Smart Cities

This "mobile laboratory" initiative by BMW and Guggenheim was an interesting manifestation of the optimistic 'change is possible if we want to make it' vibe prevailing at the time (2011-12).

A team of creative neighbourhood-changers that assemble as a non-profit think tank to come up with interesting ways to start conversations, renew a sense of community, and unfold curiosities.

Cities thrive when they successfully service our basic needs with intelligence and simplicity. Recovering from 60 years of automobile-focused development and sprawl, urban planners are taking things in the right direction—backwards.

Dan Hill on “dark matter”: a term borrowed from the historian Wouter Vanstiphout referring to the hidden mass of policies and power that affect decision-making, the process, as well as the success or failure of projects.

As people are realizing that design can become a valuable differentiator, designers are pulling more weight, leading the charge, and even breaking out on their own.

Frank Chimero, a New York-based designer and blog writer, introduces ‘Appropriatism’.

A collection of ideas and thoughts that point to the future of architecture and urbanism.

A collection of ideas and thoughts that point to the future of architecture and urbanism.

A collection of ideas and thoughts that point to the future of architecture and urbanism.