Green Museums: Intro to Parts I-III (2014)
Green like you’ve never seen Pittsburgh is a great place to debut the new Green Museums series, with stories and best green practices from a spectrum of botanic gardens, museums, history […]
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Cities: Sydney, Shenzhen, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Philadelphia & more
There’s no denying that urban spaces – cities worldwide – are trending big-time, with an abundance of people on the move and plenty of challenges. In 2014, we’ll be presenting […]
U.S. Solar Decathlon: The Winner Is…
For the 19 collegiate teams in the 2013 U.S. Solar Decathlon — the waiting is over! Proving that the Solar Decathlon has become a world competition, Team Austria and the […]
Books Galore: Current and Coming
What can be more pleasurable than offering suggestions of books — for giving and receiving. Among the areas we cover: design, photography, architecture, cities, art, natural history, language, gardens and […]
Green Museums: Part 2 Pittsburgh’s Innovators
In Part 2 of the Green Museums series, we feature a half-dozen Pittsburgh museums that are embedding green values and practices in how they operate and, as a result, are […]
CITIES: Havana, Venice, Moscow, Bristol, DC, etc
CITIES tackles a bunch of “B” words this month with a view to urban design, architecture, culture and sustainability in Mexico City, Moscow, Havana, Paris, Seattle, New York, Venice and […]
Green Museums Pittsburgh Innovators (Part I)
The Green Museums series debuts in Pittsburgh with the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (CMP), Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (“Phipps”), and the Heinz History Center, a Smithsonian affiliate (“Heinz”). […]
Exhibitions & Events: Apr/May etc
Spring brings out our best intentions – to go to events, travel, explore exhibitions and learn new things. Here in a nutshell, more-or-less, are highlights of what’s going on in […]
CITIES: Rio, Pompeii, Paris, Oslo, Arcosanti, Baltimore
Solar Impulse—5-City Tour: The Swiss solar-powered prototype plane, with a wingspan wider than a 747, will make a five-city U.S. flight-tour beginning May 1, with stops in Phoenix, Dallas-Ft. Worth, […]
CITIES: NYC, Athens, Beijing, Miami, Pittsburgh, Detroit
CITIES is a monthly column that looks at urban design, development and cultural life. Come back often! New York: Grand Central Station’s Centennial (Feb. 1) is actually a year-long shindig. […]
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