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Tag: The Guardian

The world’s most bee-friendly capital

  This Guardian Cities article on beekeepers in Ljubljana, Slovenia is stunning. Text and photos by Luka Dakskobler.

animals, animals in the city, bee, Bee Path Project, bee-friendly, bee-keeping, Ljubljana, Luka Dakskobler, preseservation, Slovenia, The Guardian, urban beekeeper club

Tram lines now and then

This is public transport cartography based on data taken from Rail Map Online. The maps show ‘now’ and ‘then’ tram line networks in … More

Brighton, Bristol, cartography, comparativism, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, infrastructure, Ireland, Leeds, London, Manchester, Nottingham, public transport, Rail Map Online, Sheffield, The Guardian, tramway, United Kingdom, Urban History

Hostile Architecture

Photographs from the Silent Agents series (by Julius-Christian Schreiner) depict repressive uses of design and architecture. The photo above was shot … More

architecture, Homelessness, hostile architecture, Poverty, public place, Repressiv urbanism, The Guardian, urban eye

Mecca: the city that many hajj pilgrims don’t see

Transformation of the holy city as documented by Saudi artist Ahmed Mater. https://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2016/09/07/160907RiseOfMeccaFINAL01_desk.mp4  

Ahmed Mater, art, culturunners, Mecca, pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia, The Guardian, urban transformation

Demolition of Moscow flats

Following an official decision, some 4000 apartment blocks, the so called Krushchevka flats, will be demolished. Scattered all over the … More

Chris Leslie, demolition, Jonathan Charley, Krushchevka, large pannel construction, Moscow, public housing, Russia, The Guardian

A science of queueing

Queueing looked at through truly psychological lenses. The last paragraph of the article includes a sort of garfinkelian breaching experiment with queues: … More

Adrain Furnham, Leo Benedictus, Psychology, queueing, rule, sociology, The Guardian, waiting

Wünsdorf – the Forbidden City

Wünsdorf was the Red Army headquarters in Germany. Once inhabited by 75’000 Soviet soldiers and their families, it was abandoned after … More

abandoned, caretaker, forbidden, Soviet Union, The Guardian, Wünsdorf

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