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Zach Dundas

Architecture

On balance

Bridges connect us. We meet the architects and engineers using them to brand cities, draw tourists and, of course, bring people together.

  • Issue #122
  • 12 min read
White cable-stay pedestrian bridge spanning a river with city skyline in background.
Design

The Better by Design Manifesto, 2018

Sometimes you need design to step up to the plate and change your life. In tiny increments, that’s what these tools, materials and products will do. Let’s start the revolution.

  • Issue #118
  • 13 min read
Business

Editor’s letter

In an issue where both business and the French Foreign Legion loom large, our editor in chief identifies some potential synergy between the two (based on his own experiences in the South American jungle).

  • Issue #116
  • 5 min read
Cartoon illustration of French Foreign Legion soldiers in uniform marching in formation with rifles.
Society

The opener

We get sociable with co-working spaces and consider two very different approaches to national pride. First up, a quick fix in Milan, Washington’s explosive exhibition and Portland puts opera on the menu.

  • Issue #116
  • 5 min read
People dining at outdoor tables outside Portineria14 bar in Milan's Navigli neighbourhood
Affairs

Cities

Busan’s industrial waterfront gets a makeover and Portland looks to integrate nature.

  • Issue #113
  • 4 min read
Cities
Design

Wooden wonders

Environmentally friendly and quick to build, with an enduringly cosy aesthetic? No wonder timber towers are on the rise.

  • Issue #111
  • 12 min read
Interior of a wooden apartment with dining table, kitchen and living area showcasing timber construction.
Entrepreneurialism

Start it up

From family to crowdfunding, five small-business owners explain how they funded their ideas without having to ask the bank.

  • Issue #106
  • 12 min read
Start it up
Affairs

Cities

The mayor of St Tropez is on a mission to reshape it, what smaller Chinese cities can offer young residents and taking a river dip in Portland, Oregon.

  • Issue #106
  • 4 min read
Cities
Affairs

Politics

The Oregon governor who's the antithesis of Donald Trump, a ne'er-do-well election line-up in Liberia and overdue renovations at Vienna's Hofburg Palace.

  • Issue #104
  • 3 min read
Politics
Affairs

✕5 Essays

What does it mean to be Canadian? Is it about accepting refugees, global leadership or an imagined idyll? Five native writers shed some light on this ever-evolving and perennially popular country.

  • Issue #98
  • 16 min read
✕5 Essays

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