"Brian Eno's ideas have unexpected resonance for architecture"
Brian Eno's approach to producing music, through simple, open systems, should be adopted for the design of our towns and cities, says Finn Williams. More
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Cryptocurrency millionaire plans blockchain smart city in Nevada desert
Cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns has revealed plans to develop a large parcel of Nevada's desert into a smart city powered by blockchain technology. More
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Peter Barber is designing a city every day for a year
London-based architect Peter Barber is developing 365 urban masterplans, in a project called One Year 365 Cities, to prove that it should be possible "to design a city in 10 minutes". More
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Renzo Piano's studio designs "imaginary island" containing 102 of the architect's projects
The Royal Academy of Arts in London is exhibiting a design for a city island, populated entirely with buildings designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More
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Vicente Muñoz's infrared photos highlight the battle between city and nature
Deep red clusters of trees bleed between pale buildings in this vibrant set of infrared images of Guayaquil, Ecuador, shot by photographer Vicente Muñoz to demonstrate urban encroachment on the forest. More
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Elliott Bishop tells "cautionary tale" of privatisation with fictional Nestlé-owned city
The English city of York is transformed into a giant Nestlé sweet factory in this concept by Bartlett graduate Elliott Bishop, set in a post-Brexit Britain. More
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Sidewalk Labs unveils design for neighbourhood in Toronto "future city"
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is proposing "unprecedentedly" tall timber buildings, sprawling public spaces, and heated pavements to melt snow, for the first neighbourhood in its major development on Toronto's waterfront. More
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Natasha Marks envisions neighbourhoods built under Seoul following reunification of Korea
Vast underground neighbourhoods are built to house an influx of migrants into Seoul, following the reunification of North and South Korea, in this conceptual proposal by Bartlett graduate Natasha Marks. More
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Gregor Sailer depicts fake cities in The Potemkin Village photography series
The cities shown in these images by Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer may look real, but they are actually a mix of fakes and copies. More
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Cody Seipp imagines Detroit as Amazon's "hyper-designed" headquarters
Detroit is taken over by Amazon in architecture student Cody Seipp's conceptual project, which envisions the US city in 2051 following a major redevelopment orchestrated by the retail giant. More
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"Climate Gentrification theory illustrates the ethical problems facing architects"
Architects must consider not just the environmental, but the social and economic repercussions of building in places at risk from climate change, urges Jesse M Keenan, co-author of a recent study into Climate Gentrification. More
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Climate Gentrification theory suggests rich are moving to higher, low-income neighbourhoods
Climate change is causing waves of gentrification in the cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels, as the wealthy move to poorer areas with a lower risk of flooding, according to a recent study. More
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MoMA exhibits Bodys Isek Kingelez's fantastical models of African metropoles
New York's Museum of Modern Art is exhibiting the "extreme maquettes" of late Congolese sculptor Bodys Isek Kingelez, who modelled futuristic African cities with recycled cardboard, colourful paper and Coca-Cola cans. More
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"It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up," says Sidewalk Labs urban planner
After disrupting our online activities, Google's parent company now wants to disrupt how cities work. Dezeen spoke to Rohit Aggarwala, head of urban systems at Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, as it gears up to redevelop a major chunk of Toronto. More
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"Casablanca presents one of the best models of modernism"
The cohesive core of Casablanca, Morocco, is unmatched by few city centres and shows how modernism can be used to its full potential on a large scale, says recent visitor Aaron Betsky. More
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Foster + Partners to masterplan new sustainable city in India
Foster + Partners is masterplanning the new state capital of Andhra Pradesh in India, which will centre on a governmental building with a needle-like roof. More
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Haptic and Nordic to build "sustainable city of the future" at Oslo airport
Haptic and Nordic Office of Architecture have released plans for a city next to Oslo Airport that is to be completely powered by self-produced energy and served by driverless electric vehicles. More
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Surging Seas software shows potential impact of rising sea levels on US cities
An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. More
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Allies and Morrison challenges "identikit urbanism" with masterplan for new city in Oman
British firm Allies and Morrison has designed a new city for Oman, which will transform a desert valley into a 624-hectare urban centre over the next 30 years. More
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Bill Gates plans smart city in Arizona desert
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has invested in a huge patch of land west of Phoenix, Arizona, with the intention of building a new smart city. More