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Whether you view it as an outrageous sign of disorder or legitimate counter-cultural artistic expression, Seattle has been covered in more graffiti

(File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a measure providing for the development of sustainable cities and communities in the country. With 243 affirmative votes, 3 negative votes, and no abstention, the chamber passed House Bill 6715, which seeks to mandate all cities and municipalities, classified as urban, to conform with and implement plans, programs, and activities guided by Ambisyon 2040, as well as the Philippine Standards for Sus...

MANILA - The chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday stressed the need to promote inclusive, resilient and sustainable development of cities and communities in the country. In sponsoring House Bill 6715 at the plenary, committee chair Jose Francisco Benitez said the development of sustainable cities and communities should be guided by the principles, concepts and commitments of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda of the Unite...

Thanksgiving, World Cup screenings, and a glowing new garden.

Thomas Aquilina film screening, Walking Against the Line, is at Trellick Film Week 2022, exploring urban social and environmental injustices

A previously empty storefront in downtown Calgary is now the location of a pop-up space celebrating Black culture and excellence.

The conditions at the Winston-Salem fertilizer plant remain much the same with the fire still burning there, and residents within a one-mile radius of the blaze — roughly 6,500 people — still being asked by officials to stay away from the evacuation zone.

Completed in 2021 in Shenyang, China. Images by Tianpei Zeng, ZOOM/Cut Ink Architectural Photography, Ruibiao Jiao. Dongmaoku, a former warehouse campus in Shenyang, is the PRC’s first generation of logistic facilities constructed since the Korea War period. With...

Name droppers: Two Davis High School grads earn fellowships in architecture 3 minute read Karen Kubey co-taught “Rebuilding Cornerstones: Toward Spatial Justice for Portand’s Black Diaspora” at the University of Oregon with local artists Cleo Davis and Kayin Talton Davis. This image depicts “AfroLab” by student Jade Danek. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism Karen Kubey (DHS ’98) and Galen Pardee (DHS ’07) were invited to present in the “Projecting Fellows” virtual lect...

By Wendy Richmond As I write this column, I consider the built environment around me, and it is different from how it was six months ago. I’m not talking about the lines that are now on the floor to keep us six feet apart, or the boarded store windows, or the signs that say “Masks Required.” I’m talking about the way I am seeing public space. The ongoing global pandemic and social unrest permeate every perspective, outright or subconsciously. Before I enter an elevator, I check if anyo...