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What Is The Most Private City In The World?
The proliferation of high-security, privatised plazas is making parts of world cities such as London and Dubai reminiscent…
How Hipsters Are Building A New Urban Economy
My cycle route to work takes me from Highbury to London Bridge. For the first third I follow…
How Fast Should Development Cycles Be?
Having lived and worked in both Singapore and London, I’ve experienced first-hand the very different pace of projects…
Fast-Track Regeneration In Cities
London’s winning bid for the Olympic Games focussed as much on regeneration as on sporting spectacle. As part…
London : The Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has been a poignant and moving memorial to Great Britain’s involvement in modern conflict…
Grisly Secrets Of Dealing With Victorian London’s Dead
As well as sewerage, another “waste removal” problem plagued London in the 19th century: the disposal of the…
Can Of Ham : London And Another Food-Inspired Architecture
Is there any urban skyline as hunger-inducing as London’s? The city already has a tower nicknamed the Gherkin…
Londoners Living Near Street Trees Get Prescribed Fewer Antidepressants
By now you’re probably familiar with at least some of the many psychological benefits of urban greenery. Parks,…
Can A City Become Too Big?
The number of megacities has been increasing so rapidly in the last few decades that many are experiencing…
Woonerf : Shared Streets Are Living Streets
The woonerf, or “shared street,” has made its way into U.S. cities. If you aren’t a traffic engineer…
When Do The World’s Best Cities Go To Sleep?
24-hour transport, late shopping and bars without lockouts are key to a global city. But some of the…
Frankfurt Beats London To Most Sustainable City Title
The Sustainable Cities Index report by Arcadis ranks cities on 20 indicators in five key areas: the economy,…
Landscape Essential For Healthier Cities
The state of the nation’s health is rarely out of the news, and much has been written about…
Secret Libraries Of London
Libraries are often public spaces with a rather private focus, each visitor engrossed in quiet contemplation or simply…
World’s Best Connected Cities : Where To Move
The internet has brought us all closer together – we can trade online and chat using Skype. But…
London’s Booming : The City’s Surging Population
The capital’s growth – the number of residents is rising towards 10 million and beyond – is a…
Around The Tube In 2 Minutes
It’s a living, breathing transit map. Have you ever spent your commute on public transit feeling not unlike…
How Big Can Ferris Wheels Get?
The ‘Nippon Moon’ is set to be the biggest observation wheel yet there is no reason why they can’t go…
The 10 Most Sustainable Cities That Will Thrive As The World Crumbles
A new ranking looks at three factors that go into making a city successful: people, planet, and profit.…
Subterranean London, Adventures Beneath
Exploring the forbidden subterranean world of ghost Tube stations, Victorian sewers and disused shelters has given academic geographer…
Day-Night Cityscapes In Pictures
US photographer Stephen Wilkes spends 15 hours perched on a rooftop or crane photographing each city from one…
London, Shanghai, And Cities, Wayback Then.
From London to Shanghai, clips of cities from the early days of film can be a valuable tool…
London’s Near-2000 Year History Mapped
Researchers at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis collated vast datasets to map the capital’s transformation from first-century…
The World’s Most Visited Cities
The same attractions that prompt people to love visiting a city – top-ranked restaurants, vibrant nightlife, diverse neighbourhoods,…