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The city of Ghadames on the edge of the Saharan desert in Libya is maybe one of the finest examples of desert urbanism still in existence. Inhabited since the 4th

The Dutch city of Roermond, as it might have looked on the morning of May 1st 1700 A.D., by Mr. Wim Luinge. A perfectly defined human scaled medieval city (site

A high trust society is already hardwired for efficiency and and social distancing. Chilled soda pops, vegetables with change, even live fish. All pre-outbreak photos. #LowTimePreference Here is a little

The castle Habsburg from where the famous family got its name. Still flying the flag of the rebels that took it in 1415 from Frederick IV. The Habsburg name itself

Of all commonly used indoor materials, naked wood has by far the highest moisture buffering ability, followed by naked plasters (mud or lime). Which is terribly important if we want

The traditional way of showing that your shop is open for business in Japan is by hanging a cloth curtain, a noren (暖簾 or のれん), in front of it, a

21st century respiratory virus epidemics:SARS: Guangdong, China, 11/2002MERS: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6/2012Covid-19: Wuhan, China, 12/2019Spot the common factor: very low relative air humidity.https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1230382802857680898

The Italian city that beat the plague: Ferrara. Not a single plague death since 1576. How did they do it, and what lessons can we learn today? (TLDR the thread:

Every desirable aspect of urbanism is achieved by building on the human scale, and conversely, every problem of urbanism is solved, eliminated or mitigated, by returning to the human scale

It is time for a thread on traditional urbanism, or town planning 13th century style. I will dispel some myths of modern dis-urbanism. Traditional urbanism has short blocks. No building