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http://www.archdaily.com/186373/tiger-turtle-magic-mountain-heike-mutter-ulrich-genth/

Interesting videos of buildings swaying and rattling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieWDQp9Krac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8s0T4BoSCQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-r7J7Bite8

This looks interesting: I'm not a computer game player, though, but this may interest some people: the "advanced map editor that allows players to create their own cities"sounds like it could even be a planning tool for Toronto transit plans (since nothing real is ever going to be built here...

Interesting video on the BBC website: Remarkable renewal brings visitors to Medellin There have been significant investments in public spaces and cultural amenities (libraries, museums,etc.), as well as such things as a gondola lift integrated into the transit system (part of the city is on...

Interesting, detailed summary (with lots of links to further discussion) of the what, why and how of the recently enacted EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which mandates national governments to develop building standards that require: Market forces will ensure that the economic...

Just received email from the Toronto branch of the Goethe Institute listing their summer events, some of which may interest you: Exhibition Ecology.Design.Synergy: Exhibition & Tour 23 June-11 July, 2010 What we build today will shape the world of tomorrow. If you want to learn more...

Not sure which forum is appropriate for this post, but I was struck by a Google Earth application that allows the current extent of the Gulf oil slick to be superimposed on any location on Earth, and the oil slick data is derived from the most recent available at Google's Oil Spill crisis...

The other day I came across a link to the videos of EMBARQ (http://www.embarq.org/en/about/about-embarq) on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/embarq/videos In particular, I thought the one about high speed bus transit lanes in Istanbul had a lot of relevance to Toronto's situation, with the constant...