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Affairs

Americas

Housing in Boston gets dense, Bogotá transport takes to the skies and a book reconsiders the suburbs.

  • Issue #125
  • 4 min read
Americas
Urbanism

Better together

Could a co-operative housing estate in Switzerland be the model for a new way of living, helping city dwellers escape high rents? We head to Mehr als Wohnen to find out.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 9 min read
Better together
Business

All together now

Are co-living spaces the answer to loneliness? Reza Merchant’s Collective in London proved a hit and now he’s primed to make his social experiment a global endeavour.

  • Issue #113
  • 3 min read
All together now
Design

Designs of the time

Tokyo's ‘House Vision’ exhibition invites creative thinkers to explore new possibilities for urban living and the future of the Japanese house, from delivery-friendly fridges to pull-down baths.

  • Issue #96
  • 12 min read
Designs of the time
Culture

✕5 Essays

Our wise contributors unravel the riddles at the heart of our cities: what makes them tick, how they can work better and what nocturnal joys lie within.

  • Issue #95
  • 29 min read
✕5 Essays
Urbanism

Oceania

Canberra celebrates its centenary, New Zealand gets building and Tonga gets broadcasting (in Chinese).

  • Issue #60
  • 5 min read
Oceania
Culture

Theatre of life

In Munich, a unique building provides subsidised rent for retired actors, artists and journalists. The Werner Friedmann Foundation, which made its money in the circus, runs the enviable scheme.

  • Issue #59
  • 11 min read
Theatre of life
Politics

Oceania

The challenges facing Papua New Guinea's new prime minister, solving a housing shortage in Darwin, and why Kiwi students are being spared Shakespeare.

  • Issue #48
  • 4 min read
Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's founding father, speaking at a podium wearing glasses and a dark suit with a colorful tie.
Affairs

Oceania

Australia heads into a housing bubble, while in Christchurch the nightlife heads to the suburbs. Plus, we speak to the man in charge of rebuilding post-earthquake New Zealand.

  • Issue #45
  • 4 min read
Going up Down Under

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