http://designbythebay.com Robin Chiang & Company Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://designbythebay.com/2010/09/overlook-book-review/ http://designbythebay.com/2010/09/overlook-book-review/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:00:42 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=1064 OVERLOOK, Exploring the Internal Fringes of America presents a panoramic view of how land is used in United States. This book is for the curious who want to inhabit, investigate, and learn to interpret the environment.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2010/09/overlook-book-review/feed/ 8 http://designbythebay.com/2009/06/salvation-armys-turk-st-center/ http://designbythebay.com/2009/06/salvation-armys-turk-st-center/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:50:57 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=431 The Salvation Army’s Turk Street Center, designed by Herman Coliver Locus, is that rare building which both honors the context of an historic district and stands out as decidedly contemporary.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2009/06/salvation-armys-turk-st-center/feed/ 11 http://designbythebay.com/2009/03/after-it-came-and-went/ http://designbythebay.com/2009/03/after-it-came-and-went/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:20:21 +0000 RCCo http://designbythebay.com/?p=398 The Ninth World Social Forum 2009 took place in Belem, Brazil but did little to highlight the city's own social problems.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2009/03/after-it-came-and-went/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/long-now-works-in-progress/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/long-now-works-in-progress/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:06:23 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=244 This small book is about a big subject: the history of a 10,000 Year clock--its concept, its sponsors, its makers, and the evolution of its design. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/long-now-works-in-progress/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/the-long-now-foundation/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/the-long-now-foundation/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:00:32 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=227 Supposing that occasionally taking the long contemplative view is indeed a good thing, where do you stand to get one? One place where your search will be rewarded is The Long Now Foundation's Museum and Store. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/the-long-now-foundation/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/designers-atlas/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/designers-atlas/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:32:27 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=166 The Designer's Atlas of Sustainability is about how design in all fields can move toward the goals of sustainability; the integration of information about design and sustainability rewards users with a rich range of ideas, concepts, and facts presented in a sophisticated format that is itself thought-provoking. As with other kinds of atlases, the varied text does not converge on one conclusion. Rather, readers take what they need to make their own.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/designers-atlas/feed/ 1 http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/ecological-democracy/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/ecological-democracy/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:30:16 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=25 This densely written and wonderfully illustrated book seeks answers to questions such as: what is wrong with the cities we have created and what can be done to correct our mistakes?]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/ecological-democracy/feed/ 0