Urban Planning

Five Global Placemaking Projects to Watch

Big Ideas

Five Global Placemaking Projects to Watch

Urban regeneration in city centres is happening around the globe at pace; developers are looking to cultural, community and sustainable touchpoints...
Design : Sustainability : Society
World's largest construction project in wood to begin in Stockholm by 2025

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World's largest construction project in wood to begin in Stockholm by 2025

Sustainable urban development firm Atrium Ljungberg has announced Stockholm Wood City as its latest conscious venture.
Architecture : Design : Sustainability
A cycling network that connects Milan’s citizens and services

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A cycling network that connects Milan’s citizens and services

Building the infrastructure necessary to allow its residents to cycle safely and conveniently, the city of Milan is creating a bike network that co...
Mobility : Milan : Cycling
A sanitising streetlight offers hope for public gatherings

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A sanitising streetlight offers hope for public gatherings

Design agency Studio Roosegaarde is proposing a sanitising streetlight to protect against Covid-19.
Technology : Health & Wellness : Society
Repurposed Retail Market

Markets

Repurposed Retail Market

As Covid-19 hits real estate, vacant department stores, shopping malls and their car parks are being given a new lease of life.
Retail : Architecture : Fulfilment
AI-driven mobility

Big Ideas

AI-driven mobility

As a precursor to fully autonomous vehicles, design studios are experimenting with integrating artificial intelligence into smaller, more agile f...
Technology : Mobility : Urbanisation
Eve Edelstein on incorporating wellness into architectural design

Big Ideas

Eve Edelstein on incorporating wellness into architectural design

The research director of the Perkins+Will Human Experience Lab discusses her Neuro-Architectural design process and its potential for future cities.
Wellness : Health : Design
Civic Placemakers

Micro Trends

Civic Placemakers

Brands are taking a more proactive role in shaping their cities by leading urban regeneration initiatives and investing in the development of publi...
Civic Brands : Placemaking : Brandstanding
Simplified cities

Big Ideas

Simplified cities

Santa Monica – CitySwipe is a new app that enables users to oppose or support urban plans by swiping left or right.
Cities : Direct Democracay : Urban Planning
A research movement

Big Ideas

A research movement

Global – Uber has launched Movement, a website that gives urban planners access to its data on cities.
Movement : Uber : Cities
Open borders

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Open borders

London Biennale 2016 – Architecture and design firm FR-EE has proposed a vision for a binational city on the border between Mexico and the US.
FR-EE : New Bricolage Living : Border City
CES: INRIX service tackles urban parking congestion

Big Ideas

CES: INRIX service tackles urban parking congestion

CES: INRIX service tackles urban parking congestion
CES : Inrix : Navigation
Mirai Nihon

Design Directions

Mirai Nihon

As urban areas grow, the infrastructure that supports them becomes stretched, and increasingly vulnerable. The Fukushima disaster in 2011 prompted ...
Architecture : Technology : Closed-loop
DUS Architects

Design Directions

DUS Architects

Away from the yellow hardhats and grumbling cement mixers of your average urban construction site, the partners at Amsterdam studio DUS A...
Pop Up : Gecekondu Summerhouse : Urban Planning
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