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  • The Line Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia announces plans for a 100-mile, car-free linear city called The Line

    Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, has unveiled plans for a 100-mile belt of zero-energy walkable communities for a million people. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 13 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • A low traffic neighbourhood in Hackney

    Hackney Council to "completely transform" its energy, transport and public space to meet zero-carbon target

    Hackney in east London is committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2040 but some residents are up in arms about initiatives to reduce car use. Dezeen spoke to Jon Burke, the councillor charged with delivering the controversial programme. More

    Marcus Fairs | 25 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Albina Community Center for Child Development and Environmental Education by Odessa Cleavenger

    University of Oregon students spotlight five sustainable urban design proposals

    Five architecture students from the University of Oregon present their visions of a Centre for Democracy and Environmental Justice to repair "damaged urban context" in this VDF school show. More

    Dezeen staff | 9 July 2020
  • Caret Studio installs grid-like social distancing system in Italian plaza

    Caret Studio installs gridded social-distancing system inside Italian piazza

    Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends. More

    Natashah Hitti | 12 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Marlène Huissoud creates sculptural "hotels" for city-dwelling insects

    Marlène Huissoud creates sculptural chairs as hotels for city-dwelling insects

    French designer Marlène Huissoud asks humans to "Please Stand By" with her first chairs, which are designed to be refuges for insects. More

    Natashah Hitti | 8 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • New Prototypes at 307 by Sidewalk Labs

    Sidewalk Labs unveils Building Raincoat prototype for smart city in Toronto

    A "raincoat" designed by architecture studio Partisans to protect pavements in harsh weather is among a series of prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its smart city in Toronto. More

    Bridget Cogley | 11 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Alárò City masterplan by SOM in Nigeria

    SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria

    Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. More

    Lizzie Crook | 7 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Refugio shelters by MaliArts

    Refugio shelters aim to make solitary bees feel at home in cities

    Mexico-based creative studio MaliArts has designed a series of three structures for solitary bees living in built-up areas to help welcome nature into urban environments. More

    Natashah Hitti | 30 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Berlin's Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime

    Germany's national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a Berlin station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. More

    India Block | 21 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • James Hughes creates hostile architecture to show "ugly side" of urban design

    James Hughes creates Hostile Bench to show "ugly side" of urban design

    Leeds Beckett University graduate James Hughes has made a bench with metal spikes embedded in its seat to highlight issues surrounding hostile urban design. More

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 17 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Moss-covered CityTree bench designed to combat urban pollution

    A mossy "living wall" with the pollution-absorbing power equivalent to hundreds of trees has been installed in London's Piccadilly Circus in a bid to combat the city's unsafe air quality levels. More

    Natashah Hitti | 21 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Renault unveils its latest vision for future shared urban transport

    Renault unveils driverless Uber-style transport system

    Renault has devised a concept for an autonomous, electric vehicle that would provide city dwellers with an alternative to public transport. More

    Natashah Hitti | 6 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 10 Hudson Yards skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox, KPF, for Coach

    Inequality caused by urban renewal is "the central crisis of capitalism" says Richard Florida

    The revival of great urban centres including New York, Los Angeles and London has caused unprecedented inequality and has led to the populism of Donald Trump, according to Richard Florida. More

    Marcus Fairs | 5 September 2017 | 9 comments
  • Henning Larsen's Etobicoke Civic Centre shelters public square from cold winds

    Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has won a competition to design a group of buildings in Toronto, with a proposal that channels wind to create a comfortable microclimate in a central plaza. More

    Calum Lindsay | 2 August 2017 | 1 comment
  • Willow Campus by OMA for Facebook

    Facebook appoints OMA to masterplan new residential village next to its Gehry-designed campus

    Facebook has announced that architecture firm OMA will masterplan a new village for the area adjacent to its Frank Gehry-designed campus in Menlo Park, California. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 7 July 2017 | 5 comments
  • Block by Block initiative by Mojang, Minecraft, and UN-Habitat

    Minecraft video game used to design public space in more than 25 developing countries

    Local authorities have been "amazed to see that young women from slums could design as architects or urban planners", according to the co-ordinator of a United Nations initiative using the video game Minecraft to get communities designing their own public spaces. More

    Ali Morris | 3 July 2017 | 6 comments
  • TREC by Ikon.5 Architects

    Glass facade invites participation at New Jersey community centre by Ikon.5 Architects

    To revitalise a residential district in Newark, New Jersey, local firm Ikon.5 Architects has created a neighbourhood facility featuring basketball courts and classrooms for professional development. More

    John Trujillo | 17 April 2017 | Leave a comment
  • The Climate Tile by Tredje Natur

    The Climate Tile by Tredje Natur aims to stop cities flooding

    A new type of modular tile promises to help reduce flooding in cities hit by increased rainfall due to climate change. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 29 December 2016 | 4 comments
  • Pitch/Pitch by AL_A

    Amanda Levete's firm proposes multi-storey football pitches for central London

    Stackable football pitches could be erected on disused or temporarily empty plots across London, according to Amanda Levete and her London-based studio AL_A. More

    Jessica Mairs | 29 November 2016 | 1 comment
  • Bouroullec brothers explore urban development in utopian diorama series

    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created models exploring better ways for nature and cities to interact, which they are showing in an exhibition at the Zaha Hadid-designed Vitra Fire Station. More

    Alice Morby | 14 October 2016 | 2 comments
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