Cliché says that you are what you eat; but it would be more accurate to say you are where you live. According to the World Health Organization, the conditions in which we are born, live, and work ...

The following is an excerpt of a speech by former Miami Mayor Manuel “Manny” Diaz. It was originally delivered at the 2016 Design Matters Conference in Miami. When I ran, I had no clue what the terms ...

Pain and perseverance. Fatigue and flexibility. Variants and vaccines. In just a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has challenged every aspect of life on Earth. But it has also given rise to an unstoppable ...

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. Architect Cecil Baker remembers exactly when he knew it was time to quit the Philadelphia Civic Design Review committee. “The straw that broke the camel’s ...

Dubai is a city where firefighters use jetpacks, archipelagos are built from scratch, and buildings climb into the clouds; a slick metropolis in the middle of a vast red desert. First-time visitors ...

Last month, the Department of City Planning reassigned the central design division that used zoning tools to manage public spaces and craft neighborhood character. Critics say the move will ...

If money were no object, what would the ideal city of the future look like? Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) answered that question with a spectacular design for the Forest City, a ...

As the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America, Mexico City is as complex as it is large – and its layered history and culture make it fertile grounds for some of the most ...