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Latest Episodes
The feral city
The feral city: what happens when City Hall doesn’t cut it and residents take things into their own hands? From lawless post-war developments in Beirut to Belgrade’s squat-turned-arts centre, we look at how city…
Urban experimentation
Experimentation: whether it’s City Hall or community crusaders, innovation arrives through daring to do things differently.
City-friendly
The friendly suffix: Why cities are hankering after eco-friendly architecture, pedestrian-friendly streets or a talent-friendly business image. We also visit the ‘friendliest’ and ‘unfriendliest’ cities in the US and take a critical look at…
Keep it moving
Keep it moving: What’s the impact of the ebb and flow of people on the urban environment? We catch up with a roaming public square in London, try to find love in Hong Kong…
Tackling Detroit
Detroit: What is to be done? We collect advice on bringing people and money back to the city from neighbourhoods and experts around the world who’ve been in financial trouble themselves.
The high streets
On a high: why we’re optimistic about our high streets. We talk about how to perfect scale, mix and mobility in London, Santiago and Vancouver.
From the rubble: demolition
Demolition: when is it time to clear it all away and start afresh? We speak to those who decide when to list buildings, those who build new, and the artists, activists and architects that…
London maps
London maps: why the map app didn’t start with the smartphone (Georgian women had one, kind of) and how cartography provides insight into social histories and imagined futures.
Exploring cities in summer
Summer: we cycle, swim, and rooftop-gallery hop to explore how cities transform during the fairer season. Plus, we meet Toronto’s planning commissioner.
Glass cities
Glass act: as our cities move from being grey-brown concrete jungles to green-blue glass ones, we meet the people that love glass, hate glass and make a business of reinventing it.
