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How Extreme Heat Is Changing the Shape of Urban Planning
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How to Build an Urban-Style Home in a Rural Area
Learn about how to build an urban-style home in a rural area
10+ Amazing Projects to Discover How Biophilic Urbanism Can Transform Cities
We've compiled a collection for your biophilic urbanism design
Architecture and Sustainability: New Ways of Living in Urban Environments
Learn more about architecture and sustainability: new ways of living in urban environments
Project Highlight: Trust Early Learning
Check out this project highlight Trust Early Learning by Unity Surfacing Systems
Project Highlight: The Terminal at Katy Trail
Check out this project highlight The Terminal at Katy Trail by W.R. Meadows, Inc.
Project Highlight: 70 Carlton Street
Check out this project highlight 70 Carlton Street by Fairview Architectural North America
Project Highlight: New Settlement Isla De La Cartuja
Check out this project highlight New Settlement Isla De La Cartuja by IAM Design
How Concrete Contributes to Sustainable Building
Learn how to design a sustainable building
Building to New Heights: The Argument for High-Rise Cities
How can building tall pack in sustainable and housing advantages? Here are some more of the benefits of high-rise cities.
Empty Cities Have Long Been a Post-Apocalyptic Trope – Now, They are a Reality
Carry out a Google image search of the phrase “28 Days Later” and among the many stills and publicity images for the 2002 horror film, one will find a scattering of photographs of cities taken during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Connected City Streets Mean Healthier Residents and Communities
Neighbourhoods with well-connected streets can evolve into more walkable, complete neighbourhoods or denser settlements as needed.
Buildings Consume Lots of Energy – Here’s How to Design Whole Communities That Give Back as Much as They Take
In recent years, construction designs have advanced dramatically. Net zero energy buildings, which produce the energy they need on site from renewable sources, increasingly are the default choice. But to speed the transition to zero carbon emissions, I believe the United States must think bigger and focus on designing or redeveloping entire communities that are zero energy.
New Housing Can Be Affordable and Homely if Builders Learn Lessons From the Car Industry – and IKEA
If there was ever a time to introduce mass-produced affordable housing, surely that time is now.
Could Floating Cities Help People Adapt to Rising Sea Levels?
It may sound counter-intuitive, but floating architecture provides two big advantages. Find them out here!
Our Favourite Cities – by Four Urban Planners
As growing populations place pressure on urban housing, infrastructure and transport systems, residents, planners and politicians are having to come up with clever solutions to make their cities decent places to live.
How Cities Can Add Accessible Green Space in a Post-Coronavirus World
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments to weigh the benefits of keeping green spaces open against the public health concerns that come from their use.
Liveable Cities Rankings: How a Global Enterprise in Influencing Urban Change
The question, then, is how to improve the measurements used, to ensure that the rankings align with the public interest, and help those in positions of leadership – such as lawmakers, local governments and urban planners – to better understand the huge array of data they have access to.
Design for Flooding: How Cities Can Make Room for Water
We can learn to look at flooding as a regenerative element to improve life in urban areas.