Which is the world’s most stylish city?

Does real style come from a city with a rich manufacturing history (Milan), high-end designers (Paris), the avant garde (Tokyo) … or more unlikely places?

Story of cities #future: what will our growing megacities really look like?

Will we live in buildings made out of waste, heavily surveilled smart cities, or maybe floating communities designed to cope with rising sea levels?

Greenhouse in the sky: inside Europe’s biggest urban farm

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En-suite education: the unstoppable rise of luxury student housing

The UK’s student boom has seen a spate of new, expensive, high-spec studio flats for them to live in, even as local residents are desperate for affordable accommodation. From Coventry to Cambridge, are universities starting to resemble property developers – and does this help or hurt our cities?

‘Like a shimmering sea creature’: Britain’s first amphibious homes

A luxury floating house on the Thames that rises and falls with the water levels is just the start for the architectural duo set on addressing problem flooding

Inside Hanoi’s gated communities: elite enclaves where even the air is cleaner

The rapid growth of Vietnam’s super-rich means multi-billion dollar developments are rising across this ancient city, separating the wealthy with walls and 24-hour private security from street hawkers, congestion and pollution