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While There’s Selfies Everywhere, A Photo Can Change A Life Amazingly
We as human beings have a habit of taking things for granted. Roof over our heads. Food on…
2016-09-06
How An Ancient Clock Tower Survived Italy’s Deadly Earthquake
Of the many devastating pictures to come out of central Italy after last week’s deadly earthquake, the clock…
2016-09-05
World’s Largest Air Purifier vs China’s Smog
Looking at most products being sold in the market today, chances are, you will read the label “Made…
2016-09-01
How Modern Luxury Meets Traditional Sensibilities
Looking at the image above, one would think it came off of a sci-fi movie or a very…
2016-09-01
Just When You Thought You’d Love A Tokyo Subway Ride
The Japanese rail network is known throughout the world for its superiority and punctuality. In the capital city…
2016-08-25
Predicting Our Future As Internet Of Things Come Alive
Physical actions in the real world and data processing in the digital world are fusing as the Internet…
2016-08-25
Dubai Making An American Hyperloop Dream, A Reality
Dubai is hosting an international event on September inviting engineers and scientists from across the globe to participate…
2016-08-19
Your Next Taxi Ride Could Be A Joy Ride In The Sky
Skytran recently launched it’s pilot project in Tel Aviv last year. The company’s ‘sky taxis’ may be the…
2016-08-19
Can Happiness Be Designed?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently announced that it’s government has chosen 60 individuals to serve as “chief…
2016-08-18
Simple: More Women Coder, More Better Code
It is no secret that the tech industry has always consisted of predominantly men. Women just are not…
2016-08-09
Oil Rocks : The Land Of Fire In The Middle Of The Sea
Far out into the Caspian Sea, a hundred kilometers away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, lies one of…
2016-08-09
The 10 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs
We previously looked at the best cities for young millennials in the US. Now lets take a more…
2016-08-06
The First Solar-Powered Town Will Come From Down Under
The push to go green is in full swing. This steadily increasing trend has pushed industries and the…
2016-08-06
Renewing City To Core With Arts School, From Sydney And Beyond
National Art School (NAS) interim director Michael Lynch has committed to defending its continued independence from the University…
2016-08-04
35 Ways To Experience America’s 35 Obnoxiously Rich City Suburbs
We’re gonna take a guess: if you’re checking to see if your town is on this list, you…
2016-08-04
Experiencing Biblical Noah’s Ark, Brought To Kentucky
A creationist group called “Answers in Genesis” who describe themselves as “a fundamentalist Christian apologetics organization” has opened…
2016-08-04
The 11 Best Co-working Spaces In Asia Pacific To Get Work Done
First of all, what is Co-working? Co-working is a style of work that involves a shared working environment,…
2016-08-01
Estonia Estonia Estonia, Digital City Leading In Digital Government
This is Tallinn, capital city of Estonia, a small Baltic country in Northern Europe. A country with a…
2016-07-31
How Our Future Car-Free Cities Will Be Spirit(ual)
You go out of your house. Going to work, off to the store to buy something or simply…
2016-07-31
Mobile Security : Just How Safe Is Our Data
We live in a modern age of technology. Today, almost all of us own some form of smart…
2016-07-26
The Subway System New Yorkers Have Been Waiting For
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo reveals his plan for a redesign to the city’s subway system to the…
2016-07-25
The Top 10 Best American Cities to Work in Tech in 2016
Want to work in tech but not sure Silicon Valley is the place for you? You’re not alone.…
2016-07-25
This Is How Much You Need To Buy National Parks In the USA
Researchers have assessed the value of places like Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, and while their answer isn’t…
2016-07-23
Plaza 33 & The Art Of Making Cities For People, Not Cars
“Plaza 33” is back, transforming the eastern half of 33rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue into a…
2016-07-23
Watchful & Historic Fort, Amazingly In The Middle Of The Sea
The city of Saint Petersburg at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, was…
2016-07-20
How The Tech Geography In The US Is Not Just Silicon Valley
They’re not all based in New York and San Francisco. Most mayors, economic developers, and researchers tend to…
2016-07-18
Our Modern Grid Design For Cities, Not So Modern After All
The ruins of Timgad lies on the slopes of the Aures Massif, about 35 km east of the…
2016-07-14
Cities Are Solutions To Many Things Except Happiness?
Recent research suggests that urban dwellers are significantly less likely to be happy than their suburban or rural…
2016-07-13
Why Calgary, A City Centre For Oil, Fights Cars & Suburban Sprawl
Calgary is like any other Canadian city that grew outwards, not upwards. But led by progressive mayor Naheed…
2016-07-13
When Robot Drone Fly To Discover The Inequities Of Its Makers
Although South Africa’s apartheid era ended more than twenty years ago, there is still a palpable economic tension…
2016-07-11
Urban Urban … Not. The Drama Of Interconnected Cities Unfolds.
Are humans now an “urban species”? Do we now live in an “Urban Age”? To understand the contemporary human…
2016-07-11
The Most Fascinatingly Diverse (some say, boring) City Is …
From the endless scandals of Rob Ford to the endless hits of Drake, Stephen Marche reveals the secret…
2016-07-11
Utopia’s British Brutalist Architecture, In [Re]view
A new project by photographer Rory Gardiner and studio esinam highlights the subtle beauties hidden beneath the hard…
2016-07-08
Where The Sea Meets The Sky Is Not The Horizon
Airports need a lot of space, but in the places most in need of air connections — islands…
2016-07-08
Myanmar’s Opium, Illegal Matters Or Lifeline For A Nation?
Rural development programmes to wean poppy farmers off their illicit crop contend with lack of roads, water and…
2016-07-06
Before We Destroyed Cities, We Destroyed Its Soul First
What caused the war in Syria? Oppression, drought and religious differences all played key roles, but Marwa Al-Sabouni…
2016-07-06
Who Ever Said Playgrounds Are Just For The Young?
Cities around the world have been designing outdoor gyms and play areas for older generations to improve fitness…
2016-07-05
Promote Walking For Health? How About For Whimsical Fun?
In Covington, Kentucky, local businesses and design teams collaborated on quirky installations that take up as much space…
2016-07-05
Hong Kong, Hong Kong … Why So Costly … Says Expats
London falls from 12th to 17th place in annual survey amid declining value of pound and EU referendum…
2016-07-04
How Google Searches Maps To Migration, A 12-Year View
An interactive data visualization shows where people are searching for information on moving to G7 countries. Every day,…
2016-07-04
Viewpoints & Wisdom For Designing Cities, By Our Elders
From tackling isolation in Leicester to better footpaths in Dhaka, you shared your experiences of how cities could…
2016-06-30
Why Millennials Are Loving These 20 Countries The Most
Millennials are constantly on the move. According to a TransferWise survey conducted in 2015, more than half (55%)…
2016-06-30
How A Tiny Kiwi Town Recruits From The Big Leagues
Kaitangata, on the South Island, is offering new residents attractively priced house and land packages in the hope…
2016-06-30