A radical fix for Britain’s housing crisis: A new offshore city ~design urban planning Article 77 words 3 votes
Free transit in Stavanger, Norway, places the city in a growing vanguard of municipalities that have made buses, trains and trams free at point of use ~transport Article 12 votes
The Huussi toilet in Finland's pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale disposes of waste without any water ~enviro sustainability Article 7 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
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
How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century ~design architecture Article 13 votes
Don't even think about socially isolating from coronavirus in a vacation home – this was the message from Norway's government this weekend ~health healthcare Article 8 votes
How Denmark's 'ghetto list' is ripping apart migrant communities – cities are planning mass housing evictions in a 'social experiment' to encourage integration ~life housing Article 1501 words 7 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
Europe’s cities weren’t built for this kind of heat ~design urban planning architecture Article 21 votes
When street food builds one community, and rankles another: Berlin’s Thaipark has long represented the best of what informal food markets have to offer. So why does the city think it’s a problem? ~food Article 4 votes
Paris will create the city's largest gardens around the Eiffel Tower ~design urban planning Article 9 votes