Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs ~design urban planning Article 441 words 8 votes
Gothenburg's bold plan to be world's best rainy city – it rains nearly 40% of the time in the Swedish city, so why not try to make the most of it? ~design urban planning architecture Article 1051 words 17 votes
Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy ~enviro conservation Article 821 words 6 votes
The ugly, dangerous, and inefficient stroads found all over the US and Canada ~design urban planning Video 18:28 17 votes
Facing a housing crunch almost a century ago, Stockholm built 'barnrikehus' for low-income families – today they are some of the city's more sought-after properties ~design architecture urban planning Article 9 votes
Architects unveil a massive plan for Chinese city that’s dedicated to science and tech ~design architecture urban planning Article 419 words, published Mar 28 2021 10 votes
Cycling through the streets of Amsterdam ~design urban planning Video 57:41, published Jun 15 2020 7 votes
Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks ~design urban planning Article 6 votes
Why Gothenburg is Europe's most sustainable city – residents and local government have been steadfast in their efforts to reinvent the city's reputation ~enviro sustainability Article 875 words, published Feb 8 2021 8 votes
Google submits plans to build 7,000 homes in North Bayshore, the largest project in city's history ~design urban planning architecture Article 838 words 11 votes
Why winter is a poor argument against bike lanes – substandard infrastructure and maintenance, rather than the cold or the snow, that's keeping cyclists off their wheels ~transport Article 1442 words 14 votes
Can Malmö's green points system help rewild London? Transformation of a Swedish shipyard into a leafy haven inspired London's 'urban greening factor' plan. ~design urban planning Article 1983 words 10 votes
Current bike lanes aren't good enough (and we can do better) ~transport Video 7:52, published Mar 21 2019 8 votes
The case against single family zoning ~design urban planning Video 11:02, published Feb 27 2020 7 votes
Following a two-year-long hiatus, an initiative by Copenhagen Municipality allowing citizens to get trees for free, has returned ~enviro Link 7 votes
How did Soviet planners design the Union's cities? ~design architecture urban planning Video 11:24, published Jun 11 2020 9 votes
Buildings and residents testament to the rich seams of history and identity of Kiruna in Sweden are ousted in favour of the profit-laden iron ore seams lurking beneath ~design architecture urban planning Link 2 votes
The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones ~tech Article 1746 words, published Jan 15 2020 8 votes
An ancient Roman city has been fully mapped using ground-penetrating radar ~humanities.history Article 961 words 8 votes
Utrecht: Planning for people and bikes, not for cars ~design urban planning Video 13:11, published Jun 27 2019 11 votes
Life imitates Hollywood: The rise of "movie-set urbanism" ~design urban planning architecture Article 273 words, published Feb 6 2020 7 votes
The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones ~design urban planning Article 1746 words 15 votes
How Berlin's Mietskaserne tenements became coveted urban housing ~design urban planning architecture Article 7 votes
Why Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years ~design urban planning architecture Article 6 votes
Would capping office space ease San Francisco’s housing crunch? ~design urban planning Article 4 votes
UrbanFootprint: A SimCity-like tool that lets urban planners see the potential impact of their ideas ~tech Article 1353 words, published Apr 11 2018 6 votes
New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things ~transport Article 324 words, published Nov 29 2019 10 votes
Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region's approach elsewhere ~design urban planning Article 1906 words 8 votes
How Helsinki built book heaven – Finland's most ambitious library is a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement ~design architecture urban planning Article 7 votes
The Dutch hardly bike at all ~design urban planning Article 712 words, published Jun 11 2018 12 votes
Frank Gehry's most ambitious project: Restoring the Los Angeles River ~design urban planning Article 3024 words 6 votes
Banning cars on San Francisco’s Market Street, once a radical idea, approved unanimously ~transport Article 1079 words 10 votes
The greening of Paris makes its mayor more than a few enemies ~design urban planning Article 1506 words 9 votes