August 2012 Table of Contents

Taking on a changing landscape. Read more

San Francisco, Tainan City, Eugene, Jyväskylä, Baltimore Read more

The last in a three part series on balancing design and business. Read more

Two bike-share programs look to set a standard for healthier cities. Read more

Architects can lead the way in reconsidering what's possible. Read more

Gordon Douglas talks about how small, informal urban actions are bold contributions to the fabric of the city. Read more

Curator Cathy Lang Ho talks about how interventionist urbanism celebrates those who act, who take the initiative to transform problematic urban situations into new opportunities, without waiting for clients or permission. Read more

Michael Sorkin discusses how the 124 projects that make up the U.S. Pavilion's exhibition are efforts to remake ourselves by remaking the city. Read more

Hunter College professor Tom Angotti on how these informal acts of urbanism raise questions about gentrification. Read more

Syracuse University in Florence professor Richard Ingersoll talks about the growth of urban farming. Read more

Creative Time curator Nato Thompson discusses socially engaged art. Read more

Mimi Zeiger examines the role of local projects in our global age. Read more

Mimi Zeiger describes how the informal urbanism movement is being guided by equally informal self-help manuals. Read more

Architect Michael Sorkin on how the choice of Zuccotti Park for the occupy protest was the right choice. Read more

U of Buffalo associate professor Mark Shepard on how the practice of parkour can guide our view of the city. Read more

UC Berkeley professor Margaret Crawford discusses the theory behind spontaneous urbanism. Read more

University of Applied Art, Vienna, professor Liane Lefaivre examines the Amsterdam playgrounds of Aldo van Eyck. Read more

Jason Roberts, one of the cofounders of Better Block, talks about guerrilla urbanism. Read more

PublicInterestDesign.org's John Cary discusses the growing amount of design for the public good. Read more

Guggenheim assistant curator and Spontaneous Interventions co-curator David van der Leer discusses American interventions from the perspective of a recently arrived European. Read more

Architect Douglas Burnham talks about developing his firm's proxy project for the city of San Francisco. Read more

Brendan Crain looks at informal urbanism through the lens of Bruce Sterling's "An Essay on the New Aesthetic." Read more

Toni L. Griffin on how the current conditions of legacy cities can be traced directly back to many of the urban policies of the last century—policies that allowed regional sprawl to decentralize the urban core. Read more

D. Grahame Shane tells how the history of American urbanism can be understood as a history of pop-ups at different scales. Read more

Gordon Douglas writes about the context from which the current trend toward an informal, spontaneous, and do-it-yourself urbanism emerges? And what, in turn, this trend says about the American city. Read more

Michael Sorkin discusses how the 124 projects that make up the U.S. Pavilion's exhibition are efforts to remake ourselves by remaking the city. Read more

The wall-mounted light fixture uses an ingeniously simple device to enable users to adjust its head height. Read more

A stainless steel finish and carbon steel core can increase the durability and robustness of the often-underrated bollard. Read more

Discarded galvanized water tanks can find new life as unlikely, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces. Read more

Salvaged wood emanates warmth and history when artfully arranged as a wall finish. Read more

Historic masonry can be restored and resurrected through meticulous craftsmanship. Read more

The Washington company has introduced a new profile in its line of continuously-insulated rainscreen facade configurations to help prevent water infiltration. Read more

The recent addition to the company's vinyl flooring line was in response to the trend of finishes inspired by stone and wood patterns. Read more

LEDs can turn suspension light fixtures into dynamic, large-scale art pieces. Read more

Ever wonder how trees can thrive inside casinos and malls? The answer may be more intricate than you think. Read more

A magnetic sphere serves multiple purposes in this innovative table and reading lamp. Read more

From Skipping Only Zones by Design That Moves You to Yarnbombing. Read more

From Pop Up City to Serendipitor by Mark Shepard. Read more

From Occupy Wall Street to Place Pulse by MIT Media Lab. Read more

From Legal Waiting Zone by Ghana ThinkTank to No Longer Empty. Read more

From Guerrilla Bike Lanes to LA Green Grounds. Read more

From Depave to Greenaid Seedbomb Vending Machine by COMMONstudio. Read more

From Bubbleware by Rebar to Day Labor Station by Public Architecture. Read more

From 78th Street Play Street to Brooklyn Night Bazaar. Read more

A look at the Spontaneous Interventions exhibition at the 2012 Venice Biennale. Read more