All articles by Charlie Lawrence Jones
Charlie Lawrence Jones
Seseña and Ordos: Two speculative cities that are still standing empty
London is a city clamouring for space. The very idea of houses left empty, such as the ones dotted around…
Here’s how gaming can help plan the cities of the future
Games are often looked down upon by people desperately trying to appear grown-up – so any value they have beyond…
How the big freeze of 1962-3 killed off Britain’s canals
The English are internationally renowned for banging on about the weather. When British drizzle is compared to the hurricanes of…
Why Berlin is like a teenager: European capitals, and their effect on GDP per capita
Cities are real money spinners, the economic power houses of the world. That’s all the more true when you look…
Here are some maps of the London that could have been after the Great Fire – and the one we actually got
It’s 1666 and an incompetent baker managed has just managed to burn down London. After the Great Fire, all that…
The number of Muslims undertaking the Hajj has doubled in 20 years. How is Mecca coping?
Every year, millions of Muslims from across the world travel to a small city on a patch of land in…