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Business

Start-up community: Shared ambition

Creative types in Istanbul are banding together in new shared working spaces. By pooling skills, these entrepreneurs are building a strong community and a hopeful future to counteract the city’s recent turmoil.

  • Issue #96
  • 6 min read
Start-up community: Shared ambition
Design

Designs of the time

Tokyo's ‘House Vision’ exhibition invites creative thinkers to explore new possibilities for urban living and the future of the Japanese house, from delivery-friendly fridges to pull-down baths.

  • Issue #96
  • 12 min read
Designs of the time
Affairs

Upward mobility

As some borders tighten, many cities are opening their doors to lure ambitious businesses. We profile the global hubs holding their doors open and meet the entrepreneurs who accepted the invite.

  • Issue #96
  • 22 min read
Upward mobility
Affairs

Sole charge

Londoners overwhelmingly want to remain in the EU. So what would happen if they did? We take a look at how the UK’s capital could make it a reality.

  • Issue #96
  • 10 min read
Sole charge
Affairs

Urbanism

Why the UK leads the way in city security and the public baths in Denmark that are making a splash.

  • Issue #96
  • 4 min read
Urbanism
Business

Business community: Good neighbours

Formerly quiet neighbourhoods are booming thanks to entrepreneurial businesses realising an area’s potential. We tour three districts where companies have struck gold and created thriving communities with an improved quality of life.

  • Issue #96
  • 13 min read
Business community: Good neighbours
Affairs

Light in the dark

Henriette Reker, Köln's new mayor, was stabbed before her election. Weeks later, hundreds of women were assaulted. At a time of unrest, can she give the city a glimmer of hope?

  • Issue #96
  • 7 min read
Light in the dark
Urbanism

Standing on solid ground

The Czech town of Zlin was transformed by a visionary shoemaker who wanted to house his workers in a garden city. We explore his functionalist masterpiece.

  • Issue #96
  • 10 min read
Standing on solid ground
Affairs

Night mayors

We pull up a bar stool in Amsterdam at the inaugural Night Mayor Summit to hear from pioneering night watchmen and urban provocateurs in cities around the world.

  • Film
  • 5 min watch
The city centre of Amsterdam at night.
Travel and restaurants

One for the road

Successful streets should have a balance of daytime bustle and night-time buzz. We line up the ones that we think work best – and sample their delights, of course.

  • Issue #95
  • 22 min read
One for the road

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