CheddarHousing Why All New Apartment Buildings Look Identical verified_publisherCheddar If you’ve ever wondered why most new apartment buildings look like carbon copies of each other, there is a method behind the madness. In the 1980s, …
Cities Singapore is building a ‘forest town' with abundant green spaces and underground roads verified_publisherweforum.org - Natalie Marchant In an area of Singapore once home to a brickworks and military training facilities, a vision of the future of urban living is taking shape. The …
Urbanism U of T students part of first Canadian team to win prestigious urban design competition utoronto.ca A team of Canadian students, including two from the University of Toronto, recently took home top prize in the Urban Land Institute/ Gerald D. Hines …
Housing Retaining Skilled Workers in Urban Areas planetizen.com For much of modern history, workers have flooded to cities in search of new opportunities. Places like New York City and Los Angeles have become hubs …
Architecture Elevated park brings together communities divided by aging railway yard verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Adam Williams An international collaboration made up of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture, Carlo Ratti Associati, as well as Outcomist and Arup, is …
ForbesUnsheltered The U.S. Cities With The Highest Homeless Populations In 2020 [Infographic] Forbes - Niall McCarthyThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its latest report about homelessness in the United States, finding that the number of people sleeping rough grew 2% last year. Levels homelessness...
Infographics Which are the best (and worst) cities for graphic designers in the USA? creativebloq.com - Georgia Coggan Enlightening infographics tell all. As a graphic designer, there are endless opportunities across the globe. But have you considered that there are …
United NationsGreen Living Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development United Nations - news.un.org The United Nations Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back impacts of climate …
Social Issues Time to Discuss ‘Justice’ Differently, For Better Cities aninjusticemag.com - Mennatullah Hendawy, PhD Cand. Societal Justice not (only) Social Justice! There are myriad ways issues of social justice and urban development influence each other In the …
The Conversation UKCities Slow down and embrace nature – how to create better cities when the pandemic is over The Conversation UK - Björn Wickenberg Throughout the past year of working from home, I have gone for numerous morning, lunchtime and evening walks around my neighbourhood in the Eastern …
New York PostCoronavirus (COVID-19) Residents in packed cities aren’t more likely to get COVID-19, study says New York Post - By Hannah Sparks Say what you will about New York’s giant rats, Los Angeles’ smog and Chicago’s crime rates, but these crowded cites are not more likely to put …
Tiny Houses Boneyard Studios: A tiny house community findery.com A tiny house community is budding on a tiny triangular lot in the Stronghold neighborhood accessible only by alley way in Washington, D.C. Boneyard …
Urbanism Significant price tag expected for Calgary's proposed downtown plan calgarysun.com - Jon Roe Read More
ForbesPittsburgh Target Plans To Bring Some New Life To A Downtown Pittsburgh Landmark Forbes - Michael LisickyThere’s hope that life will soon return to the former Kaufmann’s department store space in downtown Pittsburgh. Since the store closed in 2015, the building’s redevelopment has been plagued with problems...
GizmodoDesign Researchers Created the Whitest White Paint Ever Gizmodo - Molly Taft If you’ve ever redone a room in your house and gone to the hardware store to pick out some fresh paint, you know that there’s a lot of different …
Nanaimo City of Nanaimo will study options for south-end community centre - Nanaimo News Bulletin nanaimobulletin.com - Greg Sakaki The city has taken an initial step toward a long-promised community centre in Nanaimo’s south end. City councillors, at a finance and audit committee …
The GuardianSpain ‘They capture history’: the projects saving Spain and Portugal’s shop signs verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ashifa Kassam in MadridFire engine red, bordered by polka dots and stretching the length of three cars, the sign for the Orte clothing store had long loomed over Madrid’s Alcalá thoroughfare, its presence steady even as fast-food...
Cities NFT artwork inspired by Calvino’s “Invisible Cities” explores visions of urbanism; real and imagined archinect.com - Niall Patrick Walsh Recently, we took a closer look at how architecture and design may be affected by the rise of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and the underlying …
Manchester City Council When is a car park not a car park? The row over Ancoats' big 'Mobility Hub' plan manchestereveningnews.co.uk - Steve Robson A fresh row over city centre parking has erupted after the property firm launched by Manchester council and Man City's owners put forward plans for a …
Urban Planning The General Urban Plan and Zonal Plans of Chisinau were digitized, with support of UNDP | UNDP in Moldova undp.org - replication-receiver Chisinau City Hall has digitized the General Urban Plan (GUP) Chisinau and the Zonal Urban Plans (ZUP), developed in the period 2007-2020. This was …
United Nations Managing Urban Risks and Building Resilience | UNDP undp.org - Asako Okai Statement delivered by Asako Okai at the Development Dialogues Session on Urban Resilience- Managing Urban Risks and Building Resilience: An Old …
The AtlanticCities Surrendering Our Cities to Cars Would Be a Historic Blunder verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Janette Sadik-KhanAmid the devastation caused by the pandemic, an urban awakening occurred. It would have been international news on its own, had the health crisis not overshadowed it. As businesses and offices closed doors,...
Scotland Well-respected planning and transport expert, Daisy Narayanan, has been appointed to the new role scotsman.com - jolene campbell Urban design and planning expert Daisy Narayanan has been appointed to a top sustainability job at the city council. Council bosses welcomed the …
TikTok Meet the designers getting big on TikTok | Design Week designweek.co.uk - By Molly Long It’s commonly thought of as a birthplace for internet challenges and dance routines – but as these designers show, “Design TikTok” is a growing …
Urban Planning Jane Jacob's Walk festival 2021 in New York from May 3 – May 9, 2021 - Virtual worldarchitecture.org - WA Contents Celebrating Jane Jacobs and New York City, May 3-9! Throughout the challenges of the past year, many of us at MAS have found ourselves inspired in new …
Global NewsQuébec Downtown of the future: What Montreal’s city centre might look like when COVID passes Global News - Annabelle Olivier The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Montreal’s downtown core is no secret. The office towers remain mostly empty as work from home …
The Globe and MailEnvironment Climate change and A.I. verified_publisherThe Globe and MailEvent summary produced by The Globe and Mail Events team. The Globe’s editorial department was not involved. The Globe and Mail hosted a virtual panel discussion on April 8 to bring technology and sustainability...
Racism Pete Buttigieg is right: Racism shaped some urban highways | PolitiFact tampabay.com - Louis Jacobson Published 2 hours ago Updated 2 hours ago Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently kicked off a social media frenzy when he said that racism …
Human Geography Population Gains and Losses Create Two Americas, and the Difference Is Mostly along Rural-Urban Lines dailyyonder.com - Robert Cushing The overwhelming population growth story of the past 50 years has been the increasing concentration of people in central cities and their suburbs. At …
Jewelry Wearable Architecture: Anokhi Parikh's New Jewellery Line visi.co.za WORDS Gareth van Niekerk IMAGES Nick Boulton MODEL Thandiswa Mazwai A new jewellery line by a Johannesburg-based designer explores the African …