River crossing

Chapter 1

Lisbon: river Tejo

Integral to the city’s identity, for many centuries the Tejo acted as the gateway to the city and as a major transportation route. But it is also proving to be a barrier between an increasingly affluent Lisbon on the north bank and towns such as Barreiro and Montijo on the south.

Chapter 2

Budapest: party bridge

When a Budapest bridge was temporarily closed down the city’s residents decided to take matters into their own hands and turn it into pop-up park. One year on, their liveability vision is forcing city hall to embrace plans for a more relaxed city. Our Design editor Nolan Giles went to Budapest to find out more.

Chapter 3

Special report: outskirts

We met up with John Grindrod one drizzly morning in July to discuss his new book ‘Outskirts’, find out more about the little-understood borderland between town and country, and go in search of the last street in London.