Future Urban Living

Can Co-Living Solve London’s Housing Crisis?
Minimizing spaces for maximum use, The Collective is the largest co-living facility in the world.

May The Student In You Never Die
Student life is traditionally tucked away in isolated corners of university campuses; in barren, uninspiring towers of life. Charlie MacGregor, founder of The Student Hotel, sees things a bit differently; placing great faith in this demographic as the market-drivers of tomorrow.

IKEA Is Taking On Micro-Living In A Big Way
As small spaces continue to take over the housing market in a big way, IKEA is working towards making these solutions as livable as possible.

Spacious Turns New York’s Empty Restaurants Into Co-Working Spaces
A new startup from New York City is looking for restaurants that are empty during the day to turn them into co-working spaces.

Micro-Metropolitan Living In Amsterdam West
Under the concept of "1 house, 25 creatives, 24/7 company", Je m'appelle sees itself as an energizing environment for like-minded creatives.

Pop-Up Stores for Cities
Urban regions all over the world are opening temporary brand stores in other cities to showcase the best they have to offer in products and innovation.

Shared Living, Reinvented
The housing markets in New York City, San Francisco and other popular cities are incredibly crunched. Startups and venture capitalists alike seem to have found the solution: shared housing, or co-living.

Portland Becomes Biketown With The Help Of Nike
Users of Portland's bike-sharing system will soon be traveling the city on a Nike-branded bike, thanks to a $10 million deal between the City of Portland and the Oregon-based sportswear brand.

Co-Living: A New Metropolitan Way Of Life
With skyrocketing house prices, young Londoners have to find new lifestyles to afford a life in the city. The Collective offers a concept that creates this new lifestyle for their inhabitants, based on sharing and convenience.

Gentrification Of The Woods
The urban creative elite collectively dreams of living a disconnected life in a cabin far away from the city. As a result, gentrification may no longer be a solely urban phenomenon, but also a process that takes place in the woods.

Our Next Office Is in the Woods
Don't we all want to work in nature? A collective of Dutch digital bohemians are making that possible with the KantoorKaravaan, a group of micro-offices on wheels traveling the nation's forests and parks.