Comments for TownhouseCenter.org http://townhousecenter.org Townhouse, rowhouse, shophouse, brownstone, and other small urban buildings Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Johannesburg attached, adaptable prototype included in database for developing economies by Urban Choreography http://townhousecenter.org/2012/02/06/johannesburg-attached-adaptable-prototype-included-in-database-for-developing-economies/#comment-1170 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:12:16 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=3170#comment-1170 Reblogged this on Urban Choreography and commented:
Increasing the density and multiplicity of South African low cost and suburban housing is high priority and this proposal from 26’10 South Architects has all the necessary attributes to achieve this in a realistic and affordable fashion – as always it remains to be seen if it can be implemented in the complex politico- social environment of the contemporary South African city

]]> Comment on Johannesburg attached, adaptable prototype included in database for developing economies by Urban Choreography http://townhousecenter.org/2012/02/06/johannesburg-attached-adaptable-prototype-included-in-database-for-developing-economies/#comment-1168 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:20 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=3170#comment-1168 Increasing the density and multiplicity of South African low cost and suburban housing is high priority and this proposal from 26’10 South Architects has all the necessary attributes to achieve this in a realistic and affordable fashion – as always it remains to be seen if it can be implemented in the complex politico- social environment of the contemporary South African city

]]> Comment on Phuket shophouses adapted to bed-and-breakfasts are beautiful but not full of tourists…yet by phuket travel agent http://townhousecenter.org/2011/12/21/phuket-shophouses-adapted-to-bed-and-breakfasts/#comment-1083 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:44:19 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=2982#comment-1083 When i walk in this street (in Phuket old town) I feel like I walk to the past 100 years ago.

]]> Comment on Washington, DC developer lets neighborhood choose commercial tenant for small infill by Eric http://townhousecenter.org/2012/01/04/washington-dc-developer-lets-neighborhood-choose-commercial-tenant-for-small-infill/#comment-1043 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:59:41 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=3021#comment-1043 This sounds interesting, but how do they account for market demand? Im wary of development by democracy

]]> Comment on Townhouses Boosted at the Shanghai World Expo by Net zero energey townhouses in Issaquah, Washington are completed, set example « TownhouseCenter.org http://townhousecenter.org/2010/09/23/townhouses-at-the-shanghai-world-expo/#comment-693 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:32:51 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=948#comment-693 [...] year ago I posted about a proposed development of townhouses in Issaquah, Washington that would be zero net energy.  Well, they got built.  From Jetson Green writer Preston: [...]

]]> Comment on More Free, Open-Source Small Urban Building Financial Models and Conceptual Drawings by Small-scale, mixed-use infill expert John Anderson speaks on Tuesday at 12:30 PM at Univ of Miami « TownhouseCenter.org http://townhousecenter.org/2011/08/30/more-free-open-source-small-urban-building-financial-models-and-conceptual-drawings/#comment-643 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:17:04 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=2228#comment-643 [...] in the Miami area: John Anderson of Anderson / Kim, an oracle on small-scale, mixed-use design who generously shares his ideas, will be speaking in Miami on Tuesday, October 18 at 12:30 PM at the University of Miami School of [...]

]]> Comment on Proposal for conference on small urban building design, finance, construction, and preservation by townhousecenter http://townhousecenter.org/2011/10/04/proposal-for-conference-on-small-urban-building-design-finance-construction-and-preservation/#comment-642 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:54:31 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=2537#comment-642 Dick, thanks for the encouragement and good work. Sharing such planning and design (and finance, construction, etc.) studies is exactly what I hope a conference would achieve

]]> Comment on Proposal for conference on small urban building design, finance, construction, and preservation by Dick Meehan http://townhousecenter.org/2011/10/04/proposal-for-conference-on-small-urban-building-design-finance-construction-and-preservation/#comment-596 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:56:01 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=2537#comment-596 Also let me post our website for a view of some of these Bangkok neighborhoods and projects;

villageinthecity.com

]]> Comment on Proposal for conference on small urban building design, finance, construction, and preservation by Dick Meehan http://townhousecenter.org/2011/10/04/proposal-for-conference-on-small-urban-building-design-finance-construction-and-preservation/#comment-595 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:54:17 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=2537#comment-595 We like the idea of a conference although we may be a bit off the beaten track. In Bangkok we have new extensions of rapid transit that are making many older neighborhoods highly accessible and there are some great opportunities to adapt these areas. Lots of planning and design issues that have doubtless been studied elsewhere.

Thanks for this great website with so many good ideas!

]]> Comment on Townhouse Living, Ask for It by Name: Calgary Developer Builds Brand on Townhouses by The Black Swan (book, not movie) consequences for small, adaptable development « TownhouseCenter.org http://townhousecenter.org/2011/07/18/townhouse-living-ask-for-it-by-name-calgary-developer-builds-brand-on-townhouses/#comment-563 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:51:15 +0000 http://townhousecenter.org/?p=2039#comment-563 [...] rather be blogging), but I learned about a couple of things relevant to townhouses, including scalability and the following, pieced together from pages 314 to [...]

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