Australia commits $228m to build a landmark centre for Indigenous culture
Ngurra precinct in Canberra will provide a home for returned ancestral remains in the heart of the capital
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Revitalizing towns, the neglected middle ground
With a little love and attention, towns may play a key role in settling climate migrants and balancing urban development in the 21st Century
New York' Public housing transformation gets boost from freeway teardown
In Syracuse, New York, the relocation of I-81 creates opportunity for replacing public housing with a mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood.
MVRDV receives planning approval for the first two buildings in Atelier Gardens, Berlin
MVRDV reimagines Berlin film studios, preserving and adapting heritage buildings with sustainable materials
New urban opportunity: Alleys, mews, and accessory units
The unsung alley has the potential to create an intimate American urbanism, it just needs a little attention from urban designers
Buro Happold Selected for Climate Action and Resilience Plan by Minneapolis-St. Paul Region Metropolitan Council
Known for their work on climate action and resilience planning from West Hollywood to Cambridge, Mass., Buro Happold has been tapped for a wide reaching new plan for the Metropolitan Council, which represents 186 municipalities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region
Foster reveals design for a sustainable, mixed-use masterplan for La Fabrica in Chile
Marking the practice’s first project in Chile, designs for a new masterplan for La Fabrica have been revealed
Economic benefits of walkable places
There are many benefits of building walkable places, backed up by research and common sense, to the point where explaining and distilling these advantages may be difficult
Why Circular Cities Play a Critical Role in Restoring Ecologies
Cities are powerful engines of economic growth; however, they also have an enormous footprint — consuming over 75% of natural resources, producing over 50% of global waste, and emitting between 60-80% of greenhouse gas emissions
Traumhaus Funari, a residential neighbourhood, breaks ground in Mannheim
The project, which redevelops parts of a former US Military barracks, takes a new approach to suburban development by combining affordability, individuality, and diversity, while prioritising pedestrians and greenery over cars.
Will the received 160 applications help solve Chicago’s affordable housing shortage?
Applications to build coach houses, basement units and attic apartments poured in during the first month of a pilot program in Chicago, as the addition of units became legal in the city for the first time in nearly 65 years.
Bill introduced to continue border wall construction in Texas
In an attempt to pick up border wall construction, a state lawmaker in Texas has introduced legislation that would see the construction of a border wall along the Texas-Mexico border
Places Journal: Active Exclusion
Too often the concept “active transportation” produces environments that are not fully accessible. The history of Roosevelt Island, named for a disabled president who used a wheelchair, offers lessons at once troubling and hopeful.
Preapproved ADU designs might cut housing red tape in Los Angeles
How Los Angeles is bringing high design to the granny flat — while saving time and money
Kohn Peterson Fox selected to design a 900-foot residential tower for 5 World Trade Center site
The new tower will be largely residential with 1,325 rental apartments; 25 percent of those are planned permanently affordable (330 units) and will be offered to households earning less than 50 percent of the area’s median income
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