Wel done that man! And, in a surprise announcement he is opening some of the redundant #residences for use by needy immigrants.
#ukgovernment #ukpol #immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/03/german-president-state-visit-uk-windsor-king-charles
My pick for “Best Planning Book” published in 2025
Source: bookshop.orgNow and then one comes across a book that sets new standards for excellence in print. It may be due to its content, the context, the impact of the publication on society, or a defining aspect of the book that sets it apart from others. In this particular case, Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture solidly achieves at least three of the aforementioned pinnacles, with its rich and defining illustrations being beyond exemplary.
Three example illustrations from Chicago Homes – Source: arcchicago.blogspot.comChicago Homes by Carla Bruni and Phil Thompson succeeds in telling the history of one of America’s greatest and most-beloved cities through its housing heritage — specifically the styles and trends in housing that shaped Chicago’s residential development from a lonely outpost at the forks of the Chicago River through World War II. This contextual relationship between Chicago’s housing biography and the city’s overall urban history is tremendously informative and is filled with many interesting tidbits and anecdotes.
Too often as planners, we get tied up in the scale of scope of large projects, whether they be towering skyscrapers, enormous transportation projects, placid and serene parks, or large commercial and industrial developments. Meanwhile, it is the individual house, the home, a dwelling unit, or an apartment that in unison form the largest proportion of the communities we serve. As a result, it is their relationship to the overall city that can largely shape one’s sense of place.
” Chicago was built on change. we’re still culturally the same old city, and our homes are still extensions of who were are, individually and collectively. Architecture is politics. Architecture is whimsy. Architecture is people.”
Source: “Chicago Homes,” page 298.
The icing on the cake to Chicago Homes is the stunningly detailed and gorgeous illustrations provided throughout the book showing the progression of architectural trends, styles, and decorative features that developed over time for residential dwellings throughout the city. The amazing illustrations prepared by Mr. Thompson’s Wonder City Studio alone could be framed and sold in galleries across the country they are so beautiful.
As the book addresses Chicago’s housing history up to and including World War II, more recent trends (both good and bad) are not incorporated in the book except with brief references in the epilogue and elsewhere. This aspect in no way detracts from the book and would make for a fascinating sequel publication in the future.
This retired planner strongly recommends this book, and not only to existing, former, or wannabe Chicagoans and architecture geeks. For Chicago Homes transcends both geography and genre in a manner that should captivate most any reader with its fascinating content, its broadly appealing context, and its truly defining illustrations.
Peace!
#apartments #art #CarlaBruni #Chicago #ChicagoHomes #cities #dwellings #geography #historicPreservation #history #homes #housing #illustrations #landUse #neighborhoods #PhilThompson #planning #residences #travel #WonderCityStudio
Working list: Tallest student housing towers by university
Listed below are the tallest student housing towers by university across the United States. This list includes on-campus housing and dormitories for students, as well as off-campus privately operated rental housing for students. It does not include strictly condominium buildings.
Evo at Circa Centre South: Philadelphia – Source: aviewoncities.comAs can be seen from the data, there have been two great boom period for constructing tall student housing towers. The first in the 1960s and early 1970s (46 from the list) were principally on-campus dormitories those the baby boom generation. The second, was in the 2005-2020 (24 from the list) time period as private firms constructed and offered varied high-rise off-campus living for students. This second boom period appears to be continuing well into the 2020s with nine more towers completed or underway.
309 Green: Champaign, IL – Source: local wiki.comAs more such towers are identified, they will be added to the list if they are the tallest for a particular university. Please note, in cases where the exact height is not known , “~” is used to show the height is an estimate based on the number of floors times 10 feet per floor.
Peace!
The RISE at Riverfront Crossing (left): Iowa City, IA – Source: mmarchtecturalphotography.com——-
2. 33 Beekman Street (2015): New York City/Pace University = 384 feet
3. Rhodes Hall (1971): Cleveland State, OH = 373 feet – being converted to student housing
4. West Sixth Tower Two (2009): Tempe/Arizona State = 345 feet
5. Union on San Antonio (2025): Austin/University of Texas = 332 feet
6. John Hancock Student Village (2009): Boston University, MA = 331 feet
7. The Hub (1983): Columbia/University of South Carolina = 325 feet
8. MIT Site 4 (2020): Cambridge/Massachusetts Institute of Technology = 315 feet
9. West End Tower (2021): Nashville/Vanderbilt University, TN = 305 feet
10. Watterson Towers (1969): Bloomington/Illinois State = 299 feet
11-13. Eastman, Livingston, and Stuyvesant Towers (1967): Albany/State University of NY = 286 feet each
14. 2128 Oxford (approved): Berkeley/University of California = 285 feet
15. The Hub on Campus (2018): Minneapolis/University of Minnesota = 284 feet
16. Treehouse Residence Hall (2012): Boston/Massachusetts College of Health Sciences and Massachusetts School of Art & Design = 280 feet
17-21. Calvin Coolidge, John Adams, John Q. Adams, John F. Kennedy, and George Washington Towers (1966): Amherst/UMass = 276 feet each
22. Gwinn Hall (1967): Denton/Texas Women’s University = 271 feet
23. Vilcek Hall (1984): New York City/NYU = 269 feet
24. 309 Green (2009): Champaign/University of Illinois = 268 feet
25-26. Lincoln and Morrill Dormitory Towers (1967): Columbus/Ohio State = 260 feet
27. Whistler (2023): Atlanta/Georgia Tech ~ 250 feet
27. Pearce-Ford Tower (1970): Bowling Green/Western Kentucky = 247 feet
29-30. Rhoads Hall (1968): Richmond/Virginia Commonwealth and The M (2020): Seattle/University of Washington = 240 feet
31-32. Moody Towers x 2 (1970): University of Houston, TX = 239 feet each – to be decommissioned in 2027
33. Levering Tower (proposed): Los Angeles/UCLA, CA = 238 feet – added 11/18/25
34-35. Sunvilla Tower (1963): Springfield/Missouri State and Lawrinson Hall (1965): Syracuse/Syracuse University, NY= 233 feet
36. Straz Tower (1954): Milwaukee/Marquette University, WI = 229 feet
37. The Standard (2020): New Brunswick/Rutgers University, NJ = 225 feet
38-40. McMahon Residence Hall (1992): New York City/Fordham University and GrandMarc Residence Hall (2015): Boston/Northeastern University, MA = 222 feet
41. Student Living Center (1990): Rochester/Eastman School of Music, NY = 213 feet
42-43. REV Northgate Student Living (2023): Bryan-College Station/Texas A & M = 200 feet and Commonwealth Hall (1970): Richmond/Eastern Kentucky ~ 200 feet
44. Parks Tower (1971): Toledo/University of Toledo, OH = 199 feet
45-46. Woodlawn Residential and Dining (2020): Chicago/University of Chicago, IL = 190 feet and Mertz Hall: Chicago/Loyola University, IL ~ 190 feet
47. Edge College Hill (2018): Providence/Brown University and others, RI = 172 feet
48. The Pacific (2013): Tucson/University of Arizona = 170 feet
49-50. The RISE at Riverfront Crossing (2018): Iowa City/University of Iowa and The RISE on Chauncey (2019): West Lafayette/Purdue University, IN = 167 feet
51. Abel Hall: Lincoln/University of Nebraska = 161 feet
52. Bulger Residence Hall (1969): Akron/University of Akron, OH = 160 feet
53-55. The Abbot (2020): East Lansing/Michigan State = 150 feet and Twin Towers East & West: Huntington/Marshall University, WV ~ 150 feet
56-58. East and West Towers (1965): Ithaca/Ithaca College, NY and The University Lofts (2002): Atlanta/Georgia State = 148 feet
59-61. Eigenmann Hall (1970); Bloomington/Indiana University and Dancer and Bender Halls (1969): Cedar Falls/Northern Iowa = 147 feet
62-63. The Metropolitan (2017): State College/Penn State and White Hall (1967): Laramie/University of Wyoming = 146 feet
64. Vic Village North (2019): Ann Arbor/University of Michigan = 144 feet
65-66. Webb Tower: Los Angeles/University of Southern California and Academe at 198 (2024): San Francisco/Cal Law School ~ 140 feet
67-68. Aber and Jesse Halls (1968/1969): Missoula/University of Montana = 138 feet
69. Gamow Tower: Boulder/Colorado University = 135 feet
70. Goodyear Hall (1960): Buffalo/University of Buffalo, NY = 133 feet
71. Legacy Tower (2004): Ames/Iowa State = 132 feet
72-74. Westfall and Duward Towers (1967): Fort Collins/Colorado State and Morse College Residential Tower (1962): New Haven/Yale University = 131 feet
75-77. Beatty Towers East and West (1967): Gainesville/University of Florida and Tamiami Hall (2022): Miami/Florida International ~ 130 feet
78. The RISE on 9th (2017): Columbia/University of Missouri = 128 feet
79-87. The Hub/515 Broadway (2015): Eugene/University of Oregon; Slusher Tower (1972): Blacksburg/Virginia Tech; The Hub (2026): Raleigh/North Carolina State; Stevenson Towers x four (1967/1968): DeKalb/Northern Illinois; Ellingson Hall: Rochester Institute of Technology, NY; and Sid Richardson Residences (2021): Houston/Rice University, TX ~ 120 feet
88-90. North Hedges/South Hedges and Roskie Residence Halls (1964/1966): Bozeman/Montana State ~ 115 feet
91. Eagleson Residence Hall: Durham/North Carolina Central = 112 feet
92-101. Theophilus Tower (1967): Moscow/University of Idaho; Yocum Hall (1963): Fayetteville/University of Arkansas; The Hub (2023): College Park/University of Maryland; Byrnes, Lever, and Manning Halls (1967/1968): Clemson/Clemson University, SC; Kays Hall: Jonesboro/Arkansas State; James Stukel Towers: University of Illinois-Chicago, IL; Anthony Wayne Student Apartments (2019): Detroit/Wayne State, MI; Offenhouer Tower (1971): Bowling Green State, OH; and C.J. Dunn Tower (1994): Montgomery/Alabama State ~ 110 feet
102. Sechrist Hall (1967): Flagstaff/Northern Arizona = 109 feet
103. The Flats at West Village (2014): Charlottesville/University of Virginia = 101 feet
Eastman Tower Hall: SUNY Albany – Source: skyscrapercenter.comSOURCES:
#cities #colleges #dorms #geography #highRises #history #housing #landUse #offCampus #onCampus #planning #residences #skyscrapers #statistics #studentHousing #towers #universities
Bonjour Mastodon, j'ai une question :
Savez-vous s'il existe des résidences de création (illustration, gravure, bande dessinée) sans condition obligatoire d'animer des ateliers avec des enfants ?
Je les aime beaucoup, j'ai mon bafa, tralala, mais bon.
Merci d'avance,
Bien cordialement,
prout.
#art #artofmastodon #artistsofmastodon #illustration #gravure #résidences #appelàrésidence #dessin #bourses #drawing #comics #bandedessinee #artsplastiques #educationartistiqueetculturelle
Russian drone attack injures 47 civilians in Kharkiv
#Russian #drone attacks struck multiple locations across #Kharkiv injuring at least 47 civilians
High-rise #apartments were hit as were private #residences, a #medical facility, & civil infrastructure
He said several parts of the city center were targeted, including the Slobidskyi district, where the apartment building was struck, and the #Saltivskyi district.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-attack-injures-at-least-27-in-kharkiv/
Largest USA cities/towns named for an historic residence
Place names can come from a variety of sources including former home towns, famous persons, family members, town founders, and a variety of other sources. In the case of this blogpost, they come from historic/famous residences. In the list below are ten famous residences that have been applied to the name of a city or town in the United States. They are:
It was actually a bit surprising not to find more cities/towns named for presidential homes or other famous/historic residences, particularly the White House. If any have been missed, pleased let us know and they will be added. Enjoy the list. Peace!
Ashland – Source: flickr.com_______
City/Town = Population
*Mount Vernon, OR is not named for George Washington’s home.
*Versailles, KY was named after the city not the palace in France.
*White House, TN is not named for the residence in Washington, DC. Neither are the towns of Whitehouse in Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, or Texas.
*Alhambra CA and Alhambra, IL were both derived from Washington Irving’s book, Tales of Alhambra, which is about the Alhambra Palace in Spain. – Thank you, Dan!
Biltmore- Source: thepinnaclelist.comSOURCES:
#andrewJackson #Ashland #Biltmore #England #famousHouses #France #fun #geography #georgeWashington #henryClay #history #homes #houses #landUse #mansions #Monticello #MountVernon #PalaceOfVersaille #placeNames #residences #theHermitage #thomasJefferson #tourism #travel #USA #vanderbilt #WindsorCastle
Entre histoire et architecture : Les cinquante ans de la résidence des ambassadeurs US
A l'image des #résidences des #ambassadeurs de France, de Belgique ou du Royaume-Uni, la résidence #américaine a aussi bien une importance #historique qu'architecturale. Regards sur un #monument désormais classé au registre du patrimoine national.
A l'image des résidences des ambassadeurs de France, de Belgique ou du Royaume-Uni, la résidence américaine a aussi bien une importance historique qu'architecturale. Regards sur un monument désormais classé au registre du patrimoine national.
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