Sidewalk Labs advances plans for Toronto smart city
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs is moving forward with its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto, after addressing a number of "critical issues" in its initial scheme. More
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Five smart cities that are being proposed in North America
From a smart forest in Mexico to a Nevada desert city powered by blockchain, a wave of smart cities are being proposed in North America. Here are five examples from the continent that hint at the shape of future neighbourhoods. More
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Stefano Boeri unveils Smart Forest City covered in 7.5 million plants for Mexico
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans to create a forested smart city near Cancun, Mexico, that is designed to be a "pioneer" of more eco-efficient developments. More
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Sidewalk Labs reveals masterplan for Sidewalk Toronto neighbourhood
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has outlined its Toronto Tomorrow masterplan to turn a parcel of the city's waterfront into the "neighbourhood of the future". More
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UNStudio masterplans smart city in Bangalore
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bangalore where buildings will be covered in cooling white paint. More
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"China is one of the best places for experimenting" with urban technology says Carlo Ratti
All eyes should be on China in the race to develop smart cities, says architect Carlo Ratti, who is co-curating this year's Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen. More
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The We Company hires Studio Dror to head up "future cities" initiative
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
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Sidewalk Labs unveils Building Raincoat prototype for smart city in Toronto
A "raincoat" designed to protect pavements during harsh weather is among a series of design prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its new smart city in Toronto. More
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UNStudio develops smart neighbourhood where residents own their data
UNStudio has unveiled plans to create the "smartest neighbourhood in the world" in the Netherlands, where residents produce their own resources and control the use of their data. More
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Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio unveil designs for Sidewalk Labs' Toronto neighbourhood
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
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"Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised" says Silicon States author Lucie Greene
Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects designing smart city outside Moscow
Moscow's new Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye district, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Pride Architects, will be a "people-centric" sustainable smart city. 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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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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"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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Smart city planned for former US Navy airfield near Boston
Architecture firms Elkus Manfredi and Sasaki have unveiled a masterplan to transform a parcel of land south of Boston into a smart city, the latest in a string to be announced for North America. 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
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Saudi Arabia to invest $500 billion in fully automated city spanning three countries
Robots may outnumber humans in a new pioneering city billed by Saudi Arabia as "a new blueprint for sustainable life", which would be entirely powered by renewable energy, and served by driverless vehicles and vertical farms. More
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Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs to create high-tech "future city" on Toronto waterfront
Google's parent company Alphabet has revealed plans to build a new district along the eastern waterfront of Toronto, which will use cutting-edge technology to pioneer a model for future urban developments. More
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Barcelona and Amsterdam are world-leading "smart cities" says Jason Pomeroy
Western cities have done a better job of integrating technology into their infrastructure than the new wave of Asian smart cities, according to architect and television presenter Jason Pomeroy. More
