Landscape and urbanism
Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba
WXY and Situ lead design of New York outdoor dining prototypes
Chicago plans to convert office buildings into affordable housing
“Ancient glacial landscapes” inform Toronto Port Lands Bridges by Grimshaw
Oman announces plans for mixed-use district in Jabal al Akhdar mountains
Trio of abandoned Los Angeles skyscrapers covered in graffiti
Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing
Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands
TVK designs limestone buildings for “first zero-carbon district” in Paris
CF Møller Architects unveils plans for arena topped with perforated “crown”
Animal-centric interspecies design goes “beyond sustainability”
Cobe unveils The Opera Park on island in Copenhagen’s harbour
Foster + Partners draws on “historic water towns” for Shanghai neighbourhood
“The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site”
Four tips for successful narrative placemaking from Era-co
“The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics” says commenter
UK’s “most sustainable” neighbourhood the Phoenix receives planning approval
Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania
“Experimental” safety barriers trialled on New York subway platform
“Miami’s slow-motion infrastructure meltdown is already apparent”
BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by “inhabitable bridges”
Snøhetta creates hexagonal paver system for urban landscapes
Tredje Natur proposes floating car parks to prevent urban flooding
