high school kids running around and throwing yellow t-shirts to promote GM’s ethanol miracle. If you have also been following the recent hemorrhaging of jobs by said American automaker, you might be wondering if this was just marketing greenwash.
Well, I highly recommend this breakdown on the current e85 rage. The illustrious Amanda Griscom Little over at Grist rakes through the dense
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dls : Raw Materials, Design IQ, Events
March 1st, 2006