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20+ Site Furnishings CAD Drawings for Designing the Perfect Plaza
In this article we take a look at an assortment of seating, tables, bicycle racks, shade furnishings, and more to help you with your next project.
Why Bicycle Paths Need to Change to Boost Cyclists Engagement
As bike ridership increases, more individuals are demanding safer routes. Cities haven't been quick to respond to the demands, but have recently been indicating at a favourable compromise in the future.
Green Urbansim – An Emergent Human Habitat
Cities are rapidly becoming the human species’ preferred habitat, with projections showing that over 80 percent of the developed world population will be urban dwellers by 2050.
How Cities Work Around Parking Spaces
We demand convenient parking everywhere we go, and then learn not to see the vast, unsightly spaces that result.
How to make smart cities human again
Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. This information can be used by city leaders to create policies, with the aim of making cities “smarter” and more sustainable, but the data only tells half the story.
Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google
Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation startup owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has announced a partnership with the City of Toronto to develop a new waterfront precinct.
Green infrastructure in reducing urban runoff – does size matter?
The Royal Horticultural Society and the Landscape Department designed a garden specifically to address the effects of climate change.
Supersized cities: residents band together to push back against speculative development pressures
City residents all around the world are getting together to create housing tailored to their needs and budgets, instead of being developed for maximum profit.
What Makes a Liveable City?
This article explores the qualities that make a city liveable.
How Bike Barriers Can Encourage An Influx of Cyclists
In this article we take a look at how bike barriers increase the safety for cyclists and can encourage an influx of cyclists on roads.
From Oslo to Paris, these major cities have plans to go car-free
The Gran Vía will only allow access to bikes, buses, and taxis before Madrid's Mayor Manuela Carmena leaves office in May 2019. It's part of a larger effort to ban all diesel cars in Madrid by 2025.
Digital Media is Changing the Face of Buildings
Buildings have become animated, almost flickering like diamonds. And we see this across the globe: buildings now seem to compete to be the most mind-boggling in appearance.
Reconnecting Cities through Urban Highway Removals
This article explores the success with urban high way removals, and the plausibility of it increasing in popularity.
What does 'Vancouverism' and 'Manhattanization' Really Mean?
In this article we take a look at how Vancouverism is infiltrating urban design decisions and what this means for Manhattanization.
Why You Should Be Interested in Vertical Farming
Some architects want to take sustainability one step further by introducing the concept of vertical farming to cities.
8 of the Most Walkable Cities
In this article, we're taking a look at 8 cities around the world that have received a walkscore of 60 or above.
Will You See More Angled Parking in Your City?
Angled parking has become a new potential answer for accommodating cars in the city in the least obtrusive way as possible.
Why Has Urban Flooding Become a More Prominent Problem?
In this article we examine not only how urbanization is causing floods but also actions that can help prevent them.
Will the Car Reshape our Cities Again - as a Weapon?
The vehicle as a bomb in itself, as an apparatus that does the killing has opened an unexpected specter and elevated the deadly aspect of the automobile to new heights, not only for the people in cities but also for the design of cities.