Articles Tagged with ''urban planning''

The Chief Design Officer of L.A., Christopher Hawthorne, talks about the city’s most urgent problems.

The city that never sleeps must finally wake up to the vast inequities in housing, education, and services.

Two Harvard economists propose solutions to cities post-Covid.

Systemic dysfunction drives home prices out of reach for too many.

As vacancy rates rise, developers and architects transform outdated office buildings into residences.

In this issue, we explore what it takes to build—or rebuild—public works in six cities around the globe.

As the vital arteries that connect people and places within and beyond metropolitan areas, transportation hubs are the lifeblood of urban centers.

The past, in all its ugly truths, needs to inform how we plan the future of our cities.

A reprint of Reyner Banham’s historical survey provides insight into the aims behind what was called the “megastructural” movement.

Skyscrapers are tied to the fortunes of cities. So it may seem a strange moment to celebrate tall buildings, when people are questioning—in the U.S., at least—the future of the metropolis.