The Best Articles in Future Cities

Even though cities have been centers of culture, ideas and industry since the Neolithic Revolution 12,000 years ago (!), today’s urban-centric global civilization is just a couple of hundred years …

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«The growing awareness of the impact of the built environment on our health is one reason for the growth of trauma-informed design»

As COVID-19 makes density a danger, we look at what's in store for cities.

‘The Ideal City’ collects the most successful urban ideas from around the world, to serve as a sort of cookbook of best practices for city leaders.

The ground under New York City is sinking 1-2mm per year, partly due to the sheer mass of all the buildings but it isn't the only city to be suffering – what can be done to save them?

City is sinking approximately 1-2mm each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise and flooding threat

The grand challenges of engineering are widely celebrated, but the grind challenges—like testing and standards—go underappreciated.

The program aims to bring more greenery to underserved communities.

Urban development and social norms concerning childhood have led European cities to a situation where public spaces are no more spaces for children and young people.

Nijmegen may be the oldest city in the Netherlands, but it punches above its weight in terms of green initiatives and sustainability.

My town, once celebrated for its laid-back weirdness, is now a turbocharged tech megalopolis being shaped by exiles from places like Silicon Valley.

(Click Detail to see the city names) Some people interpreted the Geotaggers' World Atlas maps to be maps of tourism. This set is an attempt to figure out if that is really true. Some cities (for example Las Vegas and Venice) do seem to be photographed almost entirely by tourists. Others seem to have many pictures taken in piaces that tourists don't visit. Blue points on the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more). Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month). Yellow points are pictures where it can't be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist (because they haven't taken pictures anywhere for over a month). They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all. The maps are ordered by the number of pictures taken by locals.

The cities of science fiction are frequently portrayed as all-encompassing and self-contained structures, but how feasible is it build a colossal city in a building?

«A vortex is the effect caused by wind hitting the surface of a building, creating an area of low pressure on the opposite side, then swirling around to fill it. It is this vortex action that causes tall buildings to sway during high winds.»

New federal programs allocate billions of dollars to improving transportation infrastructure. Some states are using funds to reconnect communities divided by highways.

To twist a French idiom, now it’s vélo, boulot, dodo—bike, work, sleep.

The height of skyscrapers is limited by physical, economic and regulatory barriers, but we should want to overcome them and build taller. Here's how we can do it.

The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.

Dodging huge grilles we walk on, pulled by ugliness toward a gentrified retail strip. Here the violence of the new ugliness comes more fully into focus. The ruling class seized cities and chose to…

Cars have made American cities uglier and more dangerous. Here’s the solution.