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Expo 53: Building for the future
Cannes’ annual MIPIM property market is a chance for countries and cities to show off their grand design visions, a fascinating milieu where mayors, speculators and architects mingle despite the economic crisis.
Property prospectus: George Town
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, is a former British trading outpost rich with post-colonial charm. Now it’s drawing in a new batch of entrepreneurs who are converting old shop-houses into everything…
Fort Point Channel
The Boston Society of Architects has moved in as have media companies, restaurateurs and developers. The red-brick warehouse-style lofts provide creative living and the rest of Boston is on the doorstep.
Evolution theory
There’s more to Darwin than cyclones and crocodiles. A young population, a gas deal, a vibrant Asian culture and now a base for US Marines are changing its outback image.
Kungsholmen
A small town within Stockholm, Kungsholmen was traditionally favoured by academics and families. Now, this charming neighbourhood is being discovered by a new generation of creatives and entrepreneurs finding its unique charms.
Source of energy
Houston isn't typically associated with green credentials. Yet its liberal mayor, Annise Parker, has put renewable energy firmly on the agenda after her re-election in the oil-rich Texan city.
Northern exposure
The Chinese city of Harbin is quickly establishing itself as a regional power, bringing in investment and cashing in on its food and fashion. It’s proving that it’s far from grim up north.
Rivals for the crown
An oil boom is driving Santos’s remarkable transformation and, as the cash flows in, the port city’s coastal cache and ambitious regeneration means it’s giving drizzly São Paulo a run for its money.
Europe
The crime of stalking is elusive to define, tricky to prove, and tough to effectively punish.
Well oiled
Ghana is drilling for oil and the government has a plan to avoid the “resource curse”. In Accra the mood is optimistic as new wealth looks set to revitalise an already culturally rich location.
