A few unconnected things . . . .

Props to re-design cleveland, a local blog that is soliciting design ideas for our fair city . . .

Al Gore's personal inconvenient truth? . . . .

The future seeds of an interactive urbanism?

And . . .

The designers of Steelyard Commons should have considered the roofs of these big boxes more thoroughly. As BOTC heads up and down the Jennings every day, we are confronted with the vast acreage of Big Box roofing, populated with hvac units, exhaust fans, and we think some skylights. Developers, architects, and the city missed an opportunity to make the utilitarian landscape more iconic, relevant, educational, or just aesthetically pleasing.

But then again, as you can see in the renderings, the overall kitschy design and ornamentation effectively demonstrates the shallowness of the architectural + urban intentions.