A detail from Jurgen Mayer H’s award winning proposalsBlueprint
Jurgen Mayer Architects were last named the winner of the Audi Urban Futures Award. The award is an innovation was set up by the German car manufacturer to encourage discussions around the relationship between mobility and urban planning. Mayer’s winning proposal posited a future where cars [...]

A recent report published by CABE, the UK government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space, Community Green: using local spaces to tackle inequality and improve health reveals how improving urban green spaces represents an important and cost-effective opportunity for people to transform their local neighbourhoods and can significantly contribute to better health (physical [...]

What: Call for Mobility Pilots for an intelligent and inter-modal transport system
Where: Copenhagen
Who: Living Labs Global & City of Copenhagen
When: Deadline for submissions Aug 31; Results Sept 15; Pilot Start Nov 15 2010
Pilot duration: 1-6 months
The City of Copenhagen and Living Labs Global, a non-profit association based in Copenhagen (Denmark) with the objective to promote [...]

In view of the financial crisis and the unique challenges facing 21st century society cities are acknowledging the need of governmental assistance and the help of the private sector to foster successful and responsible urban development, innovation and global competitiveness. Forming private/public partnerships requires the interaction and collaboration between key individuals in both sectors; The [...]

Marcia Caines & Ashwin Rajan

artwork Mario Suarez
“Eighty percent of the environmental impact of the products, services, and infrastructures around us is determined at the design stage. Design decisions shape the processes behind the products we use, the materials and energy required to make them, the ways we operate them on a daily basis, and what [...]