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Prince Philip’s Funeral Hearse Is A Modified Land Rover Defender – Symbolic Of A Pioneering, Practical Britain
The ceremonial funeral of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will take place on Saturday April 17 in…
Discovering The Perfect Art Style For Your Home
Decorating your home can be a fun but overwhelming process. With so many styles at your disposal from…
What A Society Designed For Well-Being Looks Like
In early June last 2018, the back-to-back suicides of celebrities Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, coupled with a…
How To Make Your Website More User-Friendly
Websites are so much more than the basic outlets for information that they once were. They are now…
Better Spaces For Mental Health
Clinical psychologist Lucy Maddox asks: how can we move away from mental health clinics that are dark, sad…
How We Can Design Timeless Cities For Our Collective Future
There’s a creeping sameness in many of our newest urban buildings and streetscapes, says architect Vishaan Chakrabarti. And…
Designing Cities To Counter Loneliness? Let’s Explore The Possibilities
Do you feel lonely? If you do, you are not alone. While you may think it’s a personal…
How To Make Creative Cities — From Buildings To Buses
“I am in love with cities,” says British designer and architect Thomas Heatherwick (TED Talk: Building the seed cathedral). “It’s just…
What Would Cities Look Like If They Were Designed By Mothers?
Architecture’s lack of diversity shows in environments created by people who never need step-free access or to take…
What Makes Housing Great? Here’s New York City’s Guide
Anyone can use the city’s new guide to affordable housing–and eventually, it could go global. Who gets to…
A Playful Solution To The Housing Crisis
Frustrated by her lack of self-determination in the housing market, Sarah Murray created a computer game that allows…
The Plague Inspired Da Vinci To Design A City. We Should Steal His Ideas
The bubonic plague spread, in part, because of poor urban planning. Leonardo da Vinci came up with a…
How To Solve Problems Like A Designer
These four design strategies can help us start to tackle complex, real-world problems: 1. Observation 2. Ideation 3.…
Life Imitating Art, Architectures Imitating Nature
“These biomimetic designs reflect the natural world.” Architects have long been inspired by nature. Evidence of its influence…
The 14 Epic Must-See Libraries Of The World
A cab driver once told me that, at the age of eight, he walked 10 miles from his…
Why Are Cities Full Of Uncomfortable Benches
It’s not just you, city benches are actually designed to be uncomfortable. This video is created by…
How The ‘Queen Of The Curve’ Redefined Our Cities Around The World
From Beirut to Beijing, Zaha Hadid’s distinctive buildings have transformed skylines around the world. Nicknamed the “Queen of…
The World Is Poorly Designed. But Copying Nature Helps.
In 1989, Japan’s Shinkansen Bullet Train had a problem. It was really fast, pushing 170 miles per hour.…
What 5,000 Americans Think About Urban Design
Park benches, well-maintained lots, planters full of bright flowers, lamp posts — these are public space design features…
The Top 10 Airports You’ll Actually Love
Airport architecture has evolved to reflect the culture of our cities—and more energy-efficient design. With passenger numbers projected…
Smart And Green Real Estate Makes Money Sense, Really
Improved light, ventilation and heat control can boost workers’ productivity by thousands of dollars a year and reduce…
Amsterdam’s Game Of Thrones Is A Masterpiece
Historical videos inspired by “Game of Thrones,” photos of long-lost neighborhoods, and maps of the best old buildings…
Amazing Project That You Wouldn’t Believe, Even If You Were Told
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and no time in history was as desperate as the time when…
The 10 Maps Of Exquisite Beauty And Elegance
During much of history, maps were designed as much for beauty and display as for accuracy. When maps…
Why Culture Should Drive City Planning
In my view, while infrastructure and services are necessary for environmental health, it is culture that provides identity,…
Valentines Day: My Heart Is Zoned Exclusively For You
An alternative to cheesy Hallmark cards for the urban planner who zoned your heart. Commercial Valentine’s Day cards…
In Melbourne, Again: Artists Turn Vandalism Into Art
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, recently proposed new bylaws to give police additional powers related to…
How Cities Can Evolve Through Architecture
“What we’ve learned about modern cities in China was always from the West. But after 30 years of…
The New Temple Of Art That You Maybe Stepping Underneath
“There were very few people outside the water system who knew this massive space was there.” It took…
The Smartest Schools In The World Are Also Beautifully Smart
Design — it is probably the last thing on parents’ list of considerations when choosing which school they…
High Tech Forest? In A Hotel? Only In Dubai.
Dubai is to embark on another ambitious project — this time building a 7,000 square meter rainforest in…
Your Next Taxi Ride Could Be A Joy Ride In The Sky
Skytran recently launched it’s pilot project in Tel Aviv last year. The company’s ‘sky taxis’ may be the…
The First Solar-Powered Town Will Come From Down Under
The push to go green is in full swing. This steadily increasing trend has pushed industries and the…
Experiencing Biblical Noah’s Ark, Brought To Kentucky
A creationist group called “Answers in Genesis” who describe themselves as “a fundamentalist Christian apologetics organization” has opened…
Our Modern Grid Design For Cities, Not So Modern After All
The ruins of Timgad lies on the slopes of the Aures Massif, about 35 km east of the…
Utopia’s British Brutalist Architecture, In [Re]view
A new project by photographer Rory Gardiner and studio esinam highlights the subtle beauties hidden beneath the hard…
The World’s Largest Adobe City In Chan Chan
Located near the Pacific coast in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, 5 km west of Trujillo, Chan…
When The Trip To The Airport Is A Journey In Itself
A city always begins with one airport, usually located outside the city limits to allow the city some…
Public Space Design In The US Through 174 Parks In 25 Cities
Evidence continues to accumulate that parks contribute to greater public health, but for whom? One new report demonstrates…
Miami’s Simple & Visual Code For Zoning Chaos Into Order
After a population explosion and building binge led to haphazard and random growth, Miami became the nation’s first…
Top 10 Urban Projects Made For People, By Its People
Take a close look at 10 of the Best Urban Projects in the World. I’ve always been fond of…
In The City That Never Sleeps, You May Soon Also Walk On Water
This bridge would restore a link between Brooklyn and Governors Island. New York hasn’t built a bridge in…
The Top 10 Literary Cities Of The World
“You don’t write because you want to say something… you write because you have something to say…” – F.…
The World’s Best Museums & Galleries To See Now
10. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands About 900,000 objects fill the Rijksmuseum, the largest collection of art and history in…
Amazing Discovery Of A Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Wooden Road
Long ago, a large part of north-western Europe, particularly Ireland and Great Britain, were covered in bogs. These…
Portugal’s Bordalo II Keeps Proving Trash Can Be Beautiful
Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, known in the art world as Bordalo II, uses trash as his medium…
The World’s 10 Most Complicated Outdoor Mazes
Ever wanted to get lost somewhere? Well, there are some mazes out there where you can do just…
How A City’s Identity Is Shaped By Its Fonts
Most city dwellers speed-walk along crowded streets each day, barely taking notice of the typography that adorns everything…
The Truly Godly Treasures Hidden In Quito Ecuador
The historic city of Quito, Ecuador, is remarkable for its many beautiful churches, especially the 17th Jesuit church…
In Mexico, Turning Art Into Architecture & Architecture Into Art
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in downtown Mexico, is the largest university in Latin America,…