Tag: Cities
Parklets, traffic-free zones and outdoor eating: how COVID is transforming our cities
Michele Acuto and Dan Hill consider how councils around the world have tinkered, trialled and retrofitted cities in ways that were unthinkable before the pandemic hit.
Post-pandemic cities: The great reset
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the built form of our cities will surely change – but what type of future do we want to build for?
Population and urban infrastructure in the century of cities
As the population of Australian cities increases and the earth’s climate shifts as a result of human activity, the way we design our cities must change.
Sexism and the city: how urban planning has failed women
The proportion of women to men in architecture and associated professions is low. Can cities not designed by women really meet their needs?
Harvard offering free online course on cities
A free online course will offer students a “far-ranging look at the past, present and future of cities,” guided by Harvard economics professor Edward Glaeser.
Circular motions: Seoullo 7017
Is MVRDV’s“sky garden” Seoul’s answer to New York’s High Line or a “giant marketing stunt” derived from a process of “shape throwing”? Landscape Australia editor Ricky Ray Ricardo paid a visit.
Australian cities among the largest and least densely settled in the world
Demographia’s annual World Urban Areas report is a survey of the size, population and density of every urban agglomeration in the world with a population above half a million people.
Climate change, housing affordability key challenges for re-elected government
The Australian Institute of Architects urges the re-elected Coalition government to deal with key challenges facing Australia’s built environment.
City Deals: nine reasons this imported model of urban development demands due diligence
Will a UK model of urban policy and infrastructure funding work in Australia? Professor of urban management and planning Paul Burton evaluates.
FJMT addition to Darling Square revealed
Three mixed-use towers by FJMT will join Kengo Kuma’s civic building as part of the $3.4b redevelopment of Darling Harbour.
Adelaide launches public space design manual
The City of Adelaide has launched a holistic design manual to guide the creation of sustainable and attractive public spaces.
Memo to our latest cities minister
Paul Burton, professor of urban management and planning, pens an open letter to the new federal assistant minister for cities and digital transformation.
Infrastructure Plan calls for user-pays roads, higher density
The Aus Infrastructure Plan recommends user-pays roads to service a growing population, but ignores green infrastructure.
AILA mobilizes force to advise federal cities policy
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has formed an alliance that will advise the Australian government on cities policy.
Minister for Cities lost in reshuffle
Minister for Cities and the Built Environment gone just six months after being created by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The ethical city
To meet the challenges of the 21st century, we need to change the way we conceive, manage and build our cities.
Uncertain future for Minister for Cities
Environment minister Greg Hunt named acting Minister for Cities after Jamie Briggs resigned just three months into the role.
Utopia: seriously, good urban planning should aspire to it
Lecturers Steven Fleming and Angelina Russo put forward their grand vision of Velotopia, a bicycle-oriented utopia.
Green walls may pollute offices in heat
UK-based research has found that heatwaves in polluted urban areas could render exterior green walls a risk to human health.
