Social Spaces

Night Lights in Auckland
24 May 2010
Night Lights in Auckland

Spot­ted giant shadow pup­pets? Your eyes weren’t deceiv­ing you. YesYesNo at work (and at play) on the walls of the Auck­land Ferry Building.

Video: Informalism inspires with activist architecture
18 May 2010
Video: Informalism inspires with activist architecture

Hugo Moline takes us on a tour of community-created hous­ing across our region, and intro­duces us to Sydney’s Kapit-bahayan Filipino hous­ing co-operative, a poten­tial model for a medium-density city.

What makes a great creative city?
12 April 2010
What makes a great creative city?

For sev­eral years, Charles Landry has asked people to describe the qual­it­ies of the great cre­at­ive places to live in and to visit. What three words would you use to describe the cre­at­ive city?

Show Us Your City: Table For One
7 April 2010
Show Us Your City: Table For One

A photo blog that doc­u­ments lone diners in Singa­pore; a city renowned for its love of food and rich cul­tural diversity.

Show Us Your City: Neo-Urban Planner
30 March 2010
Show Us Your City: Neo-Urban Planner

Mark Salvatus says Manila is cry­ing out for rein­ven­tion at a town-planning level — a rein­ven­tion which is too import­ant to leave to the plan­ners — and which requires input from all it’s residents.

Biodiversity begins in your backyard
6 March 2010
Biodiversity begins in your backyard

The green cor­ridors cre­ated by back­yard biod­iversity provide an import eco­lo­gical link, con­nect­ing the urban hab­itat to its rural counterpart.