Cities
“It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up,” says Sidewalk Labs urban planner
“Casablanca presents one of the best models of modernism”
Surging Seas software shows potential impact of rising sea levels on US cities
Allies and Morrison challenges “identikit urbanism” with masterplan for new city in Oman
SOM designs “new skyline” for port area of Sri Lanka’s largest city
Asian cities overtaking “impossible” London and “terrible” New York in urban design, says Winy Maas
Cities are “deeply tragic” says Rem Koolhaas
“MIPIM is one big performance with the purpose of speaking cities into existence”
“The smart city blinds us to the possibility of political action”
London could follow New York and lose its creative class, warns Rohan Silva
Five cities awarded UNESCO City of Design status
Spiralling underwater cities could make oceans inhabitable by 2030
Foster + Partners to masterplan new sustainable city in India
Haptic and Nordic to build “sustainable city of the future” at Oslo airport
Bill Gates plans smart city in Arizona desert
Ocean Spiral is a conceptual city proposed beneath the surface of the ocean
Barcelona and Amsterdam are world-leading “smart cities” says Jason Pomeroy
“If we’re going to have cities, then we have to invest” says Michelle Obama
Sewage-sampling robots could help eliminate diseases in cities, says MIT architect Carlo Ratti
Penda unveils vision for bamboo city made from interlocking modular components
SOM unveils vision of new Egyptian capital for seven million people
Egypt plans new capital city covering 700 square kilometres
“A city is more than just the sum of its previous behaviours”
