The Skyscraper Boom That's Going to Make American Cities a Whole Lot Taller
As many cities literally have nowhere else to go but up, it seems that some other cities are finally getting the memo. Here's how a few American cities are growing.
As many cities literally have nowhere else to go but up, it seems that some other cities are finally getting the memo. Here's how a few American cities are growing.
Copenhagen is not coasting on its laurels: it's always introducing new features for cyclists, from gorgeous new bridges to street-embedded lighting.
New trains and roads demanded to help shift the focus of the UK economy above Watford.
It seems like an incredibly efficient system for the city that size.
Can architecture perform miracles? The quest to make Gaudi a saint has started.
Delivery drivers also told to wear lycra and bolt their feet to the pedals to help them relate.
The property that has become known as the world's tallest slum is being acquired by Chinese investors, and this week, the government began evicting residents.
A big new project aims to provide context for the past 1,000 years of urban evolution in Venice, Italy.
If it's raining (or about to), the Explore feature will warn against going to a nearby park, for example.
What if you could create a building that cools the city instead of the structure? A building skin made of a series of tubes with evaporating rainwater can do just that.
The number of bikes in our cities is increasing, and with that increase we're also seeing some major changes in the way cities are designed.
National Geographic's Photo of the Day—captured by Simon Kwan—shows Hong Kong in all its glorious urban madness. When I first saw it I thought it was a collage made with multiple shots and mirrored images. It's not. It's just the city photographed from Beacon Hill.
Make them race electric cars and get Toyota to pay for it all.
An unregulated transit system keeps Nairobi moving rather efficiently, and, until recently, was an all-cash business. Until Google stepped in.
Your daily overground congestion trundle may take longer. Hooray.
Exceptionally shitty time had.
