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The spaces below: Freeways and highways for people?
“Big infrastructure”, in particular freeways and major roads interchanges, are a part our cities whether we like it or not. While largely inherited from the “freeway rush” of the 50’s and 60’s, some of...
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Remembering New York: City and Memory
Earlier this year, one of our writers, Pamela Hellig, who travelled to Auschwitz in Poland, shared an excellent but challenging piece on her experience. She wrote about the challenge of how people...
View ArticleWATCH: Creating a better city through betters streets and spaces.
In this funny and thought-provoking talk, Janette Sadik-Khan, transportation commissioner of New York City, shares projects that have reshaped street life in the 5 boroughs, including pedestrian zones...
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Top 20 Cities for Innovation
by brentdanley In 2008 the world hit a turning point with over 50% of the world’s population now living in cities. That means that the human population is predominantly urbanised mainly due to an...
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How public transportation can reduce congestion
When will we change our mindsets and lifestyles? Will Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom free us from our tight grip on privatized motor vehicles? This clip originally appeared on the blog Peter From...
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New York Waterfront gets ready for the future
By Vanessa Quirk. On 03 April 2014 BIG, along with 9 other teams including OMA and WXY, unveiled their proposals for “Rebuild by Design,” a competition which tasks teams with improving the resiliency...
View ArticleWATCH: How public spaces make cities work
Temporary Cities: Our next #CityTalk Bridging communities through design Is Green Point common accessible? More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it...
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World’s Best Places to live: The Global Liveability Index
By Olamide Udoma MelbourneSource: thetravelbugtv.com Also read: Measuring the liveability of cities, Cities and quality of life: Our next #CityTalk, & Melbourne, the world’s most liveable city?...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | World’s largest study on cyclist behaviour: Copenhagen to...
“We truly believe that well-designed infrastructure leads to better behaviour from cyclists“ Copenhagenize Design Co, the international consultancy specialising in bicycle urbanism are launching a new...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | WATCH : How to reimagine the streets of the future
“Streets are some of the most valuable resources that a city has, and yet it’s an asset that’s largely hidden in plain sight” In this funny and thought-provoking talk, Janette Sadik-Khan,...
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Future Lagos | Watch: Re-Imagining the Civic Commons
“A civic space needs to reflect the authenticity and assets of the community around it” As part of Re-Imagining the Civic Commons, an MAS’ project with the James L. Knight Foundation, a panel of...
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From the desk of Future Cape Town: Why we need a weekend getaway
Edition 002 Rashiq Fataar walks the streets of Durban’s CBD and cherishes the break in routine to inspire new questions and ideas about our cities. Routine can be a good and bad thing. With most of...
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From the desk of Future Cape Town III: Why letting the ideas in, and out,...
On the subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan, Rashiq Fataar is thinking about how important the process of gathering ideas is, giving meaning to these ideas and the power of giving them wings to travel....
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Learning in New York : New approaches to delivering affordable housing
PROJECT : The Peninsula, $300 million mixed-use affordable housing project We learnt from the Public Design Commission about the transformation of a former Bronx juvenile prison site into a $300...
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How to design stronger, more resilient communities : Lessons from New York to...
The #cocreateDESIGN Festival an initiative by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa, is a platform for South African and Dutch counterparts to exchange innovations for a sustainable future....
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