I was recently reminded of a 30-year old architecture project (by architects who went on to win a Pritzker Prize 25 years later) that I found very nice when I first heard about it. Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal were tasked to redesign a city square in Bordeaux and had the guts to tell the council "the square is great, don't change a thing!"
https://www.lacatonvassal.com/index.php?idp=37
Architecture Affects Our Health, According To Researchers
Shutterstock / NTB While many modern buildings are characterised by minimalist lines and open urban spaces, research shows that people often prefer classical buildings and dense urban landscapes. Should architects and urban planners take people's preferences more into account? A 2019 study at the University of Warwick, based on data from over 15,000 people in England, shows that people feel happier in beautiful surroundings even in cities.......Continue reading... By: Emilie Wee Source: […]https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/06/08/architecture-affects-our-health/
'the early PRC’s most prominent buildings, such as the Tiananmen ensemble of the 1959 Great Hall of the People and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution, later supplemented by the 1978 Mao Zedong Memorial Hall, were a Sinofied version of American classicism'
But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream,
Fitful and dark,
Unseizable in Leith
And wildered by the Forth…
—Hugh MacDiarmid, “Midnight”
published in The Complete Poems (1978)
Today, 18 April, is World Heritage Day. Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town & Georgian New Town form one of Scotland’s UNESCO World Heritage sites
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Wakefield, MA - April 2026.
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Falls in older adults are often worsened by environmental challenges, such as sloped terrain, which increase the demands on the control of upright stability. Studying cortical activities evoked by perturbations under such conditions can help elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying postural control. This study investigated age-related differences in cortical responses to slope-induced forward perturbations and whether these responses primarily reflect reactive motor control to regain balance. Ten older and ten young adults underwent lean-and-release perturbations on a slope while electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded during reactive stepping and non-stepping blocks, presented in a counterbalanced order. Analyses included event-related potentials, spectral dynamics, and graph theory approaches. Older adults showed delayed and reduced N100 responses compared to younger adults, with no differences between stepping conditions. Event-related spectral perturbations showed reduced post-perturbation theta and beta power synchronization in older adults. Network analysis indicated higher clustering coefficients and greater global efficiency in older adults compared to younger adults, particularly in the theta band. Similar early cortical activities across conditions suggest that perturbation-evoked responses are mainly driven by the detection of imbalance. These empirical results highlight the neural basis of age-related changes in postural adjustment, offering a potential outcome measure for targeted interventions.
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago’s capital city Port of Spain, International Waterfront Centre which includes two 26 story office towers (Tower C and Tower D) and the Hyatt Regency Hotel (22 stories). The following pictures were taken from the 26th floor of Tower D. Enjoy these beautiful views of the city taken in 2016....
#portofspain #trinidadandtobago #geography #photography #caribbean #urbanphotography #builtenvironment #citystreets #citylife #waterfront #seaside #buildings
https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/geopics-on-fmd-4/
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