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Feb 2012

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  21 February '12 Can Cupcakes Inspire Collaborative Consumption in our Cities? (1)
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  20 February '12 The Changing Face of Housing - Your Views from #citytalk (0)
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  16 February '12 Are Artificial Trees the Answer for Carbon Capture? (0)
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  15 February '12 Three Ideas for Creating Livable Cities (1)
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  14 February '12 Framework for Neighbourhood Creative Climate (0)
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  13 February '12 Ecosystems and Economics - How Green Roofs can Improve our Cities (0)
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  10 February '12 How Bogotá Inspired Sustainable Cities Across the Globe (1)
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  09 February '12 The Changing Face of Housing (0)
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  08 February '12 How Seville's Hidden Treasures Became the World's Largest Glued Wood Structure (1)
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  07 February '12 Four Pioneering Examples of Sustainable Refurbishment from Around the World (0)
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  06 February '12 Do You Have an Idea for our Urban World? 21 Cities, 90 Million Citizens are Interested (3)
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  06 February '12 #CycleSafe - Eight Achievable Steps for Creating Cities fit for Cycling (3)
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  04 February '12 Bogotá Citizens Take to Youtube to Criticize the Transmilenio BRT System (1)
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  03 February '12 Capitalism, Interdependence and the Urbanization of Latin America (0)
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  02 February '12 Innovation & Collaboration Brings Clean Water to Eight Communities in Honduras (0)
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  01 February '12 Steep Hills & Social Contrast: A Photo Essay from La Paz (0)
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  01 February '12 Trash Talk - Mexico City Faces a Major Landfill Dilemma (0)

Jan 2012

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  31 January '12 Guardians of Urban Green Space in Cuba (0)
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  30 January '12 Five Cities with Bus Rapid Transit Systems (3)
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  30 January '12 Will Rio's Development Surge Bring Social Integration? (0)
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  26 January '12 The Economics of Sustainable Cities: Four Key Components (0)
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  25 January '12 How Modern Buildings can Complement a World Heritage Site (1)
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  24 January '12 Has Congestion Pricing Lost its Buzz? (5)
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  23 January '12 Is Social Media the Key to Making Buildings More Sustainable? (0)
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  20 January '12 How Citizen Mapmakers are Changing the Story of our Cities (2)
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  19 January '12 South Korea Uses Architecture to Reignite its Publishing Industry (0)
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  17 January '12 The Economics of Sustainable Cities (1)
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  17 January '12 Chicago Urban Farm Aims for Environmental & Economic Self-Sufficiency (1)
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  16 January '12 The Truth About London's Cycle Superhighways - Part 4 (0)
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  13 January '12 Café vs Castle: How Contemporary Buildings can Impact Historic Urban Areas (1)
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  12 January '12 Mixing Cars, Cyclists & Pedestrians on Exhibition Road - London's Take on Shared Space (5)
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  09 January '12 Shopping with a Sunroof: Outdoor Malls and the American Downtown (4)
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  05 January '12 Creating Sustainable Cities by Rethinking Finance for Retrofitting (3)
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  04 January '12 Plan or be Planned? - An Urban Densification Dilemma (0)
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  02 January '12 Can Karaoke Transform Public Space? (3)
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  01 January '12 Three Must-Have Apps for a Sustainable 2012 (1)

Dec 2011

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  30 December '11 The 10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011 (1)
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  30 December '11 10 of the Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011 (20-11) (0)
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  30 December '11 10 of the Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011 (30-21) (0)
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  29 December '11 5 of the Best Technology Blog Posts of 2011 (1)
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  28 December '11 5 of the Best Bicycle Blog Posts of 2011 (0)
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  27 December '11 5 of the Best Transport Blog Posts of 2011 (0)
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  26 December '11 5 of the Best Social Sustainability Blog Posts of 2011 (0)
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  24 December '11 5 of the Best Urban Design Blog Posts of 2011 (0)
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  23 December '11 5 of the Best Architecture Blog Posts of 2011 (0)
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  22 December '11 A Letter to the Women's Institute - Mandatory Helmet Laws Will Not Encourage Cycling (5)
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  22 December '11 Infographic: Why the World Needs to Start Car-sharing (3)
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  20 December '11 Solar Start-up Improves Quality of Life for over 700,000 People (0)
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  19 December '11 Shipping Containers & Shopping - London's 'Retail Revolution' Finally Opens (1)
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  16 December '11 Infographic: Shaping Sustainable Cities in the Networked Society (0)
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  15 December '11 Education, Urbanization & Citizen Activism - This Big City Meets Aseem Inam & Miguel Robles-Duran (1)
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  14 December '11 A Growing City in Malawi and its Pay-to-Cross Footbridges (1)
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  12 December '11 Addressing Climate Change - 17 Sustainable Ideas and COP17 (0)
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  09 December '11 Collaborative Consumption and Industrial Symbiosis - Two New Approaches to Waste in Cities (3)
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  09 December '11 Creating an Inclusive Green Economy in South Africa (0)
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  07 December '11 Exporting Excess Renewable Energy Across Continents (0)
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  06 December '11 A Story from New York's High Line (0)
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  06 December '11 South African Leaders Speak on Sustainability and COP17 (0)
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  05 December '11 Is Sustainable Zoning the Future of New York City? (1)
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  05 December '11 Electric Vehicles Ready to Hit Intercity Highways (1)
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  04 December '11 Raising Awareness of Renewable Energy with a Public Art Installation (1)
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  03 December '11 And the Greenest Cities in Africa are... (0)
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  02 December '11 Nature, Technology and a Sustainable Rio de Janeiro (0)
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  01 December '11 Sustainable Low-income Housing a First for South Africa (0)

Nov 2011

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  30 November '11 Sustainability Innovation from Germany's Foremost Renewable Energy City (1)
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  30 November '11 Are Green Buildings Truly Sustainable? (0)
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  29 November '11 Seven Trends for Planning Post-Oil Cities (0)
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  28 November '11 Are Streets More Walkable with Pavements Removed? (7)
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  28 November '11 Using Empty Buildings in Cities to Teach New Skills to the Long-term Unemployed (1)
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  27 November '11 Urban Bicycle Networks and Sustainable Communities - Your Feedback (0)
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  25 November '11 Can Urban Bicycle Networks Help Develop Sustainable Communities? (0)
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  24 November '11 How San Francisco Became a Cycling City Against the Odds (6)
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  23 November '11 London's Bicycle Network: Good for Commuters, Bad for Communities (10)
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  22 November '11 Mixed Success as London Rethinks its Bicycle Network (0)
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  22 November '11 How London Tried (and Failed) to Become a Cycling City (14)
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  21 November '11 Amsterdam's Bicycle Network - No Magic Pill but Still a World-beater (1)
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  18 November '11 How Amsterdam's Urban Form Created the Ideal Cycling City (1)
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  17 November '11 Sustainable Communities and Amsterdam's Bicycle Network (0)
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  16 November '11 Transport Opportunities for All - The Potential of Bicycle Networks (2)
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  16 November '11 Environmental Sustainability and Bicycles: Three Reasons Two Wheels are Great for Cities (5)
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  15 November '11 Urban Bicycle Networks and an Improved Sense of Place (3)
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  15 November '11 Local Economic Implications of Urban Bicycle Networks (3)
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  14 November '11 Do Urban Bicycle Networks Get More People Cycling? (5)
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  14 November '11 What Makes a Sustainable Community? (6)
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  14 November '11 Urban Bicycle Networks and Sustainable Communities (0)
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  12 November '11 Dynamic Connections at the BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin (1)
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  11 November '11 WikiLane - How Citizens Built their own Bicycle Network (15)
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  10 November '11 Three Smart Ideas for Improving Our Urban World (0)
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  09 November '11 A Glimpse into our Vertical Future (2)
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  08 November '11 The New York City Building at the Centre of the Internet (0)
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  07 November '11 Forget New York City's High Line. Introducing: The Low Line (1)
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  04 November '11 Eight Centuries Later, China Still Can’t Get Enough of Courtyard Housing (0)
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  03 November '11 Are We Part of our Cars and Bikes? (1)
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  02 November '11 Skating Kenya’s Streets and Ushering in Social Change (0)
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  01 November '11 Retrofuturism, Renewables, Colonisation and Endless Cities - Four Visions of the Future (0)

Oct 2011

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  31 October '11 Creating Resilient Cities in-Step with the Seasons (1)
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  27 October '11 Sustainable Asian Cities and the First #Earth2Chat (0)
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  26 October '11 London and New York Agree - Brands and Marketing can Deliver a Sustainable Future (0)
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  25 October '11 The Future is Now - A Letter to Arup by Rachel Armstrong (3)
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  24 October '11 Twelve Posts About Urban Asia (0)
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  23 October '11 South Korea's Most Sustainable Home (2)
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  22 October '11 Three Threats to Asia's Urban Heritage (1)
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  21 October '11 A Beautiful, Global City? - Dubai in Pictures (0)
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  21 October '11 The Non-Intentional Landscape of Tokyo (0)
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  20 October '11 Displacing People to Make Space for Cars - Is India Evicting the Wrong Squatters? (0)
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  20 October '11 DomestiCity: A Photo Essay on Domestic Activities in Dense Urban Areas (0)
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  19 October '11 The Stream that Revitalised Seoul (0)
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  19 October '11 Humanization / Naturalization: A Photo Essay of Bishkek in Ruins (1)
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  18 October '11 Japanese Architecture Takes Green Roofs to a Whole New Level - Literally (2)
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  18 October '11 Tackling Congestion in Vietnam's Biggest City (0)
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  17 October '11 Five Ideas from Asia for Creating Future Cities (0)
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  17 October '11 Indonesia's Biggest City Gets its First Bicycle Lane (0)
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  13 October '11 The Future of Flying (0)
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  13 October '11 Reinterpreting Green Space in West London (0)
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  11 October '11 Imagining the United States Without Shopping Malls (1)
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  10 October '11 Introducing City Governments to Cloud Computing (1)
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  07 October '11 Changing Global Economic, Financial and Social Order through Citizen Action (0)
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  06 October '11 Transforming Historic Urban Space into a Vibrant Cultural District (3)
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  05 October '11 New York Spins its Way to a World First in Sustainable Energy (1)
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  04 October '11 Cyclists? Pedestrians? Drivers? Who is to Blame for Urban Tension? (7)
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  03 October '11 How to Take Cape Town into the 21st Century (0)

Sep 2011

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  30 September '11 Working Together to Construct Better Cities (0)
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  29 September '11 How Would you Radically Rethink Cycling in London? (1)
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  28 September '11 Creating Car-free Cities for the People, by the People (2)
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  27 September '11 The Wall Street Protestors Got it Wrong. Here's Why (5)
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  26 September '11 Guerilla Urbanism in London Sparks Social Transformation (0)
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  22 September '11 Urban Implications of the Growth of Gay and Lesbian Populations in Suburbs (0)
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  21 September '11 Sustainable Paris Uses the Warmth of its Sewers to Heat Buildings (1)
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  20 September '11 Urban Innovations and Africa - Eleven Posts and your Feedback (0)
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  18 September '11 Changing Young Lives Through Theatre in Zimbabwe (0)
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  17 September '11 Building Communities in South Africa will take more than new Housing (0)
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  16 September '11 Getting Africa on the Road to new Economic Opportunities (0)
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  15 September '11 Upgrading Slums a Low Priority in Kenyan Cities (0)
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  15 September '11 Designing Cities with Children in Mind (2)
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  14 September '11 Africa's Mobile Future (0)
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  14 September '11 South Africa Plans the World's Largest Solar Power Station (1)
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  13 September '11 Creating Balanced Cities - An Interview with Tia Kansara (0)
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  13 September '11 Creating Adaptable Cities - An Interview with Melissa Sterry (2)
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  12 September '11 African Cities are Walking Cities, but are they Walkable? (0)
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  12 September '11 Growing Potential: Africa's Urban Farmers (11)
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  08 September '11 Snuggling up with Strangers - an Untapped Urban Resource? (0)
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  06 September '11 Online Community Collaboration Tool Brings Town Hall Meetings into the 21st Century (0)
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  05 September '11 Realising the Potential of Community Ownership (0)
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  02 September '11 Small Places of Anarchy in the City: Three Investigations in Tokyo (2)
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  01 September '11 Using Twitter to Encourage Engagement in Urban History (0)

Aug 2011

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  30 August '11 Which Types of People Choose a Walkable Lifestyle? (3)
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  29 August '11 Thirteen Blog Posts Exploring Urban Congestion (1)
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  28 August '11 Thanks to all who Made Congested Cities Week a Success (1)
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  28 August '11 What's a Girl to do in Congested Manhattan? Stop Wearing Heels? (2)
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  27 August '11 How do we Create Urban Spaces for Millions of People? (1)
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  26 August '11 South Africa Renews Rail in Push to Reduce Congestion (1)
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  26 August '11 The New York Congestion Charge that Never Materialised (0)
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  25 August '11 Mileage Tax: Driving a Car is a Privilege we Must Pay for (2)
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  25 August '11 Five Cities, Five Different Congestion Solutions (1)
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  24 August '11 Four Cities that need Congestion Pricing (4)
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  24 August '11 Minimising Congestion as a Tourist in Beijing (0)
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  24 August '11 Does the World's Most Congested City Want More Cars? (0)
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  23 August '11 True Love & Congestion: The Social Effects of Congested Cities (2)
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  23 August '11 The Success of Stockholm's Congestion Pricing Solution (2)
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  22 August '11 Can Road Trains Cut Congestion and Emissions? (0)
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  22 August '11 Five Cities with Congestion Pricing (9)
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  19 August '11 Africa's Urbanisation Binge: Development and the Removal of Choice (2)
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  18 August '11 How Cycling Became an Integral Part of Life in New York City (2)
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  16 August '11 Free Access to Mexico's Soumaya Museum Comes at a Cost (2)
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  15 August '11 After London's Riots, What can we Learn About Social Change? (2)
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  12 August '11 The Evolution of San Diego's Pedicab Culture (0)
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  11 August '11 Planning for a Range of Housing Options in our Cities (1)
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  09 August '11 Philadelphia Takes a Revolutionary Approach to Stormwater (0)
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  08 August '11 Walking the High Line - Photographing New York's Latest Park (5)
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  05 August '11 In Awe of Vietnam - Stunning Photography from Ho Chi Minh City (3)
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  04 August '11 Transformative Social Change and Historical Urban Innovations (0)
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  02 August '11 San Diego's Pedicabs Offer a Three-Wheeled Transport Alternative (2)
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  01 August '11 The Truth About London's Cycle Superhighways - Part 3 (3)

Jul 2011

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  29 July '11 Want a More Energy Efficient Home? Don't Turn to Google or Microsoft (0)
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  28 July '11 Chinatowns Not Welcome in Italian Cities (5)
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  27 July '11 Carmageddon - A Day Without Cars in California (0)
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  26 July '11 Infographic: Comparing Global Approaches to Education (0)
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  25 July '11 Tragedy Strikes China's High Speed Rail (0)
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  25 July '11 1.3 Billion Potential new Readers as This Big City Launches in Chinese (0)
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  22 July '11 Britain's First Community-owned Power Station Offers a Future of Low-carbon Growth (0)
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  21 July '11 Five Innovations Hoping to Revolutionise Cycling (3)
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  19 July '11 Twenty-five of the Best Urbanism Quotes (1)
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  18 July '11 The Groupon Approach to Public Transport in Cities (5)
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  14 July '11 Using Web Apps to Create a Culture of Civic Engagement (1)
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  13 July '11 How Retrofitting Buildings can Boost the Economy (1)
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  12 July '11 Four Ways to Make London a Cycling City (4)
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  11 July '11 Unplanned Urban Development Worsens Afghanistan's Water Crisis (0)
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  07 July '11 New Approaches to the Old Problem of Sustainable Cities (3)
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  06 July '11 Could Loyalty Schemes Incentivise Sustainable Living? (0)
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  04 July '11 Can Bicycle Networks Create Socially Sustainable Cities? (2)
• 01 July '11 Cities Beyond the Horizon (5)

Jun 2011

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  30 June '11 Can Underground Water Cool City Houses? (0)
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  29 June '11 A New Wave of Eco-town set to Sweep across the United Kingdom (1)
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  27 June '11 When the Bicycle Took Over This Big City (0)
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  26 June '11 The Nine Best Bicycle Posts on This Big City (0)
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  25 June '11 Introducing the Solar-powered Motorbike (0)
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  24 June '11 Can Cycling Help Boost the Tourism Industry? (5)
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  24 June '11 The Future of Bike Sharing Schemes in the United States (3)
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  23 June '11 Italians Love their Cars, but in Modena, the Bicycle Reigns (2)
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  23 June '11 Will Warsaw Embrace the Bicycle? Not with Infrastructure Like This (2)
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  22 June '11 Keeping it Chic on Two Wheels - Fashion and Cycling in London (0)
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  22 June '11 Improving Cycling in Los Angeles by Learning from New York (0)
• 21 June '11 Five Innovations Improving Cycling in Cities (0)
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  21 June '11 Tackling Congestion in Cities by Encouraging Cycling (1)
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  20 June '11 Getting More People on their Bikes - Why Cycle Storage Matters (0)
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  20 June '11 A City with Too Many Bicycles - Amsterdam's Unique Problem (1)
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  19 June '11 A Web App Which Rates the Walkability of your City (3)
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  16 June '11 Green Space in Cities: The Decline of London's Gardens (0)
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  16 June '11 Green Space in Cities: What's a Tree Really Worth? (0)
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  14 June '11 Crime Prevention in Latin American Cities (0)
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  13 June '11 Congestion Pricing: Not Coming Soon to a US City Near You (1)
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  10 June '11 Regenerating Cities by Converting Empty Buildings into Theatres (0)
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  09 June '11 Paris to Launch the World's First Municipal Electric Vehicle Hire Scheme (6)
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  08 June '11 WikiCity - How Citizens can Improve their Cities (9)
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  06 June '11 Marketing Public Transport in 8 Easy Steps (4)
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  03 June '11 China’s Economic Ambitions on Display in Tianjin’s Newest Skyscraper (0)
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  02 June '11 The World's Greatest Bioclimatic Architecture (0)
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  01 June '11 The American State that Scrapped Rail Investment and Built a Mall Instead (0)

May 2011

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  30 May '11 Can Social Enterprise Create Better Cities? (3)
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  26 May '11 China's Second Eco-City Set to Soar (2)
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  24 May '11 Street Mazes and Perpendicular Parking - 21st Century Urbanism in Rome (0)
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  23 May '11 Can Creativity Save the Economy? (0)
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  23 May '11 The Real Reason Why Bicycles are the Key to Better Cities (15)
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  19 May '11 A Web App to Empower Urban Food Communities (0)
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  18 May '11 Victory for London's Cyclists as Blackfriars Bridge sees a Last Minute Redesign (3)
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  18 May '11 Ideas for Cities: Geothermal Stations Which Harness Heat from Crowds (2)
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  17 May '11 A Different Breed of Electric Vehicle for North American Cities (0)
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  16 May '11 Can't be Bothered to Walk? There's an App for That! (0)
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  12 May '11 Infographic: An 8-city Perspective on Health and Well-being (2)
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  11 May '11 Why Farmers are Embracing Social Media (1)
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  10 May '11 Three of the Best Examples of Urban Architecture in China (0)
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  09 May '11 My Life in the Amazon Rainforest (and Why I Came Back to the City) (6)
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  06 May '11 Creative Use of Empty Buildings in Cities - Part 2 (0)
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  03 May '11 Earth 2.0 - Creating a Sustainable Future for the Planet (2)
• 02 May '11 2025 - the Future of Mobility and our Cities (4)

Apr 2011

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  27 April '11 Hollywood Dreamin' - Decking LA's Highway 101 (2)
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  26 April '11 How Bike Lanes can Boost the Economy (3)
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  26 April '11 How Walkable Streets can Boost the Economy (4)
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  21 April '11 Is the World's Greatest Green Roof in Warsaw, Poland? (0)
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  19 April '11 Interacting with the History of your City (2)
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  18 April '11 Infographic: What Makes a Liveable City? (0)
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  18 April '11 Public Space in the Singapore Art Biennale 2011 (1)
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  13 April '11 Failed Architecture - London's Worst Building (11)
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  12 April '11 Will London's New Wayfinding System Get More People Walking? (7)
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  11 April '11 Six Ways to Cool the Planet (3)
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  08 April '11 Introducing the New This Big City Logo (6)
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  06 April '11 What London's Cycle Hire Scheme Got Right (And What it Got Wrong) (15)
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  05 April '11 The High Line - An Urban Oasis in New York (0)
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  05 April '11 IBM's Game to Green Urban Futures (1)
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  04 April '11 Transforming Sydney into a Cycling City (3)

Mar 2011

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  31 March '11 Photographing Mumbai - India's Biggest City in Pictures (1)
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  30 March '11 Environmental and Social Benefits of Improved Street Lighting (1)
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  29 March '11 Ten (Possible) Transport Innovations for the United States in 2012 (1)
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  28 March '11 Tackling Obesity by Making Cities More Walkable (1)
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  24 March '11 Low Carbon Development a Huge Opportunity for Latin America (1)
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  23 March '11 Can You Trademark the Urban Self-Sufficiency Movement? (2)
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  22 March '11 Creative Use of Empty Buildings in Cities - An Interview with Specs Gallery (2)
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  21 March '11 Radically Rethinking Cycling in London (14)
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  16 March '11 Understanding Mumbai - India's Biggest City in a Global Context (4)
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  15 March '11 Ideas for Cities: Spatially and Functionally Innovative Bicycle Parking (0)
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  14 March '11 What Will a Typical 2050s Home be Like? (0)
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  10 March '11 Will Greater Infrastructure Spending Increase Bike Commuting? (1)
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  09 March '11 East London to Get the World's First Pop-up Shopping Centre (1)
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  07 March '11 Is High Speed Rail the Future for Cities? (2)
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  04 March '11 Refurbishing Cities: Making Undesirable Urban Areas Desirable (3)
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  02 March '11 A Critique of The Economist's 'Most Liveable Cities' Report (4)

Feb 2011

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  28 February '11 Transport Innovations: How to Make a City Flow (0)
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  24 February '11 London's Transport System to Become a World Leader in Ticketing Technology (0)
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  24 February '11 Carbon Emissions and the City (2)
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  22 February '11 Sydney Cycle Strategy: Building a Bicycle Friendly City (1)
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  21 February '11 Creating Intelligent Cities that People Actually Want to Live in (5)
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  17 February '11 Five Controversial Pieces of Urban Architecture (2)
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  17 February '11 Urban Innovations in Oviedo, Spain (0)
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  15 February '11 A Web App to Transform Architectural Practice (0)
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  14 February '11 Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities (0)
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  10 February '11 This Big City Wins Big at the Be2 Awards (0)
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  09 February '11 Engaging Communities in the use of Empty Property (1)
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  08 February '11 Is the Supervia Highway a Wrong Turn for Mexico City? (8)
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  08 February '11 The Gift of the Nile (0)
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  07 February '11 Making Cycling Safer – What Does the Research tell us? (6)
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  04 February '11 Is this the Built Environment's Best iPhone App? (2)
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  03 February '11 Stunning Photography Reveals Paris' Underground History (0)
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  01 February '11 Bad News for London's Cyclists as its Newest Cycle Superhighway Emerges (2)

Jan 2011

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  31 January '11 The Modern Demands of Rural Rail Networks (0)
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  28 January '11 Ideas for Cities: Decentralised Bicycle Parking (2)
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  26 January '11 Urban Imaginaries in Buenos Aires (0)
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  25 January '11 Why London will Struggle to Become a Cycling City (5)
• 24 January '11 This Big City Nominated for two Be2 Awards (0)
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  24 January '11 Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper Creeps Upwards (0)
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  20 January '11 Designing and Funding a Bicycle Revolution in our Cities (1)
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  19 January '11 Transforming Industrial Complexes from Private to Public Spaces (2)
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  17 January '11 Top Five Lessons from a Regional Planning Process (0)
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  13 January '11 Greening Architecture – Environmental Design Eras (0)
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  11 January '11 What Underlies a Road Accident?: A Story from Bangkok (1)
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  06 January '11 The Globalisation of Feng Shui (0)
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  04 January '11 Five Sustainability Tools for the Built Environment and Beyond (1)

Dec 2010

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  31 December '10 Nine Unmissable Blog Posts on This Big City in 2010 (0)
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  30 December '10 Nine Cities Integrating the Bicycle into their Transport Infrastructure (0)
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  28 December '10 Achieving Social Sustainability – 5 of the Best Blog Posts of 2010 (0)
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  27 December '10 Sustainable Architecture – 5 of the Best Blog Posts of 2010 (0)
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  25 December '10 Santa Congestion in Central London (0)
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  24 December '10 Designing Improved Urban Interactions – 5 of the Best Blog Posts of 2010 (0)
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  24 December '10 Sustainable Urban Transportation – 5 of the Best Blog Posts of 2010 (0)
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  22 December '10 The Ten Most Popular Blog Posts of 2010 (0)
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  20 December '10 Ideas for Cities: The Faulty Button (0)
• 16 December '10 Could Scotland Have Started a Green Revolution? (1)
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  16 December '10 Moscow Riots (0)
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  15 December '10 Gaudi’s Masterpiece: Nature-Inspired Architecture (0)
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  14 December '10 Urban Inclusiveness for International Migrants (0)
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  13 December '10 The Bionic City – A Natural Blueprint for Future Cities (0)
• 12 December '10 Can Light Rail Transit Stop Urban Sprawl? (0)
• 09 December '10 This Big City wins Best Blog Post at the Sustainability Now Social Media Awards (0)
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  09 December '10 Downtown Revitalization in James Street North, Canada (0)
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  08 December '10 Can Gated Communities be Considered Socially Sustainable? (0)
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  08 December '10 A Sustainable Future for Downtown Chicago (0)
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  07 December '10 Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement (0)
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  07 December '10 The Snow Reaches Paris (0)
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  07 December '10 In London, Poor Reporting Overshadows Improved Cycle Outcomes (0)
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  07 December '10 How Cities can Become Cycling Cities (0)
• 04 December '10 Elaborate, Beautiful Boxes (0)
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  03 December '10 Five of London’s Most Famous Landmarks in the Snow (0)
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  03 December '10 Sustainable Concrete Architecture – A Book Review (0)

Nov 2010

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  30 November '10 Two Successful Cycle Hire Schemes (And One Failure) (2)
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  29 November '10 Indian Street Vendors (0)
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  28 November '10 The Potential of Prefabricated Housing (0)
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  26 November '10 Britain Gets its Earliest Snowfall in 17 Years (0)
• 24 November '10 Traffic and its Impact on Friendship (0)
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  23 November '10 The Future of the Countryside in an Urban World (0)
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  20 November '10 Cycling in Stockholm’s Snow (0)
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  16 November '10 Introvert Urbanism in Bangkok (0)
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  15 November '10 Achieving Greater Democratic Control – Our Right to the City (0)
• 13 November '10 The Micro-City (0)
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  12 November '10 Five Sustainable Building Materials that Could Transform Construction (0)
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  10 November '10 The Newest Addition to London’s Skyline Emerges from the Rubble (0)
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  08 November '10 More People Cycling More of the Time – the Wollumbin Way (0)
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  06 November '10 Can Cities Leave their Inhabitants Feeling Isolated? (0)
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  05 November '10 Bus Rapid Transit Systems as a Catalyst for Change (0)
• 03 November '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Mexico City and the Bicycle – Making Public Transport Green (0)
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  02 November '10 Incorporating Historic Buildings into Contemporary Developments (0)
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  01 November '10 Mexico City’s Eco-Bike Aims for Big Changes to the City (1)

Oct 2010

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  31 October '10 The Gherkin (0)
• 29 October '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Los Angeles and the Bicycle – Time for Two Wheels (0)
• 28 October '10 Could New York Become the Greenest City in the World? (0)
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  27 October '10 Dear Tower Hamlets Homes – Is My Doormat Really Causing an Obstruction? (0)
• 25 October '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Western Australia and the Bicycle (0)
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  22 October '10 This House Used to be in Another Country (0)
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  22 October '10 Wealth, Status and the Creative Reinterpretation of China’s Ming Chair (0)
• 21 October '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Melbourne and the Bicycle – European Style Cycle Infrastructure in Australia (0)
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  19 October '10 The Future of Public Transport in Bangkok (1)
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  15 October '10 Engaging Communities within Britain’s Planning System (0)
• 12 October '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Bogotá and the Bicycle – A City that Prioritises Cyclists (0)
• 12 October '10 Are Floating Buildings a Viable Option for Development? (0)
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  11 October '10 Cycle Lanes and Sustainability – A Vision for our Urban Future (0)
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  07 October '10 Making Furniture from Minimal Materials (0)
• 04 October '10 Can Public Art Rebuild Communities? (0)
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  01 October '10 Dream, Vote, Elect (0)

Sep 2010

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  29 September '10 Could this Building Revolutionise Education? (0)
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  27 September '10 Eggs and the City – The Stylish Chicken Coop for Urban Dwellers (0)
• 24 September '10 The City Where Traffic Lights are Always Green (For Cyclists) (0)
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  22 September '10 The Challenge of Space in Dense Cities (0)
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  20 September '10 Five Sustainable Towns the World’s Cities Could Learn From (0)
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  17 September '10 Shanghai’s 5-star Hotel where Old and New Co-exist (0)
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  13 September '10 The Bicycle as Art (0)
• 12 September '10 The Energy Efficient Bulb Becomes Beautiful – At Last (1)
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  11 September '10 Urbanism in Print: September’s Magazine Review (0)
• 05 September '10 What Goes on in the Sky Above London? (0)
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  03 September '10 This Big City in Conversation with Bonnie Wong (0)
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  02 September '10 Looking For a Cycle Hire Dock in London? (0)

Aug 2010

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  30 August '10 The Truth About London’s Cycle Superhighways – Part 2 (7)
• 27 August '10 Mario Kart Meets Portland (0)
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  24 August '10 Tackling London’s Gang Culture (0)
• 21 August '10 Controlling Nature (0)
• 19 August '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Uppsala and the Bicycle – Where Cyclists Have Colonised the Roads (0)
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  18 August '10 Is London’s Cycle Hire Enough to Create a Cycle-friendly City? (0)
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  17 August '10 Architecture – Created in China (0)
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  16 August '10 A 610 Metre Twisted Metal Lattice (0)
• 12 August '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Stockholm and the Bicycle – More Than Just Infrastructure (0)
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  10 August '10 Are London’s Cycle Superhighways Really ‘Super’? (1)
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  09 August '10 The Truth About London’s Cycle Superhighways (2)
• 04 August '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Rotterdam and the Bicycle (0)
• 03 August '10 Consumerism, Technology and Architecture (0)

Jul 2010

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  31 July '10 Will London Embrace its Cycle Hire Scheme? (0)
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  30 July '10 The Japanese Approach to Urban Architecture (0)
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  29 July '10 Which Technologies Do You Think Will Shape the City of the Future? (0)
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  28 July '10 Radically Modernising the Bus Network (0)
• 26 July '10 PHOTO ESSAY: Amsterdam and the Bicycle (0)
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  23 July '10 When Space for 3,500 Bicycles is not Enough (1)
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  21 July '10 A Sustainable Future for Suburbia (0)
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  20 July '10 Public Transport Innovation in Belgium (1)
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  19 July '10 The Contradictions of Contemporary Chinese Architecture (0)
• 16 July '10 Imagining a Car-free Los Angeles (0)
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  14 July '10 The Complex Demands of London’s Housing Market (0)
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  13 July '10 Brisbane and the Bus (0)
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  09 July '10 Data and the City: Essential to Human Survival? (0)
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  08 July '10 London’s Future Political Landscape (0)
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  06 July '10 Five Technologies that Will Change the City Forever (0)
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  05 July '10 Understanding London’s Political Structure (0)
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  02 July '10 Urbanism in Print: A Magazine Review (0)

Jun 2010

• 30 June '10 Can Urban Farming Become Mainstream? (0)
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  29 June '10 London 2012 Olympics: Missing an Opportunity for Truly Sustainable Development (0)
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  12 June '10 Technology and the Future of the Built Environment (0)
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  12 June '10 Design and the Future of the Built Environment (0)
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  09 June '10 China’s Biggest City takes on the World Expo 2010 (0)

May 2010

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  31 May '10 Will the City of the Future be a Car-free Zone? (0)
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  26 May '10 Could Social Media Revolutionise the Planning System? (1)
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  19 May '10 The Year’s Sexiest Houses? (0)
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  07 May '10 Sustainable Housing Done the British Way (0)
• 04 May '10 Barcelona Installs Motion-sensitive Streetlights (0)
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  01 May '10 Does Street Art Come from Affection or Frustration with the Urban Environment? (0)

Apr 2010

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  23 April '10 Students Leading the Way in Solar-Powered Housing (0)
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  22 April '10 Is it Time to Redesign the Dollar Bill? (1)
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  21 April '10 Creative Urban Regeneration in South Wales (0)
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  07 April '10 Will the Australian City of the Future be Underwater? (0)

Mar 2010

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  25 March '10 Do You Think Britain Cares About Architecture? (0)
• 22 March '10 Mapping Our Way Out of Poverty (0)
• 15 March '10 Shipping Containers as an Office Block (0)
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  09 March '10 2010 Skyscraper Competition Winners Announced (0)
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  08 March '10 Filling Potholes with Flowers (0)
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  02 March '10 How Small Can a Living Space Get? (0)

Feb 2010

• 24 February '10 Shipping Affordable Housing to the Masses, via Phoenix (0)
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  22 February '10 Converting a Victorian House into a Bright Green Home (0)
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  18 February '10 The 2010 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year (0)
• 15 February '10 The Pedestrianisation of Cities (0)
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  15 February '10 Hollywood Sign Makeovers (0)
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  11 February '10 Cut Emissions with the Collapsible Shipping Container (2)
• 10 February '10 Improving the Sustainability of Old Buildings (0)
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  08 February '10 Is Product Placement the Future of Sustainable Architecture? (0)
• 05 February '10 Lets Enlighten & Inspire the Next Generation of Urban Leaders (0)
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  04 February '10 Ever Wondered Where the Black Box Recorder is? (0)
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  01 February '10 London’s Olympic Park Thinks Big (2)

Jan 2010

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  28 January '10 Shipping Containers as Exhibition Space (0)
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  27 January '10 Shipping Containers as Affordable Accommodation (0)
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  25 January '10 The Convenience of the Outdoor Convenience (0)
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  22 January '10 The Zero Energy Home (0)
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  20 January '10 Unseen Cities on the iPhone (0)
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  18 January '10 The Future of the Box in an Urban World (0)
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  15 January '10 Beautiful Green Prefabs Go National (0)
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  14 January '10 It’s Time to Improve City Recycling (0)
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  13 January '10 Fish-based Farming in the City (0)
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  11 January '10 Paint your Roof White to Fight Global Warming (0)
• 08 January '10 Using QR Codes as a Building Facade (0)
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  05 January '10 Could You Live in a 12 Foot Cube? (2)
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  04 January '10 The Urban Office That’s More Than Green (0)

Dec 2009

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  30 December '09 Because New York Will Never Be Finished (0)
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  27 December '09 Ghosts of Shopping Past (1)
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  24 December '09 Shared Space in Cities (0)
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  23 December '09 Tax People Back Into the Cities? (0)
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  21 December '09 The Bauhaus, the Box, and the City (0)
• 18 December '09 Visualising the Inadequacies of Global Food Distribution (0)
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  17 December '09 How Much Energy Could Your Garden Generate? (0)
• 15 December '09 Machine-built Architecture in Action (0)
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  14 December '09 Machine Built Architecture (0)
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  13 December '09 Maximising Urban Space with Rooftop Gardens (0)
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  12 December '09 Design Blogging (0)

Nov 2009

• 30 November '09 Can Solar Panels Solve the Problem with Roofs? (0)
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  27 November '09 Three Dimensional Cities of the Future (1)
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  24 November '09 A Very Brief Explanation of the Box in Architecture (0)
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  23 November '09 Hidden Solar Panels (0)
• 16 November '09 What if London was Built from Fruit? (0)
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  14 November '09 Reimagining Waste Disposal (0)
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  12 November '09 Can Vertical Farms Ever Happen? (0)
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  11 November '09 How Bauhaus Fell For The Box (0)
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  07 November '09 Rooftop Gardens and Living Architecture (0)
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  02 November '09 The World’s Greatest Crossroads meets the 21st Century (0)
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  01 November '09 Floating Cities and Climate Change (0)

Oct 2009

• 29 October '09 The German Solar-house that Produces Twice the Energy it Uses (0)
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  27 October '09 Do Houses Improve the Less Box-like They Become? (0)
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  25 October '09 City Mobilisation in China (0)
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  23 October '09 Plugging Leaks and Loft Conversions (0)
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  19 October '09 Is Battersea Power Station Worth Saving? (0)
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  18 October '09 Bauhaus Expand the Box (0)
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  16 October '09 Solving the Problem with Roofs (0)
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  13 October '09 Newer York, New York (0)
• 12 October '09 The Rise of the West is Over (0)
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  09 October '09 Bauhaus and the Box (0)
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  06 October '09 Sustainable Living in Two Parking Spaces (0)
• 04 October '09 Innovation in the Pizza Box Industry (0)
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  01 October '09 Thoughts from the Wired Intelligence Briefing (0)

Sep 2009

• 29 September '09 Blurring the Lines Between the Real and Virtual World (0)
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  28 September '09 The Box as a Product (0)
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  25 September '09 The Suburban Slum (0)
• 23 September '09 Introducing the Box (0)
• 19 September '09 Is this the Answer? (0)

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