Urban Omnibus

Urban Omnibus is an online project of the Architectural League that explores, through multi-media features and online commentary, the relationship between design of all disciplines and the built environment of New York City.

http://urbanomnibus.net http://urbanomnibus.net/feed/
11:38 AM
The Omnibus Roundup – Grimshaw, cab stands, bike racks, creek clean-up, Armory controversy, and floorplan porn : Next Tuesday, the Architectural League will host a talk by Andrew Whalley, who heads up the New York Office of the international architecture firm Grimshaw Architects....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 18
Oppositional Architecture : I stopped by the Camp for Oppositional Architecture Friday night.  It was a “bar+” night; lectures are held in the space every other day, but nonetheless I wanted to see the space on Front Street in D...
Urban Omnibus
Nov 18
Mapping Main Street: Flushing, Queens : Mapping Main Street heads to Flushing for some audio-video explorations of Main Street produced by neighborhood students, providing a local snapshot of the nation-wide project....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 15
Arrested Development Recap : If economic troubles haven’t already prompted us to reassess current development trends, a panel that assembled November 7 at Cooper Union’s Great Hall certainly could....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 13
The Omnibus Roundup – Coney deal, stalled sites, canal plans, interstate adaptive reuse, biking rules : New York Aerial Photography – Coney Island from Jason Lam on Vimeo. The city has been abuzz with news of the Bloomberg administration’s $95.6 million deal with Thor Equities for 6.9 acres in...
Urban Omnibus
Nov 12
Public Art with a Sound-Machine : Approximately one million people trample through Times Square everyday - some incessantly pausing to snap pictures of all the chaos while others beeline without ever looking up....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 11
Private/Public: Rethinking Design for the Homeless : Deborah Grossberg Katz and Terri Chiao explore how small-scale design can address broader social issues through their research on the systemic cycle of homelessness in the city....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 6
The Omnibus Roundup – 3rd terms, megaprojects, rights of way, energy pavement & wonderwheels : So, Mayor Bloomberg will be mayor for a third term....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 5
Let’s go on a lightwalk – next Tuesday! : Here on Urban Omnibus, we are all about urban exploration, maps and interdisciplinary approaches to examining and designing our physical, urban environment....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 4
A Cab Ride with Rachel Abrams : Rachel Abrams breaks down the actors, information and knowledge behind the routine experience of taking a NYC taxi, and explains how design thinking can benefit urban systems....
Urban Omnibus
Nov 3
Phantom City Recap : Saturday afternoon, a group of Omnibus readers, WNYC listeners, and assorted unbuilt city enthusiasts gathered in Bryant Park to listen to Museum of the Phantom City designers Irene Cheng and Brett Sn...
Urban Omnibus
Oct 30
The Omnibus Roundup – Hallowmeet-up, alt-energy theme parks, p.U.M.p, airport living, Performa, urban golf : Psyched for our meet-up tomorrow? You should be. It will be awesome. And no, costumes are not required, but feel free....
Urban Omnibus
Oct 28
Dancing in the Streets: Breaking Ground : Breaking Ground – A Public Charrette is a site-specific choreography workshop that will be held in one of New York City’s most intriguing sites....
Urban Omnibus
Oct 28
Making Public Places: Building an Urban Living Room : Diana Balmori shares a flexible and inexpensive design scheme - complete with public engagement a la Twitter - to create street furniture and plantings that reimagine the public space of Gansevoort Pl...
Urban Omnibus
Oct 28
Making Public Places: Twitter Forum : Before Balmori Associates began to develop the the design scheme detailed here, they first opened up the question of what a public space should be....
Urban Omnibus
Oct 27
Air and Blood – on view through 11/8 : Almost 35 million vehicles use the Holland Tunnel each year to pass between New Jersey and Manhattan under the Hudson River....
Urban Omnibus
Oct 26
Phantom City Meet-up this Saturday! : People are pretty psyched about the Museum of the Phantom City, the iPhone app that Brett Snyder and Irene Cheng developed and discussed with us here....
Urban Omnibus