Future Cities

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Even though cities have been centers of culture, ideas and industry since the Neolithic Revolution 12,000 years ago (!), today’s urban-centric global civilization is just a couple of hundred years …

Americans will never create communities like the British

Six ingredients for a more resilient future

Rich and poor are more separate in big cities than in smaller towns, but different urban design can help change that.

Cities aren’t going anywhere, but they do need to change.

Construction is often maligned as the industry that technology left behind. Industry observers routinely deride the lack of technological sophistication in the construction industry, and have pigeon…

The ground under New York City is sinking 1-2mm per year, partly due to the sheer mass of all the buildings but it isn't the only city to be suffering – what can be done to save them?

My night in front of the world’s largest LED screen

Spatial computing: What designers can learn from Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities to design for AR and VR

‘The Ideal City’ collects the most successful urban ideas from around the world, to serve as a sort of cookbook of best practices for city leaders.