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Future-Proof Parking Garages: Autonomous Vehicles Drive Reusable Designs

As driverless vehicles hit the streets and shared car usage grows, forward-thinking architects, developers and urban planners are working on adaptable designs to future-proof parking garage ...

End of Elevated Parks? UK Garden Bridge & US Pier 55 Projects in Doubt

It has been a challenging few weeks for architect Thomas Heatherwick, whose proposals for elevated green urban spaces in both London and New York City face uncertain futures. While the specifics ...

Visionary High-Rises: Winners of the 2017 eVolo Skyscraper Competition

The way we design and engage with our built environments will rapidly change as we grapple with climate change and develop new technological innovations, and in some cases, radical new ideas will ...

Underpass Art & Parks: 15 Fun Projects Reclaiming Disused Urban Space

Climbing walls, skate parks, art installations, theaters and even miniature marinas take advantage of the cathedral-like spaces beneath highways and bridges, revitalizing formerly disused and ...

Looping Bicycle Bridge Lets Cyclists Ride Right Over a School Roof

Many a cyclist has fantasized about being able to bike right over the chaos of a city, avoiding traffic, intersections and trouble areas so they can just enjoy the ride. A Dutch architecture firm ...

Beyond Brutalism: Cutting-Edge North Korean Architecture

The infamous Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang may have stolen the spotlight but North Korea can boast many other examples of unusual cutting-edge architecture. The Korea Central Zoo (also ...

The Big Bend: U-Shaped ‘World’s Longest Skyscraper’ is Intentionally Absurd

There’s lots of competition for the title of world’s tallest skyscraper, but does anyone care about the world’s longest - even when it extends vertically into an upside-down U shape? If you ...

Urban Legend: Why Are European Cities so Much Denser than American Ones?

At a glance, it seems obvious New York City would be more densely populated than Paris, but in fact the reverse is true: New York has only half the population density of its French competitor. In ...

Urban Planet: How the Whole World Would Fit into a Single City or Structure

Cities often feel like dense and crowded places, and it is hard to imagine everyone on Earth living in urban environments let alone a single city or even (yes, it's possible) one gigantic ...

Forest Cities: Tree-Covered Urban Architecture to Combat Smog in China

A new series of treescrapers designed for Nanjing, China, aim to combat air pollution with plant-covered towers, but this bold vision may represent hubris more than hope. Architect Stefano ...

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