density

'Rural Density' - Is this the beginning?

Austin Metablog  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 9:00am

The period-style dwellings are, in fact, modular and therefore could appeal to those already interested in the modular concepts of...

(via Downtown Austin Blog)



 

Density and returns to education

AustinContrarian  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 6:23pm

The Glaeser/Redlick paper I discussed yesterday really is worth a read.

 It makes two very interesting points about the benefits of density:



 

Mufin lets you discover new music with science

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 10/08/2008 - 10:00am

Discover new music with Mufin, a service that analyzes music tracks to find similarities in tempo, rhythm, and density.



 

Radical Cartography on density

AustinContrarian  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 12:54pm

A very nice chart depicting the distribution of U.S. census tracts by density.  Just eyeballing it, it looks like most Americans live at a density of 2,500+ ppsm. (The area under the curve represents total U.S.



 

IBM's racetrack memory seeks 100x boost in density

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 04/10/2008 - 1:00pm

Don't make computers seek out data. Make the data move to where it can be used.

That, roughly, is one way to describe the racetrack memory concept, which IBM argues could one day lead to memory that could hold 100 times more data than flash memory does today and ...



 

Where density bonuses make sense (updated)

AustinContrarian  Sun, 11/18/2007 - 3:36pm

I've been bashing density bonuses lately because they raise the price of density downtown. But there are rare occasions when they make sense.

The new development off Barton Springs Road, near Zilker Park, is one of them. We ought to...



 

Where density bonuses make sense

AustinContrarian  Sun, 11/18/2007 - 3:36pm

I've been bashing density bonuses lately because they raise the price of density downtown. But there are rare occasions when they make sense.

The new development off Barton Springs Road, near Zilker Park, is one of them. We ought to...



 

Density Bonuses II: Why downtown high rises are so valuable

AustinContrarian  Thu, 11/08/2007 - 12:44pm

In a past post, I discussed the density-bonus plan being floated around City Hall. (Council will consider the Downtown Design Commission's recommendation tonight.) I'll discuss density bonuses in more detail in future posts.

But the gist is that the City...



 

Attacks on Density

Austinist  Wed, 10/31/2007 - 11:20am

The Austin Contrarian did a nice post yesterday on the Design Commission's Density Bonus Recommendations.

A "density bonus" isn't quite what it sounds like - developers don't get a bonus for building more density.



 

Density bonuses: Raising density's price

AustinContrarian  Tue, 10/30/2007 - 10:51pm

If you are interested in downtown development, pay attention: There is growing support for adopting a system of "density bonuses" downtown.

The idea has been recommended by the Density Bonus Task Force of the Austin Design Commission, which was created...