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
How hedges became the unofficial emblem of Great Britain: The ubiquitous boxy bushes have defined the British landscape since the Bronze Age ~humanities.history Article 1500 words 11 votes
The patchwork city: What gaps and overlaps in city boundaries tell us about values ~life housing Article 7832 words 4 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
Stairs to nowhere are everywhere these days. Where are they taking us? ~design architecture urban planning Article 1282 words 7 votes
The reason our streets switched to cul-de-sacs ~design urban planning Video 7:45, published Aug 8 2019 4 votes
Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea ~design urban planning Article 335 words 11 votes
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level ~design urban planning Article 1201 words 5 votes
Why speed kills cities: US cities are dropping urban speed limits in an effort to boost safety and lower crash rates. But the benefits of less-rapid urban mobility don’t end there ~transport Article 7 votes
Want safe, bikeable streets? Get rid of free parking, as Amsterdam did ~design urban planning Article 916 words 14 votes
Suburb in the sky: How Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall ~life housing Article 877 words 9 votes