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The English city of Bradford develops a digital twin to help inform planning decisions and promote cultural heritage

Archinect

An online space called Virtual Bradford is set to be completed this summer that would provide a high-resolution 3D online “brick-for-brick” digital twin of Bradford, England’s city center. The project is a collaboration between the University of Bradford and the Bradford Council. ” “One of the biggest issues.

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Sensory Urbanism: Researchers make the case for fighting 'visual bias in urban planning'

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A wide range of methods ranging from the high-tech and data-driven , to more ethnographic and experience-based ones, are being used as a means to combat the “limiting visual bias” they see as inherent in most urban planning schemes.

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"Ancient glacial landscapes" inform Toronto Port Lands Bridges by Grimshaw

Deezen

The hybrid shell-arch bridge structure features self-anchoring, curved-tied arches that create dramatic visual movement while maximizing material efficiency and costs," he added. The post "Ancient glacial landscapes" inform Toronto Port Lands Bridges by Grimshaw appeared first on Dezeen.

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Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Neurath was director of the International Foundation of Visual Information and used the Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system to "teach through the eye." In 1939, Otto Neurath's Modern Man in the Making was released by Alfred A. No wonder one review calls it "the ultimate simplification of reality."

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Visual architecture guides by ÅVONTUURA

Brandon Donnelly

They have too much information that isn’t curated. When I was in my early 20s, I used to use the Wallpaper* City Guides. But I have never found general purpose guides — like the ones from Frommer’s — to be of any use. They were small. I would mark them up as I went.

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BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"

Deezen

Named Mindfulness City, the development will be located in the town of Gelephu near the Indian border in southern Bhutan and be built around a series of bridges. Above: Mindfulness City will be built in Bhutan. Surrounding the development will be a series of paddy fields designed to act as biodiversity corridors.

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MVRDV releases visuals of inaugural Van Gogh Homeland festival

Deezen

Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals of Van Gogh Homeland, an architecture and sustainability biennale launching in the Netherlands , curated by its co-founder Winy Maas. The number of floods is increasing while farmers, cities, industry, and nature lovers are fighting over the available space." The visuals are courtesy of MVRDV.