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Five simple ways to seed change in your neighbourhood for greener cities
Though modest patches of urban greenery are often taken for granted, award-winning garden designer Lottie Delamain believes that they can bring together fractured cities and help to restore their resilience.
Visionary ‘sponge city’ architect Kongjian Yu dies in Brazil plane crash
The pioneering architect’s death casts new light on his radical vision for greener, flood-resilient cities – ideas he shared with The Urbanist in a 2024 interview.
What we gain and lose with the rise of sky gardens
Although green spaces are always a welcome addition to urban landscapes, vertical lawns can never replace real parks in the heart of cities.
Best in town
From architects to street-lighting experts, these firms are keeping our cities liveable.
Concrete jungles
As urbanites the world over seek to nurture a little nature in their cities, we travel to Singapore, Copenhagen and Beirut to visit three projects with rewilding at their heart.
Cities
Los Angeles transforms its river, Helsinki goes deep for its heating and Prague’s tram lines go green.
Civic pride
Maverick mayors and plucky planners are springing into action to make their cities greener and cleaner – and prepare them for the big bounce back.
Cities
Oslo’s governing mayor on how to green a city, a Mexican city gets a rebrand, car-sharing in Slovenia and Berlin’s rooftops are blooming.
Talk of the town
From a Beijing air-quality expert to an Italian architect, these urban planning visionaries have ideas with the potential to transform our urban world – and soon.
Curated community
Last year we engineered the perfect neighbourhood, receiving praise from the World Health Organisation for putting small business at the core of our high street. This year, we’ve come up with a better borough.
