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urban 1. of, relating to, or constituting a city or town 2. living in a city or town How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Green design is losing its isolation, with alliances between the human-scale land-use planners known as New Urbanists and progressive architects. Creative Design Associates and Traboscia Roiatti Studio have partnered to transform the pre-war industrial building into an urbanist yet elegant residence. In view of China's dash to embrace the worst aspects of capitalist development (short term planning, the dismal execution of building projects and wholescale razing of historic structures), this might seem like a laughably lost cause, but amid the hubris and chaos a number of talented young Chinese architects and urbanists are trying valiantly to nurture a sense of responsibility towards culture, society and the built environment. |
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