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A Googley View Of The World’s Largest Railroad Model
Remember when Google Street View only allowed you to explore streets? Since its launch in 2007, the service has…
2016-01-25
A Tale Of Many Cities & The Impacts Of Bikesharing
Public bikesharing has emerged as one of the latest transportation innovations, transforming North American cities and providing people…
2016-01-22
Why Affordable Housing Still Loses Vs High-Rise In Cost
You may be surprised to hear that condos, all else equal, are more expensive than houses. You should…
2016-01-22
Cool Teen Hobbies : Not Partying But Changing The World
Everyday we hear about new inventions and innovations, but we rarely hear about the people behind them. More…
2016-01-22
The 8 Best Future Vehicles For 2016
The continued minituarization of electronics, advances in materials technology, a growing emphasis on clean, sustainable modes of transport…
2016-01-21
Why Old Ways Of Getting Around Cities Is Clashing With Current Realities
Cities are complex systems. One visible artery of the city is traffic – the cluster of moving people…
2016-01-21
Why Transit-Oriented Developments Do Not Need Transit
Urban planners have invested a lot of energy in the idea of transit-oriented developments (TODs). Developing dense housing…
2016-01-20
No Surprise! World Building Of The Year 2015 In Singapore
A vertical village in Singapore has been name the World Building of the Year 2015 at the World…
2016-01-20
Minimum Parking Slot Per Building Is Bad For Cities, Simply Bad
Ottawa’s 90-second PSA concisely outlines the damage of a policy set in the past. Of all the cities…
2016-01-20
Denmark’s Record-Breaking Year For The Win(d)
Windy year helps Denmark to produce 42% of its electricity from wind turbines, despite two major windfarms being…
2016-01-19
Amazing Strolls From Manhattan To Jersey City And Back
Manhattan isn’t far from Jersey City as the crow flies, but because of the Hudson River, moving from…
2016-01-19
The Force Awakens With Beautiful Architecture In Chicago
Following a lawsuit, a significant redesign, and not a little controversy, the Chicago City Council has finally succumbed…
2016-01-19
A Complete View Of A City’s Carbon Footprint
By focusing on emissions from goods consumed in a city, Berkeley researchers paint a more accurate picture. The…
2016-01-18
Getting Lost In Singapore’s Street Names? Discover Here.
The Street and Building Names Board was only established in 2003. In the past, street-naming fell to the Municipal…
2016-01-18
The Future Of Urban Farms In Shipping Containers
In shipping containers, urban farmers can grow a large yield in small spaces. The gray lot under the…
2016-01-15
How Cities And Obesity Are Intertwined
In a city like Lausanne, Switzerland, urban planning could be both a cause of and solution to obesity.…
2016-01-15
To Get Less Drunken Violence, Design Better Cities
Tragically, another young life has been lost in an alleged one-punch assault, this time in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.…
2016-01-15
Why Singapore Wants To Attract Leading Healthcare Companies
As growing and aging populations across the world test the limits of their national healthcare systems, Singapore has…
2016-01-15
First Bite Makes You Enjoy Food & Life More
In 2004, the kindergartens of Jyväskylä, a lakeside city in Finland, received funding to give all children aged…
2016-01-14
How Philly Made An All-In Bet On In-Sink Disposals
A trashy plan to create good gas. Between an in-sink garbage disposal and heaping food scraps into the…
2016-01-14
Discover The Next Design Capital Of Asia
In a worldwide economy that’s increasingly idea-driven, design has found its place as an important enabler to promote…
2016-01-13
Why Modern Cities Kills Nightingale’s Song
The Commons apartment building in the inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick has won swags of awards, including the…
2016-01-13
How Open Government May Start With Citizens Teaching Governments
Brazil’s largest city is embarking on an ambitious experiment to educate its public employees on the benefits of…
2016-01-13
BIG’s Cool, Green, Mountainous Apartments Set In National Park
Designing a building to be sympathetic to its surroundings can be tricky, especially when the building is to…
2016-01-13
You Need A New Relationship With Urban Noise
You know the drill – walking through the city alone you have your headphones on, your music playing;…
2016-01-13
You Must Discover These Top 10 Secret Countries
Setting up a country is a tricky business. You can have your own army, passports, territory, head of…
2016-01-11
How To Clean Oceans, Literally : Turn Impossible To Possible
Scooping up all the plastic waste in the world’s oceans would be a massive undertaking given that scientists…
2016-01-11
Finally! Clever Building Technologies Can Clean Pollution In Cities
A seven metre tall tower designed by Daan Roosegaarde filters dirty air, releasing bubbles of smog free air.…
2016-01-08
You Will Be Inspired By (Or Envy) This Small & Beautiful Home In Netherlands
Dutch designer and tiny house enthusiast Daniel Venneman, who previously bought us the DIY Hermit House, has recently…
2016-01-08
How A Large-Scale Solar Deployment May Look Like
Researchers are examining measures to ensure a reliable future power system. Deploying solar power at the scale needed…
2016-01-08
8 Technology Predictions To Watch Out For In 2016
The technology predictions for the year ahead, including drones, robots, driverless cars and virtual reality. 1. Virtual reality…
2016-01-07
Why Nanotech’s Best Benefits In Africa Begins With Our Waste
A cheap, easy to maintain, “green” toilet that uses no water and turns human waste into electricity and…
2016-01-06
The Internet Predicts Interesting 2016 Events
It’s the end of 2015, and many are using the occasion to look back on the major moments…
2016-01-06
It Is Obvious! Climate Change Needs Broadest Collaboration
To achieve the kind of environmentally sustainable future we will want our grandchildren to inherit, we need everyone…
2016-01-05
You Must Know These 5 Economic Predictions For 2016
2015 has been a great year for the American economy, and that momentum should continue through 2016. The…
2016-01-05
Start Asking People What They Want From The Smart Cities Of The Future
“Future cities, where infrastructure adapts to our needs, offer an enticing prospect.” But who is in the driving…
2016-01-04
The 10 Best Performing Cities Of 2015
What drives the economic momentum of the most dynamic metros in the United States? Each year, the Milken…
2016-01-04
The Top 3 Smart City Trends To Expect In 2016
Predictions from research firm IDC revealed three particularly interesting trends emerging around the smart cities movement. For the…
2015-12-29
The Year That Was About Environment & Energy, Finally
Environmental news, as a rule, doesn’t deal in triumphs. So the sight of leaders holding their arms aloft…
2015-12-28
Will 2016 Be On The Edge For The Global Economy?
As oil prices fall further, China slows and Brazil risks collapse, cracks will be papered over and the…
2015-12-28
Why Cities Are Its People, All Of Them, Not Just The Few
The huge post-credit crunch buying up of urban buildings by corporations has significant implications for equity, democracy and…
2015-12-23
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Data Help to 13 More Cities
Twenty-one American Cities now Participating in the Nation’s Most Comprehensive Initiative to Help City Halls Use Data and…
2015-12-23
How NZ’s Flag Referendum Can Be A Lesson To OZ’s
Late last week New Zealanders chose their preferred design for an alternative flag – if they are to…
2015-12-22
10 Amazing Construction Technologies That Could Change The World
The effects of humans on the Earth are becoming more profound every day. Our energy consumption is higher…
2015-12-22
How Retailers Compete With Prices On Christmas Season
Forest of sale signs light up high streets as warm weather, Black Friday and move to online sales…
2015-12-21
What 2015 Looked Like In Visual Art
There are as many ways to summarise a “year in art” as there are eyes to look at…
2015-12-21
Can Cars That Park Themselves Reduce Traffic?
New England’s most densely populated city is testing a new way to alleviate congestion and free up more…
2015-12-21
How Buying Nothing At Christmas Time Is Harder Than It Appears
Thousands of people all over the world took part in the recent “Buy Nothing” movement, but as Christmas…
2015-12-18
Discover 7 Incredible Weather Events & Its Causes
The weather might seem like it creates weeks of dreary, grey drizzle. But it can also put on…
2015-12-18