Frida Kahlo Art Garden Life
Frida Kahlo’s life and art cannot be summed up in a single exhibition – but her love of Mexican culture and its natural features, the pre-Columbian world, the interconnectedness of […]
Category Archives: Architecture
CITIES: News in Brief
What’s happening in green design, architecture, urban life, sustainability ?Check out our notes on Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Paris, Baku, Delhi, Rotterdam, and New York, the newly awarded European Green Capital for […]
Baltimore: Some Good News
Baltimore 2015! The City of the Orioles, Francis Scott Key, Diner (the movie) the Inner Harbor and “hon” needs hope and help. Here’s a story that Green News Update published in […]
Earth Heroes: Next Gen Coming Up
Thousands of students in architecture, engineering, environmental science, health and other fields in the US, Asia, Latin America, Australia, and Europe are going to make a big difference for the […]
Michael Graves: Amsterdam & Rotterdam His Favorite Design Cities
Princeton NJ-based architect Michael Graves designed over 350 buildings and some 2000 everyday products in his lifetime – from laundry hampers to a whistling teakettle, from luxury goods for Alessi […]
Cities: Museums New & Coming
In cities large and small, look at the vibrant and growing arts scene worldwide — new museums, splendid opera halls, concert venues, old buildings turned to new uses – and […]
Rotterdam Markthal: Shop, Eat, Live
Move over Copenhagen, Valencia, Budapest and Göteberg: The boldest food experience in Europe was inaugurated October 2 by Netherlands’ Queen Maxima – the shop-eat-live Markthal (Market Hall) in the historic […]
Cities: On the Road
Amsterdam is HOT! This city of 800,000– the size Detroit used to be in its glory days — packs a wallop culturally speaking. The Rijksmuseum with its glorious Dutch Masters paintings reopened […]
On the Road: Green News Update Is Traveling
Green News Update is traveling to some great locations to bring you stories and updates on urban design, museums, green practices, urban gardens, rising water, travel and the quality of […]
Shigeru Ban: Architect-Humanitarian
The talented, globe-trotting architect Shigeru Ban has created a unique design practice: dwellings of elegance and simplicity for the wealthy and ingenious public buildings (the beautiful Pompidou Centre-Metz France (2011) […]
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