Articles Tagged with ''cities''

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As vacancy rates rise, developers and architects transform outdated office buildings into residences.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

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.

Architects and landscape architects are helping create new growing strategies to combat climate change, protect fragile ecosystems, and feed burgeoning populations.

Beyond Covid lies the opportunity to rebuild the civic realm in innovative ways around infrastructure, transportation, housing, health care, and public space—and in the process, seriously address equity, access, and sustainability.

Designers restrict cars to make space on city roads for pedestrians, cyclists, and varied uses in post-pandemic life.