Life After Covid-19: Inspirations from Frank Lloyd Wright on the Future of Cities
The three “master builders” of American architecture – Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright – each influenced the...
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Why Most People Drive when They Could Take Transit
One of the most popular terms in planning is “automobile dependence”. The premise asserts that most people in most places in the United...
Poverty is a Thing of the Past, and the Possibilities for Our Future are Infinite
I recently published an article lamenting the fact that prominent elites are now advocating population control as a tool to combat...
Forced Population Control is an Evil Idea that Won't Solve Climate Change
David Attenborough, according to a recent article for the UK’s Telegraph, has given up on society’s potential for good. In it, he argues...
These are the Most Debated Cities in the World
Some people love them, some people hate them. Earlier, we published a consensus set of rankings of the "best" cities in the world, as...
What is the Best City in the World?
We aggregated 22 different sets of rankings of the "best" cities in the world, as measured by a range of criteria - dynamism, livability,...
Saudi Arabia's NEOM is Breeding a New City Built Around Genetic Engineering
Cities for people or people for cities? An unlikely marriage between city planning and gene modification is reinventing the future city....
How to Plan Cities in the Age of COVID-19: Part One
By Roger Weber This will be the first part of a series in as many parts as it takes me to sort out some thoughts on how city planning can...
How Do You Build a New City? Eight Steps to Realizing a Sustainable Metropolis
So you've got some land and want to build a new city? Or maybe you just know you want to build a city, but you don't have the land yet....
KAEC vs. NEOM: Inside the Development War Between Saudi Arabia's Sibling New Cities
As one of the most conservative countries on earth takes on the 21st century, a pair of government-initiated new cities are among its...
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