Niagara Falls Gorge Boat Tour pavilion - Cultural Projects, Transportation Projects, Structure - Architect Magazine

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Untapped SF features The Beach Chalet in its Architecture Spotlight. Heller Manus Architects developed the renovation program for the Beach Chalet after it was vacant for over ten years, and the renovation included the development of the ground floor Golden Gate Park Visitor’s Center. We also designed the Park Chalet restaurant.

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The Spontaneous City

This book presents the concept of the Spontaneous City as an alternative direction of design thinking and urban planning opposed to traditional rigid city planning. The era of large-scale urban planning is over.

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Facebook and the city.

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Our post last week looked at ten of the best Facebook Pages for urbanism resources. Do you use Facebook to keep up with your city or urban issues? What Pages could you recommend?

上星期我們收集十個有關都市生活的Facebook頁面，各位是否會使用Facebook，得知所在城市的消息？有什麼頁面值得推薦？

Asia’s megacities give headaches to planners as much as residents. Most cities are stuck in a jam. But a few, especially in China, have adopted ideas that could transform urban planning.

Asia360 speaks to Jeffrey Heller, President of Heller Manus Architects, about HM’s urban planning work in China to create a viable paradigm for the country’s urbanization boom.

Full article here.

Hornblower Canada, Co. has won the Niagara Falls competition with Heller Manus as the design architect. The Niagara Parks Commission has selected Hornblower to provide the boat tour and landside facilities at the Niagara Falls Gorge. Heller Manus’s winning design creates an inviting entry and boarding areas, a visitor’s center, and waters-edge event space for Hornblower.

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Have you checked out our list of ten of the best urbanism tumblogs?

各位看過我們的十大最愛Tumblr部落格了嗎？