For cities to become truly smart, everything must be connected. The Economist has published an interesting piece on Singapore's grid instrustructure, and it's plans to turn the city/state into an experimental laboratory for urban planning.Both local and foreign firms in these sectors will be able... View full entry

Duany sees a coup forming to overthrow the long reigning Urban Design program to install a new Landscape (Ecological?) Urbanism regime. Susan Szenasy asks "... is he just looking for a fight, or is there a constructive dialogue to be had here?" Metropolis Duany sees a coup forming to overthrow the... View full entry

Archinect senior editor Quilian Riano reviews MoMA's "Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement" for the Design Observer. Archinect senior editor Quilian Riano reviews MoMA's "Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement" for the Design Observer. link |... View full entry

Boris Johnson's transport chief today defended spending £390 million improving public spaces, suggesting it could reduce anti-social behaviour. Mr Johnson, who has pledged to make London a “more civilised” place, has argued that you can design out crime by improving street... View full entry

The Big Picture compiled a morbidly beautiful set of satellite photos telling the story of the financial meltdown in SW Florida.Many homes there are empty and have been for years. Huge developments sit partially completed among densely built up neighborhoods and swampland. A guest stated that... View full entry

"On the events of the people's efforts to stop Islamic Center in lower Manhattan, take note. In that case, buildings are not necessary. The New York grid itself could be utilized." "On the events of the people's efforts to stop Islamic Center in lower Manhattan, take note. In that case, buildings... View full entry

Incredibly, scientists are starting to view New York as an ecological hot spot—more diverse and richer in nature than the suburbs and rural counties that surround it. Incredibly, scientists are starting to view New York as an ecological hot spot—more diverse and richer in nature than... View full entry

The Global Post profiles Dhaka the fastest growing mega-city in the world as part of their five-part, multimedia series on the coming dystopia that is urbanization. The Global Post profiles Dhaka the fastest growing mega-city in the world as part of their five-part, multimedia series on the coming... View full entry

In the latest Miller McCune... No Port After the Storm: Post-Katrina New Orleans, still rife with blighted housing, is a lesson for recovering from future disasters. Read | Plus: "A short digression on the meaning of a word that apparently has no generally agreed-upon political definition:" Liberal View full entry

HafenCity is one of the largest urban development projects underway in the world today. But will it be successful? City planners are hoping that their application of an academic field known as environmental psychology will do the trick. HafenCity is one of the largest urban development projects... View full entry

What better way to spend $10 billion in Africa then remake cities into the shape of animals? What better way to spend $10 billion in Africa then remake cities into the shape of animals?Juba — the capital of Southern Sudan — is to be reshaped into a compact rhino with two pointy horns... View full entry

Did you know that over ten percent of the households of the densest favela slums in the biggest city of the Southern Hemisphere own computers. Does the fact surprise you? Bruce Sterling says it should. Read more in the UNHABITAT's new publication São Paulo a tale of two cities in a new... View full entry

Find out what over 20,000 ordinary people in 20 different countries think about the world's cities: their people, environment, facilities and infrastructure, culture and nightlife, tourist attractions and potential for immigrants. Try the Anholt GfK-Roper City Brands Index™ yourself! Find... View full entry

Today Los Angeles architecture and urban design community lost one of its greatest. I have one of his books on my table, Glitter, Stucco and Dumpster Diving as I write this sad news. Today Los Angeles architecture and urban design community lost one of its greatest. I have one of his books on my... View full entry

In the 21 st Century the concept of 'open cities' will be paramount. "As a collaboration between Sitra and OK Do, 'Clues to Open Helsinki' is a bundle of hints about what might make Helsinki the best World Design Capital to date, and in doing so redefines the role of design in the contemporary... View full entry