Urban

Today and Tomorrow’s Sustainable Cities

Riham Nady

Are we living in sustainable cities? In our media-saturated culture, it can be argued that the threat of climate change seems to have been overexposed. The scientific evidence is incontrovertible: ...

3 Guidelines for Improving Public Places and Making Communities Thrive

Riham Nady

To understand the relationship between people and their environment (place), we must first consider the concept and quality of public places to achieve a vibrant urban setting. Public places are a ...

Urban Complex Rehabilitation | MAD Architects

MAD Architects

Urban Complex Rehabilitation Located in the heart of Rome, the 71 Via Boncompagni urban complex -a 1970's commercial courtyard and chapel- is set to be transformed into a residential complex by the ...

The Haiti Cathedral | Urban Office Architecture

Shamita Chaudhry

The Haiti Cathedral  After the devastating earthquake in 2010, Haiti has been in a mode of chaos and disrepair. With technological interventions playing their part in rebuilding the city, somewhere ...

Pier Redesign Competition | St. Petersburg

Cristina Juc

Pier Redesign Competition  After the winning project of the first contest was strongly rejected by the citizens, a new contest was announced, and this time the public was involved in every step of ...

Brooklyn’s New Mixed-Use Tower | HWKN

Maiar Mansour

Brooklyn’s New Mixed-Use Tower HWKN’s new design will soon become an iconic landmark within the busy streets of New York City. The 100,000 sqf mixed use project is located next to the ...

Scitech redevelopment | UN Studio

Delia Chang

The Scitech redevelopment is a mixed-used building located on a crossing point of traditional and modern developments in Beijing. The site is adjacent to the city's east-west central axis leading to ...

POLYP.lux | SOFTlab

Ana Cosma

POLYP.lux is an interactive installation created by NYC-based design studio, SOFTlab, in May 2011. The installation was made for the entrance of 'School Nite' - an exhibition of site-specific ...

Le Monde : Paris headquarters | 3XN

Delia Chang

3XN has revealed the images to the proposed plans of the 20,000 square meter project for a Paris headquarters of the French Media company Le Monde. This project is situated on a landmark site within ...

Student Exhibition Installation at Pratt Institute | SOFTlab

Ana Cosma

Students at Pratt Institute's Graduate Architecture and Urban Design program (GAUD) followed the annual tradition and teamed up to create an installation for the student exhibition showcasing their ...

‘Urban Living’ Plaza in Yiwu | Aedas

Shamita Chaudhry

'Urban Living' Plaza in Yiwu Aedas proposes a one-stop urban lifestyle complex for Yiwu, a historical trading town of China. Currently Yiwu is the world's largest small commodity wholesale market. ...

Urban Planning Exhibition in Ningbo | playze and Schmidhuber

Playze

Urban Planning Exhibition in Ningbo | playze and Schmidhuber The winners of the invited competition to design the Urban Planning Exhibition in Ningbo  , China are Playze and Schmidhuber. The concept ...