Urban planning
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Social convention
Unused since 2014, Berlin’s International Congress Centre is an architectural behemoth. We explore the 1980s icon and consider its future prospects in a city of sleeping giants.
Western promises
Once a fading shipbuilding town, France’s sixth-largest city is now a fast-growing hub of ethical entrepreneurs and creatives.
The Agenda: Architecture
Lucy Maulsby on the complex inheritance of buildings erected during fascist-era Italy and their usage today.
The Agenda: Urbanism
Abu Dhabi’s unique, new park and our design editor’s views on how taxis rank.
Cities
Hong Kong's West Kowloon transforms neglected reclaimed land into the world's largest cultural district, featuring 17 venues across a 23-hectare waterfront park designed by Foster + Partners.
People’s palaces
Vienna’s ‘Gemeindebau’ apartment blocks were built out of necessity but an emphasis on social cohesion and affordability means that they might now be the world’s best public housing.
Cities of discovery
Our urban spaces need to change but not in the way you might expect, says Andrew Tuck.
Elevated living
Swiss elevator giant Schindler and its rivals navigate the complex engineering behind moving millions of urbanites skyward daily, as cities grow taller and pandemic concerns reshape vertical transportation.
Cities Briefing
We sit down with the woman who could be Copenhagen’s next mayor and explore a park project in Busan.
Missing links
As the world gets moving once again, we highlight the grand-scale transit projects that would give cities and nations new momentum.
