Marianne Skjulhaug joins the Center for Advanced Urbanism
Marianne Skjulhaug is joining the Center for Advanced Urbanism (MIT) as a visiting Scholar.
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Murmansk: a coastal city?
Forged by its strategic location and by geopolitics, Murmansk has been the primary port city in the Russian Arctic since it was established in 1916. With access to ice-free routes to the Barents Sea and open waters to the West, Murmansk has been a strategic military port and indeed has been witness to two World Wars.
Building and Learning in a Place
The Fogo Island Inn tells several stories at once – amongst them one on the power of internationally acclaimed architecture in a stunningly beautiful and remote location, to one of the power of local ingenuity, craftsmanship and community building.
Zombie Urbanism in Vanishing New York
Read Jeremiah Moss’ interview with Jonny Aspen on Vanishing New York – a.k.a. The Book of Lamentations: a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct.
The Untenable Case of Lucky Summer
Tenements in Nairobi regularly collapse. Why does this happen, and what is to be done about it?