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.
Unlike most of New York City’s standout architecture, this sculptural, almost alien-looking structure set to rise above the new Hudson Yards development will be open for the public to explore. ...
The ways in which citizens modify public spaces to suit their own needs, whether by creating 'goat trails' in places that lack proper sidewalks or actively 'hacking' infrastructure, tell urban ...
At what point do modern extensions to historic structures surpass and overwhelm the original buildings rather than complementing and enlarging them? Contrasting architectural styles can be a ...
Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria, a fast-growing metropolis that has already spilled over onto adjacent waters but needs to grow up as well as as out. Artist and architect Olalekan ...
Though the apartheid ended decades ago, many physical barriers remain in South Africa, highly visible in the built environment ... especially from above. Roads, rivers and strips of open ...
Norway is working to create the world's first "submerged floating bridges," suspended from surface pontoons and engineered to span its vast network of wide and deep fjords. A system of ...
The science fiction of the past thirty years has evolved beyond the midcentury's optimistic space-age visions into a darker, grittier place, where technology is out of control and resources are ...
Designed to float down the Danube river in Europe, the Eco Barge is a solar-powered floating greenhouse illustrating the possibilities of offshoring urban food production. In addition ...
Stretched or hung around the skeletons of buildings, these membranes made of plastic, fabric and metal mesh act like architectural clothing, diffusing light and obscuring the original forms. From ...
Our cities have grown up thanks to concrete and steel, but these materials are far from sustainable, leading architects and researchers to explore new (and old) materials, from wood to eggshell ...
