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Architecture

Street view

Installations at Concéntrico, a design and architecture festival in the Spanish city of Logroño, are challenging residents to look at their surrounds.

  • Issue #138
  • 7 min read
Street view
Culture

Time to ponder

Three writers hold forth on calming pleasures, from connecting with our roots through recipes to (gently) rethinking the city and reliving treasured trips.

  • Issue #137
  • 7 min read
Flat illustration of a person at a desk with a tropical coastal view.
Business

Bums on streets

Let’s take this outside – Tyler Brûlé outlines what our cities need to do to thrive.

  • Issue #137
  • 4 min read
Cartoon illustration of people drinking beer at an outdoor cafe terrace with green awning and festive atmosphere
Affairs

The opener

How to improve street lighting, shopfronts and city transit, a celebration of rats’ lives and dogs’ dinners and why the solution to our modern malaise is simplicity itself.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
The opener
Design

Back to the future

Our modern cities have ever-evolving needs. But sometimes putting a new spin on an old idea might just fit the bill, whether the aim is to tackle climate change or simply entertain.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 10 min read
Back to the future
Travel and restaurants

Destination: Perth

Two centuries after Governor Stirling marvelled at the Swan River's beauty, Perth has grown into a mining-boom metropolis — yet its waterway remains the beating heart of daily life.

  • Issue #125
  • 4 min read
Kayaker in neon helmet carrying boat on Swan River beach at Bicton Baths with moored yachts behind.
Design

Play it cool

We visit the cities making space for people (of all ages) to get out and about and have some fun.

  • Issue #125
  • 17 min read
Play it cool
Urbanism

Editor’s letter

When our editor in chief sets out for a jog around a city, his brain is whirring even faster than his legs. Here he reflects on urban projects in London and Zürich that have…

  • Issue #120
  • 4 min read
Editor’s letter
Affairs

Cities

Istanbul ups the war on plastic and we have a word with Labour peer Andrew Adonis.

  • Issue #118
  • 4 min read
Cities
Business

Space race

We rarely notice street furniture, yet the design of chairs, bins and bike racks has a profound effect on our cities. We meet the designers enhancing our urban mood and surroundings.

  • Issue #115
  • 12 min read
Space race

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