Joop de Boer

Beijing-based architecture studio People’s Architecture Office (PAO) has designed a plug-in for a dwelling in one of the historical hutong neighborhoods of China’s capital.

A Chinese mall has opened up a Husband Nursery, a space for husbands to relax when their wives are shopping.

In Japan, architects have started to renovate rural homes into satellite offices for tech start-ups. Can start-ups save the country-side?

Hand-painted advertising is making a comeback in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Dutch architecture firm Kraaijvanger comes up with a modular and demountable system that turns empty buildings into homes in a few days.

German retailer METRO is opening hydroponic farms inside its supermarkets.

We caught up with American sociologist Richard Sennett to discuss the Theatrum Mundi initiative and his views on the future of open source city-making.

Amsterdam’s Balkonie store has all the items for urbanites who want to turn their balcony into a private micro-garden.

Architecture firm SOM comes up with a 3D-printed house-and-truck-combination for sustainable nomadic off-grid living.