Social Media Ideas for Urban Issues And Habitation

The people who live in cities must have a say in how they are shaped: Notes from the Common City Conference

Urban growth in Africa comes with falls on the poorest residents: forced evictions, informal settlements razed for redevelopment projects, with no consultation of the people who li...

The Housing Essay: What if our cities were designed for living, and not for private wealth?

Our cities are filling with apartments, but where are the parks, playgrounds, benches and green spaces that make urban living work?

Form Follows Living: 6 Unbuilt Collective Housing Projects from the ArchDaily Community

Contemporary housing architecture faces the pressing demands of the global housing deficit and growing urban populations. In architectural practice, we see recurring experimentatio...

Green Space and the Price of a Home on the US West Coast

Every housing crisis eventually becomes a land question, and every land question eventually becomes a values question. The United States' West Coast has arrived at that point. As c...

They Were Always About Landscape. Shifting the View On Mass Housing Estates In Berlin And Europe

Robin Hueppe writes about Berlin’s post-war housing estates as landscapes shaped by war rubble, landfills, water engineering and ecological succession, revealing the buried histori...

Urban living: 'Messy city' can be in the eye of the beholder

Civic improvements often emerge from unplanned urban activity

Explained: What is UN's 'right to adequate housing' and why it matters

The United Nations views housing as a basic human right, not just an investment. Financialization and global pressures displace millions, making cities unaffordable for many. Margi...

Micro-Ecosystems: South Korea's Answer to High-Density Mixed-Use Living

With over 80% of its population living in urban centers and a national density exceeding 500 people per square kilometer — soaring to over 15,000 in Seoul — South Korea faces inten...

When does making an area a better place to live tip into gentrification?

Placemaking is a valid policy – but it’s not largely creating social homes in Ireland.

The City as a System of Health: Breaking Feedback Loops in Planning

The spatial consequences of urban form are revealed when health outcomes are mapped over neighborhoods. Neighborhoods that support walking, daily errands, social interaction, and a...

How Mixed-Use Towers Combine Access, Comfort, and Convenience

Mixed-use towers meet a clear city need. People value homes, shops, services, and shared areas within easy reach. That arrangement shortens routine travel and makes daily planning...

Origins of California's housing crisis, L.A. Live air taxis, and more

Origins of California's housing crisis, L.A. Live air taxis, and more Steven Sharp Sat, 08/29/2026 - 06:15 AEG and Archer Aviation announced plans this week to deve...

'Sentient cities' shape future of urban development, place people at centre of planning

Caribbean Urbanism: From Garífuna Roots to the Layered City of La Ceiba, Honduras

On the Caribbean coast of Honduras, lies the Leán valley, a narrow coastal strip lined by the Nombre de Dios Mountain Range to the South and the Caribbean Sea to the North. For a l...

To upzone or not to upzone? Two views on the housing crisis

To upzone or not to upzone? Two views on the housing crisis Diana Ionescu Fri, 08/14/2026 - 05:00 4 minutes

The Future Suburb Symposium

The life of today's suburbs is interesting, complex, and diverse, but the suburban environments we are building are not. This is the central paradox of the contemporary Australian...

Why Mumbai is leading India’s super-tall housing boom

As Mumbai’s super-tall residential towers rise beyond 300 metres, innovation, redevelopment and sustainability redefine vertical living

Holding space: Resisting the violence of urban renewal

Urban development can improve housing, streets and public spaces, but only if it doesn't displace communities. As designers, we can choose to shape our environments in a way that i...

Saint Etienne, Montreynaud District by In Situ

Urban renewal: creating new foundations for a district sitting on concrete, or how to return to the fertile ground. In the city of Saint Etienne, a social housing district named th...

Collective Living and the Architectural Imaginary

In an era defined by housing precarity, social fragmentation, and environmental urgency, Collective Living and the Architectural Imaginary examines how architects have reimagined a...

Graffiti tower cleanup begins, Homeless population grows, and more

Graffiti tower cleanup begins, Homeless population grows, and more Steven Sharp Sat, 07/25/2026 - 06:15 The city of Santa Monica has launched Santa Monica Renter Ai...

How to reverse rising inequality in Asia’s cities

Asia and the Pacific is urbanizing faster than any other region. By 2050, its cities will be home to 3.4 billion people, up from 2.2 billion today – the equivalent of adding around...

clarence perry’s ‘neighborhood unit’: the century-old idea behind today’s 15-minute city

the history of proximity planning reveals how ideas about walkability, community, and accessibility have changed over the past century. The post clarence perry’s ‘neighborhood unit...

Most Gen Zers Want to Live in Cities, but That May Require Giving Up Homeownership

Young adults are drawn to urban lifestyles, but rising housing costs may reshape dreams of owning a home. The post Most Gen Zers Want to Live in Cities, but That May Require Giving...