ShadeMap is a geographic tool that simulates and visualizes the movement of sun shadows and sunlight across any location on Earth based on a user-specified time and date.

3D drawings of thousands of metro stations from different European cities.

Detailed maps of urban transports.

Lofi Hip Hop Beats 🎧 Chill Urban Rooftop Vibes

Est your greens

Whenever I smell asphalt I think of Maureen.

“Can the momentum of sprawl be halted? America’s zoning laws, intended to control the baneful effects of industry, have mutated, in the view of one architecture critic, into a system that corrodes civic life, outlaws the human scale, defeats tradition and authenticity, and confounds our yearning for an everyday environment worthy of our affection.”

The world is becoming ever more suburban, and the better for it.

The number of women in UK architecture firms is falling, and many urbanists are worried by the ‘very, very male-dominated’ worlds of planning and construction. So how would cities differ if women designed them?

Also see: http://www.metafilter.com/145075/Gender-equality-in-Architecture