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From classic ideas of city construction to suburban sprawl and urban renewal, these articles cover everything from landscape and new urbanism to forms not yet fully defined – click through to see the cities of our past, present and future.

So Retro: 15 Vintage-Inspired Website Designs

Who says websites have to be as modern as the medium itself? These 15 sites feature boldly retro typography, illustrations, photos and textures.

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The Carbuncle Cup Awards The UK's Ugliest New Buildings

These 10 notable British buildings are winners and nominees for the Carbuncle Cup, an award given to the "ugliest building in the UK" each year since 2006.

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Tactile Tech: 15 Beautifully Textured Websites

Not-so-touchable textures bring both visual interest and a touch of the real world into the world wide web, from paper and moss to knits and brick.

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Building a Better Burb: How to Fix Failing Suburban Towns

Suburbs that were once the wave of the car-obsessed, rosy-tinted future are now becoming islands of poverty and decay. Can these radical ideas fix the burbs?

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Illustrated Logos: Bringing a Brand to Life

Nothing creates a memorable logo quite like illustrated graphics, forming a memorable impression with imagery that evokes what a brand is truly all about.

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Remodeling Suburbia: Rerouting Classic, Car-Centric Design

What will the city of the future look like? These ten visions of urban life imagine spaces that are pedestrian-friendly, safer, and more inviting for all.

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Super Sketchy: 15 Beautiful Hand-Drawn Websites

There's something refreshing about the contrast between cold, hard cyberspace and the spontaneity and real-world quality of hand-drawn text and images.

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Logo Fail: 10 Ways to Avoid Making a Creative Logo

When logo design goes wrong, it's almost always due to at least one of these 10 fatal mistakes. Bad fonts and clip art are just the beginning.

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Enjoy Your Fright: The World's 10 Scariest Airports

Flying may be one of the safest methods of transportation but it doesn't always look that way, especially when flying in and out of certain airports.

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Life's A Gas: Vienna's Recycled, Repurposed Gasometers

Formerly used to store "town gas" for Vienna's stoves and street lights, four huge 1890s gasometers have been reborn as a unique mixed-use urban community.

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