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 about Bouroullec brothers explore urban development in utopian diorama series
Prompted by accidents involving players of Pokémon GO, Australian firm Büro North has devised a concept for in-ground traffic lights to prevent pedestrians using smartphones from walking out onto the road (+ movie). More about Büro North proposes ground-level traffic lights to prevent pedestrian accidents
London and St Louis-based design studio Kiku Obata & Company is overseeing the redevelopment of an ageing downtown district in the US heartland, in a rural town where big-box stores have taken over (+ slideshow). More about Kiku Obata leads revival of historic district in a rural Illinois town
Technologies like driverless cars and smart heating systems could end up making cities dysfunctional according to Maarten Hajer, chief curator of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016 (+ interview). More about "Smart technology is a solution looking for a problem," says Rotterdam Biennale curator
An interactive installation in Lisbon aims to encourage pedestrians to wait until it's safe to cross the road by making the traffic lights "dance" using motion capture technology (+ movie). More about Interactive dancing traffic lights make waiting more entertaining
Cities that float on water could offer an alternative to destroying the earth's valuable countryside according to architecture studio AT Design Office, who has developed a concept for an ocean metropolis (+ slideshow). More about Floating City concept by AT Design Office features underwater roads and submarines
Design Miami 2013: architects OMA and Foster + Partners will work alongside Hollywood power-couple Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to create a new ocean-side cultural quarter at Miami Beach in Florida, it was unveiled during Design Miami earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about OMA and Foster to work alongside Hollywood duo on Miami Beach
News: work is about to start on a high-density, car-free "satellite city" for 80,000 people that will be built from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and later replicated in other parts of China. More about Great City by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
This pedestrian crossing in Serbia jumbles up the usual arrangement of black and white stripes. More about The Zebra Crossing Project by Eduard Čehovin
Austrian design studio LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer Architecture have completed this public plaza in Innsbruck, Austria, with an undulating concrete surface. More about Landhausplatz by LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer Architecture
Architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have produced these images to illustrate their masterplan for a 375 hectare site in Danang, Vietnam, that is prone to frequent flooding. More about Golden Hills Masterplan by SOM
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to masterplan a new gateway to Stockholm at the intersection of two motorways. More about Stockholmsporten masterplan by BIG
Buildings roll through the city on railway tracks in this masterplan by Swedish architects Jagnefalt Milton for Åndalsnes in Norway. More about A Rolling Masterplan by Jagnefalt Milton
Foster + Partners have completed the first of a cluster of buildings entirely powered by solar energy at Masdar City, a sustainable urban quarter in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. More about Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners
Austrian architects Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller have painted streets in Graz, Austria to resemble a running track as part of a regeneration project More about Ready. Steady. Go! by Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller
Henn StudioB, the Berlin design and research studio of Henn Architekten, have won a competition to design a new business district in Wenzhou, China. More about Central Business District Wenzhou by Henn Architekten
UK architects Foster + Partners have also announced their proposed masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More about West Kowloon Cultural District by Foster + Partners
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) have won a competition to design the urban centre of Masdar, a zero-carbon, zero-waste city to be built in the desert near Abu Dhabi. More about Masdar City Centre by LAVA
Dutch architects MVRDV have announced plans to extend the city of Almere by creating a series of artificial islands. More about Vision 2030 by MVRDV
Danish landscape architects Schønherr Landskab and Adept Architects have won the H+ competition to masterplan a 100 hectare site in Helsinborg, Sweden. More about The Tolerant City by Schønherr Landskab and Adept Architects