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What Is Trauma-Informed Design?
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/entry/what-is-trauma-informed-design • 7 min
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These 8 cities are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars
https://blog.ed.ted.com/2021/12/13/these-8-cities-around-the-world-are-putting-their-focus-on-biking-and-walking
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 …
The happy dysfunction of Dover
https://unherd.com/2023/10/the-happy-dysfunction-of-dover • 6 min
Americans will never create communities like the British
An Ecological Civilization is the Renaissance We’ve Been Waiting For
https://spencerrscott.substack.com/p/an-ecological-civilization-is-the • 7 min
Six ingredients for a more resilient future
How to Build Cities That Aren’t Segregated by Income
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_build_cities_that_arent_segregated_by_income • 3 min
Rich and poor are more separate in big cities than in smaller towns, but different urban design can help change that.
The future of cities, according to the experts
https://www.vox.com/technology/23818654/future-cities-experts-offices-urbanism • 12+ min
Cities aren’t going anywhere, but they do need to change.
Can the Construction Industry Be Disrupted?
https://hbr.org/2023/07/can-the-construction-industry-be-disrupted
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…
New York's skyscrapers are causing it to sink
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230523-new-yorks-skyscrapers-are-causing-it-to-sink-what-can-be-done-about-it • 6 min
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?
Sphere and Loathing in Las Vegas
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/inside-las-vegas-sphere-u2/676000
My night in front of the world’s largest LED screen
Spatial computing: What designers can learn from Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities
https://doc.cc/articles/spatial-computing-calvino • 14+ min
Spatial computing: What designers can learn from Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities to design for AR and VR
How to build the city of the future, according to Ikea’s innovation lab
https://www.fastcompany.com/90598520/how-to-build-the-city-of-the-future-according-to-ikeas-innovation-lab
‘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.