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The New Urban Agenda /// Reading List
I recently finished this book, The New Urban Agenda, by Bill Freeman. Freeman writes about the current state of politics and city planning in Toronto, giving a great overview of contemporary issues in...
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Stadtklang /// Mapping Germany Sounds
A map I just came across today is this one – the Stadtklang map by the German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and Wissenschaft im Dialog. The map is part of the German government’s science...
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Texte zur Theorie des Raums /// Reading List
This was really a tough book to read partially because it was quite philosophical, and, well, it was also in German! Still, it’s amazing what you can accomplish with some patience. I thought I’d write...
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Toronto: The Romance of Canadian Cities Series /// Reading List
My most recent book was this one, about my home town Toronto, that I got shipped to Berlin. This book, written originally in 1967 and updated in 1979, traces Toronto’s history from a small hamlet to a...
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Baukultur /// Urbanism concepts from Germany
In a lot of urban planning circles here in Germany, there is a new concept called Baukultur, which translates loosely to ‘a culture of building.’ The term is also linked with a state-funded foundation...
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Der Mid-Canada Corridor /// Träumen vom zukunftigen Kanada
(As part of me learning German, I’m trying to practice writing. If you found this interesting, like it, and if you found any errors, feel free to comment!) Der mid-Canada corridor ist eine sehr große...
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Speed Limit Map Berlin /// Mapping the speed of the city
Cities are built on networks of streets that move us through urban space, while also providing spaces for us to shop, hang out and observe. In today’s world however, the history and nature of the...
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Living on top of a Highway /// European Highways
I came across this unbelievable building complex recently, which is in the Wilmersdorf neighbourhood of Berlin on Schlangenbader Straße: Looks kind of normal, right? Well, here is the building in...
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New Portfolio Website!
I’ve made a new portfolio site that better organizes my graphic design and mapping work (auch auf Deutsch!). I’ll be keeping this website to continue as my ‘digital notebook’. Check me out at...
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Germany Simplified/Einfach Deutschland
Here’s a first run at a poster I made trying to simplify Germany in order to memorize the provinces and the capital cities. I learned a while ago that maps are more understandable when corners and...
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