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3D Typography Intervention Supports Skateboarding Culture in Rotterdam

Character Type is a combination of three interventions supporting skateboarding in Rotterdam.

Get Your Daily Dose of Green in Singapore’s New Neighborhood Center

Oasis Terraces is a recently completed community centre and health clinic in Singapore, which incorporates a communal terraced garden overlooking a canal.

These Digital Billboards Show Directions to the Nearest Homeless Shelter

A number of digital billboards throughout Stockholm now showcase flashy ads with directions to the nearest shelter for the homeless.

  • Brand Urbanism

Modular Hotel Provides Unique Bedrooms On-Demand

Flying Nest is a new concept of a nomadic hotel that aims to provide rooms at temporary events and respond to a the trend of travelers looking for exclusive experiences.

Learning About Public Space With Benchmark

The Benchmark project in Groningen makes use of technology by implementing sensors in benches to learn more about public seating.

Connecting People and Town Halls Through Urban Innovators

Forget about town hall meetings and old-fashioned surveys — there’s a more effective way to listen to city residents in 2019.

  • Future Urban Professions

Camp Anywhere With Campspace

With Campspace, you can discover unique and peaceful places to camp and re-set your brain.

  • City-Leavers
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Swedish Kids Designed a Typeface to Celebrate Their Neighbourhood

A group of children created a font to represent and improve the reputation of their neighborhood in Stockholm.

Chinese Architectural Fusion Teaches Children Valuable Lessons

The 'Courtyard Kindergarten', designed by Chinese MAD studio helps restore a traditional Bejing courtyard.

Dutch Biotope Will Unite Water, Energy & Food at 2020 Dubai Expo

For 2020's World Expo in Dubai, the Dutch are building a temporary biotope, instead of a building.

Safeguarding Urban Biodiversity With Bee Brick

The Bee Brick is a simple and stylish attempt to revive urban biodiversity – an innovative and flexible nesting site for solitary bees.

How Urban Planning Turns into Interaction Planning

Damiano Cerrone, co-founder of Spin Unit, on how urban planning is turning into interaction planning.

  • Future Urban Professions

Barbershop Terrace Encouraging Encounters in Rural Japan

Due to a decline in sense of local community in Ichikawamisato, architect Jorge Almazán and his students have designed a planted terrace next to a barbershop building, where customers and by-passers can sit and chat.

  • City-Leavers

This May Well Be What the Future of Construction Looks Like

Chicago firm Skender has launched the prototype of a mobile 'factory' that could assemble apartments on-site.

140 Upcycled Shipping Containers Create a New Neighborhood in Johannesburg

Urban regeneration company Propertuity is single-handedly transforming Johannesburg's precinct Maboneng into a hipster walhalla. One of their recent projects, designed by LOT-EK, is a residential unit composed out of 140 upcycled shipping containers.

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