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Affairs

Balance of power

As foreign goverments and corporations circle Senegal’s newfound energy resources, its stable and progressive capital, Dakar, is learning how to best channel its influence and growth.

  • Issue #132
  • 9 min read
Balance of power
Affairs

Cities

Delhi’s grand avenue gets a makeover and Helsinki’s new chief design officer reveals her plans.

  • Issue #132
  • 4 min read
Cities
Urbanism

Cities

Croatia’s Kvarner Bay in the limelight, Buenos Aires’ mayor stands his ground and China’s cities experiment with recycling.

  • Issue #131
  • 4 min read
Colorful hillside Mediterranean town with terracotta roofs along turquoise water.
Affairs

Cities

We speak to Phoenix’s young and upcoming mayor and explore the (very) hot topic of pyrogeography.

  • Issue #130
  • 4 min read
Cities
Affairs

Building society

Colombia’s newest city, Serena del Mar, is an experiment in privately funded urbanism.

  • Issue #130
  • 12 min read
Building society
Affairs

Paddle power

As developers eye New York’s Gowanus Canal, Ed Stocker takes to the water in one of the city's grubbiest but most interesting corners.

  • Issue #130
  • 4 min read
Paddle power
Affairs

The opener

How to improve street lighting, shopfronts and city transit, a celebration of rats’ lives and dogs’ dinners and why the solution to our modern malaise is simplicity itself.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
The opener
Fashion

Taking stock

E-commerce has had a transformative effect on city centres but now the booming demand for warehouses to speed-up last-mile deliveries is set to bring another round of dramatic change to our urban landscape.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 5 min read
Taking stock
Design

Back to the future

Our modern cities have ever-evolving needs. But sometimes putting a new spin on an old idea might just fit the bill, whether the aim is to tackle climate change or simply entertain.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 10 min read
Back to the future

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