The urban design category of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards honors products, packaging, and built projects designed to eliminate waste and reuse resources. This year’s winner, HDR and ...

SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service site design throughout the Carolinas, celebrates Environmental Awareness Month this September by highlighting key practices for environmentally friendly urban ...

Cities are never truly complete and done; instead they are always changing, always evolving. One positive change is the rise of regenerative cities—urban centers designed to have a restorative ...

Security has been an integral part of metropolitan areas for millennia. From the ancient walls that surrounded Marrakesh and Munich to the barriers erected during “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland, ...

Besides reflecting the aspirations of a society, public spaces also configure the scenarios in which new ideas of coexistence and the collective can emerge from their qualities. Thinking about the ...

Nestled in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Public School 41 differs from its neighboring buildings in a way that’s both profound and only visible from above. Unlike the flat, gray roofs adorning ...

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science A pair of new studies by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth ...

Time is a factor in urban design. Projects sometimes take decades to materialize. Some never make it. This monograph features three decades of urban design projects at Johnson Fain varying in type and ...

Across Canada, rapid transit systems are reshaping how cities grow. From Edmonton’s Valley Line and Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton ...

Urban transport is vital for connecting people to jobs, education, healthcare, and other essential services in cities. The World Bank is supporting countries through investments in mass transit ...