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Public spaces
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Architects Are Redesigning Cities To Help With Social Distancing
In the once-bustling Eixample district, birdsong and the occasional whir of a food delivery cyclist have replaced the…
The Design Of Dissent: How City Public Spaces Can Make Or Break A Civil Protest
Depending on how it’s built, urban spaces have the power to mobilise or impede protests. “Global Protest Wave”…
How City Squares Can Be Public Places Of Protest Or Centres Of State Control
Today’s urban public spaces tend to represent governments and cities rather than people and citizens. In the past…
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…
Copenhagen Mastermind Jan Gehl Isn’t Sold On ‘Smart’ Cities
Architect and planner Jan Gehl looks back on how he helped transform Copenhagen into one of the world’s…
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…
16 Ways to Design a Better Intersection—And Better Cities
IF YOU THINK the only purpose of intersections is to move cars past each other, you solve problems like…
How American Cities Can Learn From Italian Piazzas
When the paradigm of modernist architecture crumbled, urbanists began a quest for credible alternatives that often took them to…
What Is The City That Never Sleeps? All Of Them!
One’s experience of a city at night is always singular and intimate, especially when visiting for the first…
How Civic Commons In Philly Makes It More Attractive
With an initiative titled “Reimagining the Civic Commons,” Philadelphia has attracted $11 million from the William Penn Foundation…
When Public Spaces Are Only Possible With Private Wealth
It’s no picnic to run a public park these days. Look at Manhattan’s Pier 54. Once the…
The Most Fascinating City Squares In Italy
If you visit Italy you won’t be surprised to realize the wonder you will find in taking a…
Triumph Of The Public Space In Copenhagen
Copenhagen is often praised for its commitment to cycling and infrastructure. With 41% of all trips citywide done…
Better Design Needed For Drinking Fountains
People would rather pay two bucks for a sealed, clean drink than stoop over a dirty-looking public trough.…
Ten Things For The Perfect City
A hipster economy and celebrities misbehaving in public are also essential for the ideal city. For the Economist,…
Amanda Burden: How Public Spaces Make Cities Work
More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible?…
Graffiti For Cities?
Late last year, 5Pointz a graffiti hotspot in Queens, New York, was whitewashed, erasing years of graffiti by…
How Much Public Space Does a City Need?
How much of Manhattan is dedicated to public space? For starters, there’s Central Park, but the island’s oasis…
When it Comes to Parks, It’s Not Just How Many, But Where
The median land area dedicated to park space in U.S. cities is 8.1 percent, according to a 2011 report…