We (SimpleTwig Architecture.llc) will show you the character, layout and thinking behind several different rental apartments (this is the third of several articles)
Apartment Rental Layout: Case Study 3
[architecture] Saving a community from a design blunder.
There are many paths to many examples of what not to do when it comes to Architecture and Urban Planning. Architectural magazines and public buzz always centers around what’s the greatest works being produced today and so it should, but I see in so many, perhaps the majority of other projects, a waste of time, money and energy on poor design, and in some cases plain ignorance to the variety of issues Architects must comprehend and answer to, that, I feel it is time to say something. Continue reading “[architecture] Saving a community from a design blunder.”
New trees grow on Smith Street
Smith Street in Brooklyn is a bit of a unique street for New York City. This is because it is narrow and there is a 4 lane subway system below it. For ‘ever’ residents have assumed that you weren’t allowed to plant trees along the sidewalks because of potential interference with the subway tunnel. Continue reading “New trees grow on Smith Street”