Is This the World’s Most Polarizing Bus Shelter?
In Los Angeles, a newly unveiled bus shelter prototype to address shade and light concerns within...
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The Overlooked Areas on This Year’s “Endangered Places” List
Miami’s Little Santo Domingo and Chinatowns in both Seattle and Philadelphia appear on the...
Austin Trades In Weird for Innovation
A laid-back anomaly in a red state with the slogan “Keep Austin Weird,” the Texan capital has...
New York’s Long-Delayed East Side Access Has Arrived
Originally slated for completion in 2009, on a $2.1 billion budget that has since swelled, the...
Frederick Law Olmsted’s Iconic Green Spaces Are Under Threat
Though hundreds of parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted are listed on the National Register of...
Can Google Solve the Bay Area’s Housing Crisis?
The tech giant aims to realize an arduous, decades-long proposal to develop nearly 15,000 housing...
SoHo’s Unlikely Renaissance Captured Lightning in a Bottle
With the news of Bernard Marson’s passing, we reflect on how the architect and developer...
Toronto’s Scrapped Smart City Reflects Distrust in Tech
An ill-fated proposal by Google-affiliate Sidewalk Labs to build a data-driven smart city in...
Can a Group of Designers Solve London’s Urban Challenges?
London mayor Sadiq Khan has appointed a diverse roster of architects as Design Advocates who will...
A New Elevated Park Offers a Blueprint to Cooling Cities
Snaking over rooftops in downtown Rotterdam, a new public park designed by MVRDV shows how dense...
How Dead Malls Are Getting a New Lease on Life
As the retail apocalypse continues to shutter America’s shopping malls apace, developers are...
Amsterdam’s Controversial Plan to Relocate Its Red Light District
The collective Failed Architecture is calling on architects to refuse working with the Dutch...
Can an Ambitious New Park Unite a Divided Cyprus?
Eleftheria Square, a newly completed public park by Zaha Hadid Architects, is designed to reunite...
A Floating Public Pool Is Coming to New York’s East River
Yes, you read that correctly. The city has approved plans for an Olympic-size swimming pool, shaped
Paris Will Transform the Champs-Elysées Into a Massive Green Space
Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, greenlights a $300 million transformation of the Champs-Élysées
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