Blogs about Urbanism

You read that right; this week’s post is a small portrait of The Hague from the viewpoint of a pedestrian. I was on holiday recently and therefore had very little time to prepare a proper …

We’ve recently launched a new degree program in Urban Technology at University of Michigan that combines urbanism, technology, and design. But what does design mean in this context? Like many aspects of creating a new …

The pandemic changed office culture irrevocably. With hybrid working now fully instilled, this has impacted not only companies’ organisational structures, but their physical infrastructure as well. (Photo by Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock) Building design now needs …

It's time. After 12 years of writing about cities with a Rust Belt perspective on this platform, I'm closing it down. And no, this is not an April Fool's joke. I'm moving on to a …

Announcing Circular Design Praxis, a new movement in and around Japan concerning Asia-Pacific circular design principles and practicesContinue reading on A chair in a room »

A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m …

Sometimes a story takes a number of years to ripen. And sometimes two or three stories merge in unexpected ways. I just had a moment of convergence when new infill development, sub rosa adaptation, and …

Weekly, Regional Policy Director Dan Reed and DC Policy Director Alex Baca will share with you an action you can take in the immediate future that has the potential, sometimes great and sometimes small, to …

Brenna Bird, Iowa Attorney GeneralIowa's legislative session ended this week, and there's not much to say about its efforts that I didn't say last year. In year eight of unified Republican control of state government, …

“As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table” Isidore Ducasse (Comte de Lautréamont), (1869) Les Chants de Maldoror Sewing machines, umbrellas and operating tables have no …

Balancing business demands and the desire to bolster African American communities, Black-owned insurance companies of the 20th century were caught in an actuarial double bind. Read on Places Journal

My latest trip to the Netherlands took me to Eindhoven and so I simply had to go and have a look at the Hovenring, an often celebrated piece of cycling infrastructure.The trip to the Hovenring …

There is an opportunity within the chaos created when work from home and hybrid work hollowed out the Central Business District (CBD) of places like San Antonio and Portland. In San Antonio I saw a …

This is a summary of the major construction projects in Kuala Lumpur that I visited in April 2024. Merdeka 118 Merdeka 118 topped out in November 2021 at 678.9 metres, though it is still not …

Growing up in St. Cloud, I took trips with my family to the Twin Cities for Twins and Vikings games. We were partial season-ticket holders, so I attended more games than the average Minnesotan kid. …

Christian Grey is a native of Southern California, but now resides in Omaha, Nebraska, with his family, where he is the executive director of inCOMMON Community Development, an organization that aims to alleviate poverty at …

Vacant building fires have become increasingly common in Seattle in recent years. In response to the threat that these fires can pose, Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed emergency legislation on Thursday to enact additional authority to …