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Fair and Square

Marvel’s Union Square-14th Street District Vision Plan will enhance pedestrian accessibility

the campus of howard university, a HBCU in DC
Campus Revival

Howard University eyes development plans while staying true to its roots

THE LINE, a linear development in the mountains of saudi arabia
I Walk THE LINE

Saudi Arabia reveals a hundred-mile-long linear city, but critics are skeptical

photo of a train passing by a densification project on a river
Growing Up

Op-ed: How density can be the hero in L.A.’s story

an overgrown lot in Chicago
State of Architecture 2020

In Perspective: David Brown

photograph of outdoor dining stations
Street Eats

Welcome to the new normals of outdoor dining

illustration of a riverfront park with a bridge in the background
A Riverfront Place of Remembrance

This former New Jersey toxic waste dump will become a memorial to COVID-19 victims

portrait of urban designer justin garrett moore
Ch-ch-changes

Justin Garrett Moore exits New York City Public Design Commission for the Mellon Foundation

conceptual illustration of the new Green Lake Community Center, made of two boxy volumes
A New Era

Seattle Parks and Recreation unveils the $100 million Green Lake Community Center

aerial view of redevelopment around Michigan Central Station
Goodbye Ruin Porn

Ford reveals plans for Michigan Central, a 30-acre “mobility innovation district” in Detroit’s Corktown

a person holding a model globe, but not bjarke ingels's masterplanet
Little BIG Planet

Op-ed: With Masterplanet, Bjarke Ingels’s architecture has become universal—and incapable of admitting difference

A man sitting behind a mic, roman mars
Always Read The Plaque

Roman Mars on ten years of 99% Invisible and his latest book

illustration of a tree-topped mixed-use buildings
Bugging Out

Henning Larsen shares master plan for a new urban district in Wolfsburg, Germany

a motel 6 sign, of the type to house a homekey project
Plenty of Room at the Inn

California Governor Gavin Newsom pledges $200 million for hotel-to-housing conversion program

Outdoor dining in nyc during pandemic
Winter Is Coming

New report explores how shops and restaurants can survive and thrive during a COVID winter

A poster that reads Utopian Hours on a yellow background
As A Concept, Not A Specific City

Utopian Hours returns with a streaming urbanism festival about the fate of the city

A low-slung waterfront site on a river
Just a Bridge Away

Studio Libeskind will bring a new waterfront neighborhood to New Jersey

A screenshot of flight simulator 2020 showing a plane over the mountains of brazil
Around the World in 80 Minutes

Flight Simulator 2020 provides a worldwide playset for architects and urbanists

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