WeWork parent The We Company has revealed plans to explore the design of cities of the future with a new initiative spearheaded by New York's Studio Dror and former Google executive Di-Ann Eisnor. More about The We Company hires Studio Dror to head up "future cities" initiative
Architect Dong-Ping Wong and fashion designer Virgil Abloh have produced a sketch design for a city during a 15-minute video call live on stage in Cape Town. More about Dong-Ping Wong and Virgil Abloh design a city in 15 minutes
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has tapped Thomas Heatherwick's studio and architecture firm Snøhetta to develop proposals for the smart, mass-timber city that the company is developing on Toronto's waterfront. More about Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio unveil designs for Sidewalk Labs' Toronto neighbourhood
The latest instalment in our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a concept for flying houses by Studio McLeod and Ekkist, which would allow people to move between cities and the countryside using hot air balloons. More about Studio McLeod and Ekkist create balloon-powered flying houses concept
First prize in the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home Competition has been awarded to The D*Haus Company for its vision for elevated Georgian-style terraced houses designed for flooded city streets. More about Vision for flood-proof Georgian townhouses wins Dezeen and MINI Living competition
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 about "Brian Eno's ideas have unexpected resonance for architecture"
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 about Cryptocurrency millionaire plans blockchain smart city in Nevada desert
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 about Peter Barber is designing a city every day for a year
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 about Renzo Piano's studio designs "imaginary island" containing 102 of the architect's projects
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 about Vicente Muñoz's infrared photos highlight the battle between city and nature
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 about Elliott Bishop tells "cautionary tale" of privatisation with fictional Nestlé-owned 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 about Sidewalk Labs unveils design for neighbourhood in Toronto "future city"
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 about Natasha Marks envisions neighbourhoods built under Seoul following reunification of Korea
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 about Gregor Sailer depicts fake cities in The Potemkin Village photography series
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 about Cody Seipp imagines Detroit as Amazon's "hyper-designed" headquarters
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 about "Climate Gentrification theory illustrates the ethical problems facing architects"
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 about Climate Gentrification theory suggests rich are moving to higher, low-income neighbourhoods
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 about MoMA exhibits Bodys Isek Kingelez's fantastical models of African metropoles
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 about "It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up," says Sidewalk Labs urban planner
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 about "Casablanca presents one of the best models of modernism"