James Chambers
Blue-sky thinker
An aeronautical eureka moment helped Michimasa Fujino relaunch the stalled Honda Aircraft project – and its HA-420 is now the private-aviation industry’s most sought-after jet.
Ask the experts
Auckland’s mayor, a Slovenian urban planner and Taiwan’s cycling maven all have one thing in common: they want to improve the way you get from A to B.
Gearing up
City planners plotting new routes should look to these three cities for hints on how to get people moving.
Architecture
From a Swiss school putting good architecture on its curriculum to a fix for a Warsaw eyesore.
Straight talker
A high-speed victory, a strong vision for women in politics and some horse-trading too helped spark Jacinda-mania. But there’s one person who remains a sceptic: the Kiwi PM.
Breaking new ground
From Europe to Asia and the US, large-scale urban-regeneration projects promise to transform entire city neighbourhoods. We plot the progress of five favourites.
Travel
An architectural revival in Hong Kong, a breath of fresh air in Beirut, a hideaway in Porto and a forest retreat in New Jersey: just some of our finds off the beaten track.
Politics
The unlikely rise of Rob Ford’s brother in Ontario and female representation in the Lebanese parliament.
Shapely numbers
From furnishings and fixtures to full refurbishments, we celebrate 50 winning design innovations.
