Japan Pitches 'Society 5.0' To Keep Its Edge In Tech and Science - Slashdot
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These streets aren't made for walking: Why sidewalks need a rethink | New Scientist
Pavements date back some 2000 years, but are seldom built with pedestrians in mind. Here's why reinvented sidewalks could benefit your joints — and the planet
This beautiful suburban neighborhood is missing one thing: The cars
An 11-minute train ride outside of Hamburg, this new community will let you have a car—you just can’t park it near your house.
Empty airports and full delivery trucks: Covid’s toll on infrastructure, by the numbers
Travel went down, broadband went up and we all got a lot more packages.
Why Participatory Planning Fails (and How to Fix It)
When participation in urban planning doesn’t lead to meaningful change, Denver’s industrial neighborhoods ask what’s next.
Can Cities Be Saved From ‘Supergentrification’? Aspen May Offer a Roadmap
For other cities struggling with sky-high real estate prices, Colorado’s resort town offers some instructive lessons on what’s working — and what isn’t.
Inflatable pillars pulse with light to encourage deep breathing in Brooklyn
Ekene Ijeoma has designed an installation in Brooklyn made of illuminated inflatable pillars that invite people to breathe along with its pulsing lights.
Rewilding our cities: beauty, biodiversity and the biophilic cities movement | Architecture | The Guardian
Buildings covered in plants do more than just make the cityscape attractive – they contribute to human wellbeing and action on climate change
World’s first timber football stadium moves step closer to reality - New Civil Engineer
The EFL approval means the League Two club can now advance their plans for the 5,000-seater Eco Park stadium. The new ground has been designed by Zaha
Smart cities: Tech is great, but don’t forget the people
A new playbook offers a practical guide to rolling out Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in cities.
Design unveiled for a sustainable wooden tower in Switzerland
Architecture firms 3XN and IttenBrechbühl have won an international competition with their design for the Tilia Tower©, an 85-meter-tall timber high-rise that will serve as a beacon for…
Beautiful forest of 400 trees coming to the middle of Central London - MyLondon
Somerset House will be transformed into an incredible oasis
Up to 20 cities to improve street safety by turning asphalt into art | Smart Cities Dive
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Asphalt Art Initiative, now in its second year, will provide each city with up to $25,000 to improve street safety and revitalize public spaces with murals.
Hur bidrar stora industrier, e-handel och lokala företag till attraktiva medelstora städer? - YouTube
Hyperlocal planning is creating pedestrian-friendly streets | World Economic Forum
First Look at Scott Stringer’s Comprehensive Transit Plan
And your sidewalk, and your commute. A first look at his comprehensive transit plan.
Paris leder revolutionen – blir första 15-minutersstaden
15-minutersstaden var redan en trend på frammarsch i flera av världens storstäder. Med coronapandemin har den nu ordentligt rotat sig som en möjlighet att komma till rätta med mycket av städernas trafikproblem.
Exclusive look inside the jail of the future | A Current Affair Australia 2018
mad arkitekter to build WoHo, a residential wooden skyscraper in berlin
Bulldoze the high street and build a giant park: is Stockton the future of Britain? | Architecture | The Guardian
What do you do when M&S, Debenhams and New Look are all gone? Knock down the shopping centre and replace it with green space. Could the ‘visionary’ plan of Stockton-on-Tees spark a revolution?
Creating a Pedestrian-Friendly Utopia Through the Design of 15-Minute Cities | ArchDaily
The secret to post pandemic sustainable mobility design for women
The pandemic could devastate mass transit in the U.S. — and not for the reason you think - POLITICO
How to build the city of the future, according to Ikea's innovation la
‘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.
Stockholm - YouTube
‘Zoom towns’ are exploding in the West
And many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.
This sustainable neighborhood of the future is designed to manage both climate change and pandemics
A proposal for a new city in China is designed to be as green as possible—and also make it easy to isolate in the case of another outbreak.
Tibro Train Tracks
A small Swedish town becomes home to urban development experiments
Architects are transforming abandoned train tracks into a hub for innovation.…
Palaces for the People - 99% Invisible
Eric Klinenberg is the author of a book called Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life. The phrase “palaces for the people” actually comes from Andrew Carnegie who was known as a titan of the Gilded Age and one of the wealthiest people in