urban planning

Google isn’t exactly a name you associate with urban planning, but newly released renders for its San Jose campus…

Steadfast pigeon defenders have something new to crow about: The oft-maligned birds may be scientists’ latest tool…

We’re still waiting on our flying cars. But back in 1923, the magazine Science and Invention assured readers they…

The world is rapidly becoming more urban, but as cities grow in size, their impact on Earth’s biodiversity grows in…

When you think of Paris, you probably think of narrow, tree-lined streets. But consider some of its most famous…

Once a tiny counter-culture gathering on a San Francisco beach, Burning Man has ballooned into what could be…

If we want to someday live on Mars, spaceships won’t be enough. We would need a Martian city—and this is how we…

A quick survey of any big-box store will show you that Americans devote far too much real estate to the parking of…

“The Bronx is burning.” Throughout the 1970s, hundreds of buildings went up in flames in New York City’s poorest…

Riding through a city on a bike lane that’s separated from cars feels great. But when you roll up to a light, the…

Recently, SuperSkyScrapers held an interesting architectural competition in Mumbai, India: how do you tackle housing…

I promise, you have nothing better to do than look at these photos of funny signs, submitted for this week’s…

In what the AP calls a “hastily called news conference” this morning, Boston mayor Marty Walsh announced that he…

If you live in a post-industrial city, odds are good that it’s got its share of abandoned, blighted transit…

Detroit is known for many things: its once-bustling auto industry, its repurposing of empty factories, its musical…

For many of us, cities that are easier to traverse on foot are better places to live. If you’re one of those people,…

Will cities in the future be re-designed to function "like sponges," to cope with droughts that will only become…

We've all looked out at the night sky and wondered at how much the stars look like strings of cities. But there's…

Imagine taking a scenic gondola tour through Boston's historic Back Bay as Red Sox fans saunter towards Fenway over…