Brand designer Giles Poyner pays tribute to Birmingham's Fort Dunlop building.

Birmingham’s torrid love affair with high-rise was ending by the late sixties.

We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families

One of America’s first major public works projects is marking its 200th anniversary — and seeking a path to the future.

The New Towns Taskforce has recommended locations for the next generation of new towns.

Podcast Episode · The Urbanist · 18/09/2025 · 31m

In the 1950s and ’60s, top architects built a trove of daring modernist schools in Columbus, Indiana. Now these midcentury icons are getting a $300 million update.

Podcast Episode · Buffalo... Who Knew? · 08/04/2025 · 31m

From designing playgrounds to university campuses, Kelly Hayes McAlonie has worked to prioritize women and families in public space.

What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?

Motor City officials and preservationists see different futures for RenCen, the soon-to-be-former headquarters of General Motors and once the world’s largest development.

Planners of the Waterbeach development near Cambridge designed the new housing complex with abundant cycling infrastructure to support car-free living.

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David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable

ALT: a man in a blue sweater is sitting in front of a pile of papers

Why some succeed and others fail?

What do the stories of Mansfield and Corby tell us about the state of contemporary Britain?

Podcast Episode · The Century of Cities · 08/11/2024 · 26m