"Renowned architect Santiago Calatrava just unveiled his design for a new rail station at the Denver International Airport as part of the location's South Terminal Redevelopment Program. The new expansion will add a rail link from downtown Denver that terminates at the airport as well as a hotel, a retail plaza and a rail bridge over Pena Boulevard."
Sweeping arches and free flowing curves as usual.
[Link to Santiago Calatrava designs Denver International Airport's New Rail Station and Hotel]
"Skibsted and his partners in the KIBISI design studio have taken a less grounded look at the future of urban mobility when they were asked by Woburn, Massachusetts-based Terrafugia to redesign their flying car. The result, Terrafugia's next-generation Transition Roadable Aircraft, was unveiled on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration is on board, having granted an addition 110 pounds within the Light Sport Aircraft category so that the Transition can integrate typical safety features found in cars."
Next up, those much-anticipated and always-promised personal jet packs.
[Link to High Design]
"David Neustein reviews Inception, the latest blockbuster to depict the idealised reality of the architect and the contemporary city."
You knew there would be an architecture-themed review of 'Inception', didn't you?
[Link to The Inception Architecture Review]
"GOOD asked a few of New Orleans’s finest designers to re-imagine, improve upon, or replace these floodwalls and levee spaces. What we got were ideas that are at once community-enhancing, dynamic, and effective—a testament to the power of thoughtful design and public art, especially in blighted areas."
[Link to When the Levee Breaks from Bleak Design]
"The 2010 version, a 4-day film extravaganza, will be a bit more accessible, coming to New York City and the Tribeca Cinemas on October 14-17."
Be there. Or be elsewhere.
[Link to Film Fest 2010]
"Who is allowed to shape our cities, and how do they do it? Unlike many other fields of design, cities aren't created by any one specialist or expert. There are many contributors to urban change, including ordinary citizens who can have a great impact improving the cities in which they live. By exploring a diverse range of urban design projects around the world, Urbanized will frame a global discussion on the future of cities."
Gary Hustwit's (previously made Helvitica and Objectified) Urbanized, a documentary on an investigation of urban design is currently in production and will premiere in 2011. Follow him on Twitter at @gary_hustwit
"Right now, there are millions and millions of people who want to “employ” our “unemployed” housing stock: immigrants. Simply let more of them in and they will buy, rent, and live in these empty homes."
Could it be really that simple? Nah! We lack the political will to do it.
I could pen a thousand-word essay on health benefits of biking to skeptics. Or show the picture in the link below and convert them in a second 
[Link to Why Biking Is Good For Your Legs]
I am prone to write stinging rebukes to poorly written garbage on the web, but when I call someone out, I will devote the post to building a factual argument as to why they are wrong. I never ask anyone to just take my word for it because I am some kind of expert. Authority comes from the presentation of data in a compelling argument. Mindless rants don’t make authors an authority, it makes them lunatics.
[Source: Irvine Housing Blog] IrvineHunter rips apart The Atlantic’s Megan McArdle’s arguments that the 30-year Fixed-Rate Mortgage is to blame for the housing crisis. That’s what I love about blogs. They refute the so-called ignorant pundits with cold hard facts.
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Having lived in Atlanta for over 5 years and having driven on this road shown in the video, I can attest to the fact that accidents are waiting to happen every day. It is a wonder that more people are not killed every day. Unless design changes are implemented to slow drivers down and to give pedestrians a little more importance, we may seen many more deaths on this highway than on any other road in America