Where is the world’s most sprawling city?
Driving to work, driving to dinner, driving to meet friends … this quintessentially American invention requires a limitless supply of land and resources.
Urban Planning
MVRDV and Austin-Smith:Lord’s strategy to regenerate Glasgow City Centre
A multidisciplinary team lead by MVRDV and Austin-Smith:Lord has been selected for the regeneration of the Glasgow 400ha city centre …
Jane Jacobs v Robert Moses, battle of New York’s urban titans
When city planning supremo Robert Moses proposed a road through Greenwich Village in 1955, he met opposition from one particularly feisty local resident: Jane Jacobs
Slum Porn: Urban Misery as Catchy Imagery
How the aestheticisation of iconic slums limits people’s understanding of informal urbanism
Chicago Housing Authority released a plan for the redevelopment of the Cabrini-Green site
The redevelopment signals an end to the grand promises of urban renewal. What architecture needs more of now are smarter, smaller-scale solutions to knit our communities back together.
