By the middle of this century, our cities are likely to be hotter, experience more

Is there an “art of making attractive cities”? London-based alternative education group The School of

Next month, the 250,000 daily travelers along Market Street — San Francisco’s three-mile-long central artery

New art installations dot Brooklyn Bridge Park, and they’re designed specifically to be touched or

Ecocapsule is a small, egg-shaped abode that could be the perfect home for someone who

From suburbs to children’s toys, the iconic image of the simple five-sided section of a

Design influences our health and quality of life, for better or worse and in ways

Inhabitat favorite Vincent Callebaut just unveiled plans to transform Paris into a futuristic “smart” city

As urban populations swell, as the number of singles increases — and as city officials

The centerpiece of New York’s New Fulton Center, the Sky-Reflector Net recalls an era when

  Design briefs hardly ever include a description of the acoustic experience that should be

High-speed data and mobile communications technology is allowing us to think differently about how we

People would rather pay two bucks for a sealed, clean drink than stoop over a

By 2050 there will be five billion urbanites, but, with pressure on resources and climate

For some early twentieth century commentators, the twenty-first century was going to be about electronic

I’m writing this from Belgrade – a city that, [13+] years ago, was the target of

Raised in New York, fed by newspapers and nourished by urban life, comics tell the

Whose job is it to prevent crime? The police? The courts? Certainly. However, I’d argue

One designer’s solution to class conflict caused by blocked views. The biggest class conflict for

Water as a liquid has no shape. It acquires definition from its surroundings, providing boundaries

The puckish Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has built his career on defying convention and distancing

Ambitious architects tend to cluster in the same metropolises: New York, Chicago, L.A. (not to

Architecture is one of the key drivers of climate change. Between construction and the energy

There’s community and there’s commuting. Let’s not confuse the two. With the population growing and

From silicon furniture to the death of storage, Marcus Engman of Ikea Sweden talks about

Who really designs buildings? Although both engineers and architects regard the mysterious activity we call

If we are to make cities work for people in the future, to enable economic

“Rather than looking to turn night into day, we should embrace the darkness.” Today’s 24/7

The small-scale, DIY nature of Izmir’s modular docks won the project a silver medal in

Gravity offers a simple and cheap way to attenuate stormwater flows – by storing water

‘Urbanistas’ explores the work of women innovators in architecture and urban design. Curator Lucy Bullivant

Innovation is critical to economic growth, progress, and the fate of the planet. Although innovation

With apologies to real estate agents, we’d like to say that the three most important

Today’s designers seem to love using new ideas coming from science. They embrace them as

In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centres of civic life and

Designer Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea: what if, instead of architects creating

Decimated by manufacturing losses, some smaller cities are turning for help to an unlikely group

Zaha Hadid says it’s not her job to pay attention to how many migrant workers

How can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding

Cities are the future. By one oft-cited statistic, 70% of the world’s population will live

Last Sunday, in an apparently random attack, an unknown assailant pushed 61-year-old New Yorker Wai

Even a roaming cartophile, looking through an airplane window at night, would be challenged to