Security has been an integral part of metropolitan areas for millennia. From the ancient walls that surrounded Marrakesh and Munich to the barriers erected during “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland, ...

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture design by architect David Adjaye -(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) Of the 121,603 licensed architects in the United States, only 2,492 (2 ...

The urban design category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors landscapes, urban designs, and policies that make cities and living in them cleaner, more efficient, more beautiful, and ...

The works Jože Plečnik carried in Ljubljana between World War I and World War II present an example of a human centred urban design that successively changed the identity of the city following the ...

In the 1970s, in Berkeley, California, a group of disability rights activists called the Rolling Quads began dismantling curbs and improvising sidewalk ramps, demanding access for wheelchair users.

As the boundaries between public and private continue to blur, POPS embody both the possibilities and tensions of urban design today. On the one hand, they bring much-needed investment, ongoing ...

Of the 121,603 licensed architects in the United States, only 2,492 (2%) are Black. But that doesn’t mean they’re not making a huge impact on urban design. Black architects have been innovators in the ...