cities

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead

A practical way to help the homeless find work and safety

This app makes it fun to pick up litter

The Housing First approach to homelessness

Buildings that blend nature and city

Inside America's dead shopping malls

How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city

What a driverless world could look like

What if we could address the unaddressable?

Home renters are powerless. Here's how to fix that

America's forgotten working class

How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war

How to grow a forest in your backyard

The new American Dream

How megacities are changing the map of the world

What can we learn from shortcuts?

Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars

Why open a school? To close a prison

Why great architecture should tell a story

La identidad cultural de ciudades nuevas

Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed

How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art

What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead

My ghost town road trip

Happy maps

What I learned as a kid in jail

How we found the worst place to park in New York City -- using big data

What I learned from digging under New York City's streets

How better transportation can reinvigorate a city

Let's build better digital tools for our cities!

There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help

How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations

My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process

How painting can transform communities