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Alastair Parvin: Architecture For The People By The People
Designer Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea: what if, instead of architects creating buildings for those…
The Subliminal Power Of City Fonts
Decimated by manufacturing losses, some smaller cities are turning for help to an unlikely group of people: typeface…
Weapons, Bribes, And Dictators: Where Architects Draw The Line
Zaha Hadid says it’s not her job to pay attention to how many migrant workers die in the…
Kent Larson: Brilliant Designs To Fit More People In Every City
How can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding cars, quick-change apartments…
6 Major Design Trends Shaping City Life In 2015
Cities are the future. By one oft-cited statistic, 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas…
Could Redesigned Subway Platforms Save Lives?
Last Sunday, in an apparently random attack, an unknown assailant pushed 61-year-old New Yorker Wai Kuen Kwok in…
The Geometry Of Urban Life
Even a roaming cartophile, looking through an airplane window at night, would be challenged to identify a city…