Urban planning
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Breathe in, breathe out
Taiwan's Yilan county has long been Taipei's rural escape. Since a mountain tunnel slashed commute times in 2006, this Pacific-coast city of rice paddies and surf breaks has become a genuine alternative to capital-city…
Walk of fame
LA’s renaissance mayor and Democrat rising star is taking on homelessness, transport and Trump.
Americas
Wasted water in Buenos Aires, green space in Medellín and pretty flood prevention in New Orleans.
Urban outfitter
What factors help us feel good in the city and how can planning departments do their bit? From street layouts to lighting to a lick of fresh paint, it’s all in the details.
Social climbers
Staircases can trigger conversations, provide a sense of arrival and dazzle with ingenuity. So why are they neglected in the design of so many new projects?
Editor’s letter
Our editor in chief on what makes a successful travel hub and how cities can help us all go with the flow.
Cities
A Toronto neighbourhood with lessons for other cities, a bike scheme lacking in pedal power and a fruity solution in Lisbon.
Architecture
A fix for an urban-planning disaster in Sydney and a Barcelona architecture firm on the up.
Cities
Australia’s First Lady Lucy Turnbull is facing Sydney’s population growth head on. Plus: inspired travel connections in Abidjan and Gironella.
Vim and vigour
Urban-planners once sought ease of life but this made for less active populations. Now, a new kind of design and architecture is putting citizens’ wellbeing at its heart, transforming cities once again.
