urban spaces news

Global hotel and spa operator Six Senses is branching further into urban spaces after announcing plans to launch a brand new destination in Tel Aviv, ... More

French car manufacturer Citroën and hotel brand Pullman Hotels & Resorts have partnered to create an autonomous "urban mobile platform" concept, designed to allow people ... More

A team of architects have revealed plans to transform a multi-lane road in central Copenhagen into a green and car-free city park. The project will ... More

Already the architect developing the Sundsholmerne ecovillage on the waterfront of the new Stigsborg district in Aalborg, Denmark, C.F. Møller has now also been chosen ... More

Buro Ehring 's concept for a stadium with a sunken pitch that is hidden by an eclectic group of buildings surrounding it has won the ... More

Copenhagen-based studio Effekt has used the need for a climate adaptation plan by a town in Southern Jutland, Denmark, as an opportunity to enhance its ... More

German architecture firm Buro Ole Scheeren today announced their latest project in Vancouver, Canada – their second venture into the city following the 2015 commission ... More

There has been “a wonderful renaissance” in public realm design, but a lack of meaningful investment threatens to hold back further progress. That is the ... More

Singapore-based wellness design firm A.W. Lake has acquired a 16-hectare (40-acre) property in Colorado, which will be the site of its new headquarters in the ... More

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (SHL) have unveiled their “transformative design” for one of Scandinavia's largest retail destinations: the Fisketorvet - Copenhagen Mall. ... More

US architecture studio SHoP have announced they will create one of the world’s largest 3D public structures for the Design Miami festival in November. The ... More

Pavegen, the British clean-tech company, has launched an innovative flooring system that creates energy from footsteps. The technology, called V3, was unveiled in New York ... More

Global entertainment designers Forrec have acquired Toronto-based Scott Torrance Landscape Architects as part of a strategic expansion of their portfolio. The practice – who create ... More

US President Barack Obama will promote the advancement of liveable cities next week with a White House budget proposal raising money for green transportation projects. ... More

Rio de Janeiro’s hotly-anticipated Museau do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) – designed by prize-winning Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava – will be officially opened tomorrow (17 ... More

A Norwegian architecture group is transforming an earthquake-hit urban area in Valparaiso, Chile into a community venue for music, theatre and circus performances. The Scarcity ... More

Health and wellness will be at the core of a groundbreaking billion-dollar urban development in Tampa city, Florida. Real estate company Delos – which has ... More

The New York architects aiming to create the Lowline – the ‘world's first underground park’ – have launched a living installation intended to approximate the ... More

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a new architectural competition centred around culture and heritage at the heart of the 600-year-old South Korean capital’s city ... More

More people are taking part in outdoor sports in the UK than ever before – and the demand for outdoor activities is continuing to increase. ... More

An ‘imagination playground’ is being built in New Orleans to inspire children to get into architecture through play. Not-for-profit organisation PlayBuild’s goal is to transform ... More

Sydney, Australia, is seeing returns on the commitment it’s made to public art in recent years, announcing details of three prestigious works to launch the ... More

The Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and Haus der Kunst have announced that David Chipperfield Architects has won the final round of ... More

Work has started on the first of London's 'pocket parks', which have received £2m of funding to transform neglected urban spaces into mini oases. Twenty-seven ... More

Leading architects, planners and city experts are in London this week to attend Fit Cities-Fit World - a conference organised to look at the role ... More