Australia’s Greenest Development

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

via: Inhabit

There is a really interesting article on Inhabit about Frasers Broadway. It is a highly sustainable development planned to be built in the middle of Sydney. Hopefully other major cities will follow suite, especially in the south-western US where urban sprawl has obliterated the natural environment.

MIT’s Stackable Car

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

via: Inhabit

MIT's stackable city car MIT has created a site with a mock-up of a super compact car for use in a city. This is a really interesting concept! As you can see from the picture, the car is super compact when stacked and not too small when flattened out. A quote from MIT’s site

By placing stacks in urban spaces and key points of convergence, the vehicle allows the citizens the flexibility to combine mass transit effectively with individualized mobility.

This would certainly address a key problem associated with the use of mass transit.

World’s Tallest Bridge

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007


Millau Viaduct

A French company, Eiffage, has constructed the world’s tallest bridge, know as the Millau Viaduct. The pictures look absolutely amazing! I wonder how long it will be until someone tries to jump off of it (hopefully with a parachute!).