Defensive Realms
How can we secure our cities from the threat of terrorism without destroying what makes them liveable?
Is Smarter Safer?
Every single element you add to the chain of a network or smart city brings a capability and an opportunity, but also a vulnerability.
Tall Timber: How High Can CLT Go?
Timber could be an alternative to concrete when building high. Being lighter than concrete, it also speeds up the construction time.
Is CLT The Answer For Seismic Zones?
New-generation timber-framed buildings have properties that make them ideal for surviving earthquakes.
The New Middle Age
We shouldn’t be building better housing just for the elderly, says Lord Richard Best, but for the not-old-yet who are ready to downsize.
Five Ways To Boost Creativity*
A research shows that creativity flourishes when workers move outside their comfort zone, broaden their knowledge and do something they’ve never done before.
The Creativity Enigma
Ping pong tables, pod chairs, beach huts and giant slides – is this really what it takes to make us more creative at work?
Blank Canvas: Can We Make A Totally Recyclable Building?
How do we recycle a building or materials in a way that we could really benefit from? Three WSP engineers responds to this question with no constraints.
‘Superdensity’ in Hong Kong
Vertical urbanism could be a solution to increasing densification in Hong Kong, where much of the inhabitant’s life will be lived well above ground.
Interview With Gordon Gill: Searching for Better Answers
“We’re problem-solvers who happen to be architects. Sometimes the solution is not just a building”
Peak Megacity
Crowded conditions, inflated property prices, public health disasters, low fertility rates — Joel Kotkin asks whether it’s time we gave up on super-sized cities.
ISSUE 04
In this issue: making cities resilient to terrorist attacks, climate change adaptation, the future of airports and the lost art of drawing makes a comeback. We solve the hotel laundry challenge, and our contributors discuss the endless applications of blockchain, how Big Data can help – or hinder – social inequality, and the value of absurdity in the workplace.
Download Now
ISSUE 03
In this issue: the pursuit of wellness, the future of workplace, digital modelling and developments around transport hubs. Swedish Green Party politician Johan Edstav explains why he’s building new cities on empty fields, and our contributors design solutions to loneliness, envision the all-electric city and discuss why the search for genius can leave organizations poorer for talent.
Download Now
ISSUE 02
In this issue: the limits on city density, the future of education, next-generation construction materials and totally recyclable buildings. Kingdom Tower architect Gordon Gill talks about his responsibilities and regrets, and our columnists take on drones in Africa, Asian megacities and earthquakes, post-antibiotic hospital design and why engineers should read more philosophy.
Download Now
Issue 01
In this issue: designing cities for an ageing demographic, modular construction, creativity at work and the future of real-world shopping districts in an online world. Bioengineering inventor Professor Heinz Wolff rethinks society, and contributors puncture driverless myths, predict the death of the megacity and lose themselves in the urban wild.