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City Clusters / Butler Wiltshire

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© Butler Wiltshire - Ed Butler architects: Butler Wiltshire Location: City of London, United Kingdom Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Butler Wiltshire - Ed Butler Photographs: Architectural Photography by Simon Kennedy Read more »

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Cologne Architecture City Guide: 15 Historical and Contemporary Projects to Discover in the City of Spires

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Image © Ilari Nackel via Shutterstock With its culturally and historically rich context, the city of Cologne , also called Köln by its locals, is considered one of the most important centers in West Germany. Cologne, Germany.

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Why Cities Must Embrace Getting Smaller

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The phrase “Demography is destiny” is repeated more than once in Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World (Island Press). This new book by noted urban researcher Alan Mallach tackles, in meticulous and fascinating detail, the “wicked problem” of shrinking cities in the U.S. and across the globe.

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A Ghost City: The White Buildings of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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This Central Asian country, a former colony of the USSR, is known not only for its strict access and control restrictions but also for its white and golden structures that create a futuristic city near the border with Iran. Read more »

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Cultivating Non-Violent Cities: 10 Examples of Friendly Public Spaces

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Image © Yu Bai Violent cities result from social and economic inequality, which also affects the urban landscape and the way we live. In honor of International Cities Day, we have selected a series of projects to reflect on non-violent ways of using public space. Songzhuang Micro Community Park / Crossboundaries. Read more »

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GAD Presents New Tashkent City Masterplan Focused on Accessibility and Collaboration

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Courtesy of GAD | New Tashkent City Master Plan Global Architecture Development (GAD) has presented the New Tashkent City master plan, shortlisted in the Master planning category at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2023. Overall, the design hopes to raise the city’s overall livability.

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Austin becomes largest city in the U.S. to dump parking requirements

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Austin on Thursday became the largest city in the country to stop requiring new developments to have a set amount of parking — a move aimed at both fighting climate change and spurring more housing construction amid the city’s affordability crisis. In 2019, the L.A.

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