Haussmann 2.0 Is A Resilient, Green And Breathable Architectural Dream For Paris

Haussmann 2.0 by Vincent Callebaut Creates A Resilient, Green, And Breathable Future for Paris Prefect of the Seine from 1853 to 1870, Baron Haussmann directed the transformations of Paris during the Second Empire under the aegis of Napoleon III, by deepening the vast renovation plan established by the Simeon commission. The transformations are such that … Read more

This spectacular design for a green Forest City mimics the forest’s ecosystem

Forest City – a futuristic smart green city for Malaysia. Forest City is a new 20 square kilometre green smart city in southern Malaysia. Imagined by Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA), the masterplan, a proposed city for 700,000 people, will function like a forest’s ecosystem, reusing all its resources. Located on reclaimed land between Malaysia … Read more

Where is the world’s most hi-tech city? (And it’s not San Francisco …)

Twitter and Uber may be based in San Francisco, but Santiago’s ‘Chilecon Valley’ and the South Korean capital Seoul could both make claims

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?