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Parking Hack: Every Car Lot & Garage Should Have Vertical Guidelines

If you have ever opened a side door to see the lines of a parking space, or asked a passenger to get out and guide you in, you may be wondering where this simple solution has been for all your ...

(W)Ego House: Tetris-Like Hotel Reveals Clashing Dreams of City Residents

  One person’s ego-centric vision of how cities should adapt to their own particular individual needs encroaches upon the dreams of another, as revealed by MVRDV’s Tetris-like open-walled ...

Hostile Urbanism: 22 Intentionally Inhospitable Examples of Defensive Design

It’s not just you - that bench in your city is designed to be uncomfortable on purpose. Armed with a loose definition of what it means to ‘loiter,’ intentionally hostile and sometimes ...

Tikku: Three-Story Minimalist Micro Apartment Fits in a Single Parking Space

Proponents of our supposed driverless car-sharing future say the system could lead to a dramatic drop in the number of vehicles in our cities, so does that mean we’ll be able to fill our sudden ...

We Live Here: Light Art Helps Sydney Tower Residents Protest Gentrification

Residents of Waterloo Estate towers in Sydney, Australia, were given a uniquely visible voice this year amidst city plans to change the neighborhood. The #WeLiveHere2017 project gave 500 ...

It’s All a Sham! 21 Urban Structures & Facades That Aren’t What They Seem

The cities of the world have a lot to hide, and while some of those things might be top secret government operations, others are as unremarkable as an ugly ventilation shaft, an electrical ...

7 Students, 1 Tiny Apartment: Ultra-Compact Co-Living Design by Fabrica

Space and privacy are increasingly valuable commodities in cities, and many people on tight budgets find themselves in living situations that feel more than a little cramped. The average student ...

3D Print the World: 12 Ways This Technology Will Soon Flourish in Cities

Ready or not, the 3D-printed future is coming, and the first examples are already arriving in cities around the world in the form of office buildings, small houses, public furniture, public art ...

Honeycomb Housing for the Homeless: 3D Printed Micro Neighborhoods

With homelessness in many cities reaching its highest levels since the Great Depression, some designers and architects are getting more creative with solutions, like this honeycomb-shaped ...

Interactive Crossings: Dynamic Street LEDs Respond to Traffic Demands

Designed to appear and disappear in response to the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, this pedestrian crossing solution aims to make people safer through dynamic activation. The ...

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