Category: Architecture
September 21, 2006
House Thought
A few weeks ago I picked up House Thinking: A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live, knowing that with the move to Iowa we were planning to buy our first house. In it Winifred Gallagher pulls together thought and writings from a variety of disciplines (including several authors familiar to readers of this blog, such as Jane Jacobs, Don Norman,… 
September 28, 2004
Health Effects of Urban Sprawl
A new study links sprawl to certain chronic health problems. The study, is in the October issue of Public Health. From the abstract: An increase in sprawl from one standard deviation less to one standard deviation more than average implies 96 more chronic medical problems per 1000 residents, which is approximately similar to an aging of the population of 4…
August 13, 2004
Mayo Woodlands - Innovative Suburban Development?
The New York Times yesterday hada story on a new housing development outside Rochester, MN. The Mayo Woodlands sits on property owned by descendents of the founder of Mayo Clinic. The 120 houses planned for Mayo Woodlands, a 220-acre parcel, will sit among fields, windrows, grasslands and forest near the Zumbro River. Mr. Coen’s design group, Coen & Partners, have…