Snøhetta unveils "green lung" urban farm in Hong Kong
Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed an urban farm surrounded by three clubhouses for the Pavilia Farm residential development in Tai Wai, Hong Kong. More
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SUO elevates winding walkway in national park in Japan
Yashima Mountaintop Park is a "three-dimensional pathway" by architecture studio SUO that offers views over the mountainous landscape of Setonaikai National Park in Japan. More
Mike Hewson installs giant boulders on wheels for "risk play" space in Melbourne
New Zealand artist Mike Hewson has designed a public playground in Melbourne named Rocks on Wheels that contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. More
"Cities born fully formed are simply bad ideas thrown at the world"
Proponents of the built-from-scratch smart cities emerging around the globe fail to understand that communities cannot be created through technological innovation, write Adam Scott and Dave Waddell. More
Morag Myerscough creates "secret garden" for Sheffield Children's Hospital
A colourful pavilion sits in the Joy Garden at Sheffield Children's Hospital, which British artist Morag Myerscough has created to offer patients and staff respite from a medical environment. More
White Arkitekter and K2S Architects set to revitalise Helsinki's Makasiiniranta waterfront
Studios White Arkitekter and K2S Architects are set to turn an underutilised area alongside Helsinki harbour into a cultural precinct incorporating several historic buildings. More
Timber bridge offers visitors 360-degree views of Belgian heathland and forest
Architecture studios Maat-Ontwerpers and Bart Lens have created a cycle path called Cycling Through the Heathland as part of a tourism cycling network through the Belgium province of Limburg. More
Copenhagen at risk of "becoming homogenous and self-satisfied" warns CAFx director
Copenhagen remains a difficult place to live for too many people, despite its reputation as one of the best cities in the world, says Copenhagen Architecture Festival boss Josephine Michau in this interview. More
Victorian viaduct repurposed as public park in Manchester
Weathered-steel planters feature in the linear park that London studio Twelve Architects and the National Trust conservation charity have created on the disused Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester. More
"We can all take action to change our neighbourhoods" says Christian Pagh
People should demand better than the "boring and banal" housing communities that have become the norm, says Christian Pagh, director and chief curator of the eighth Oslo Architecture Triennale in this interview. More
"Sohofication is strangling our city centres"
A proliferation of strangely similar restaurants in our cities is at risk of making them boring places to live, writes Jonathan Nunn. More
Toronto airfield to be converted into district that aims for "the opposite of suburbanization"
Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects, local studio KPMB and landscape architecture studio SLA are set to convert an airstrip outside of downtown Toronto into a residential district. More
"Grassy parks are no longer viable in the face of global heating"
In the face of climate change, Britain's lawned parks should be replaced with urban forests to help control city temperatures and keep green spaces green during hot summers, writes Phineas Harper. More
The Line megacity will "revolutionise our current way of life" says Neom director
The mirrored megacity planned for the Saudi Arabian desert will set a new standard for life in urban areas and be net-zero over its lifetime, argues developer Neom's executive director for urban planning Tarek Qaddumi in this exclusive interview. More
MVRDV and StudioPOD create 200-metre-long park beneath Mumbai flyover
Dutch studio MVRDV and local practice StudioPOD have collaborated to convert a disused space beneath a concrete flyover in Mumbai, India, into the One Green Mile linear park. More
Notre-Dame visitor centre set to be built in underground car park
Landscape architecture studio Bureau Bas Smets is set to revive the square facing Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris and transform an abandoned underground car park beneath it into a visitor centre that opens onto the river Seine More
This week the Maldives unveiled a floating island city
This week on Dezeen, the Maldives revealed its plans to create the "world's first true floating island city" with 5,000 homes that will rise with the sea. More
Maldives reveals "world's first true floating island city" to cope with rising sea levels
The Maldives has partnered with architecture studio Waterstudio to create a brain-shaped floating city that will house 20,000 people in a lagoon near the country's capital. More
Global cities becoming cycle friendly after "seismic shift" during pandemic
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing a rethink of our urban centres, Dezeen spoke to experts about how municipalities around the world are striving to become "magical" cycling cities. More
Overland Partners designs binational park "as a prototype for border cities"
San Antonio-based firm Overland Partners has released plans for a binational border park between Mexico and the United States that will be built along the Rio Grande. More