32 articles / With more than half the population living in cities, urban regeneration is the new paradigm alongside sustainable buildings, smart energy and urban mobility. We continually ask what the future holds and how our work can deliver thriving, sustainable cities.
I first encountered Ove Arup in 1964 when I was...
Base isolation is seismic...
A booming Asia creates opportunities to export Australia’s sustainability skills and knowledge. But first, we must show through independent assessment that we can build more sustainably in Australia. Key to this will be sustainability ratings...
By taking advantage of increased efficiencies, developing on a precinct or neighbourhood scale creates smarter and more liveable communities than thinking on a building-by-building level. Realising the benefits of this approach requires a...
Despite calls for massive investment in flood...
Visiting a new settlement planned on utopian...
Six of the ten largest US cities are located in...
London’s winning bid for the Olympic Games...
High-speed data and mobile communications technology is allowing us to think differently about how we plan and develop urban spaces, making cities a platform for plug and play applications. Australia is currently rolling out a national broadband...
Cities battle fiercely for the right to host...
There is no doubt that this remains among the most difficult economic environments we have faced in decades. In the wake of the US housing and banking collapse and Eurozone volatility, the impact of the crisis still reverberates far and wide across...
The European Parliament recently agreed to a...
In a year when the eyes of the world will be...
How do we decide what we like and what we choose?...
Planting large species trees in urban...
![Lego blocks to illustrate "[Agile city design] means thinking more Legoland than Disneyland.](/App_Images/Posts/Medium/Agile_Cities_Lego_190x126.jpg "Lego blocks to illustrate \"[Agile city design] means thinking more Legoland than Disneyland.")
If we are to make cities work for people in the...
As Google hits the headlines for changes to its...
Back in January, I was on a panel for an...
Following the disastrous earthquakes that have...
A greener future’s not all about electric...
The spectacular Metropol Parasol in...
Following Debra Lam’s engaging post on the...
Right now, the international community is...
Like many countries, Australia is becoming...
The world’s population is forecast to reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to the United Nations, which presents both a challenge and an opportunity for us all. With more than half of these people living in urban areas, new ways...
Reading through a couple of pieces recently about heat mapping for district heating systems and another about rethinking city resilience took me back to Sarajevo during the Bosnian conflict and some real-life lessons in innovation and resilience...
Those who run the world’s major cities are...
Cities will not be able to achieve significant...
Two months ago, I was in rural Nepal, mixing...
The traditional definition of logistics...
A recent report by the Institution of Mechanical...
Recession in the west has brought a temporary respite in the planning arena through reduced pressures on land and lower growth in both traffic levels and household formation. It has also brought new challenges in the form of neighbourhoods blighted...
