The Covid pandemic has left a wake of destruction on people’s lives and made a ghost town out of many a high street. So as nations start to get back on their feet, can temporary arts ventures help heal communities and save commercial spaces?
Though some might sneer, Hockney’s playful scribble is a testament to the optimism and humour public art can bring to cities.
Wuhan’s lockdown was brutal in the extreme but effective, allowing the city to reopen relatively quickly. Companies in the West may look upon it with envy, but would citizens?
Technology leaders from the English Football Association and the National Ballet of Canada recall how they kept players and performers working safely in the pandemic.
Local authorities have been dismantling the most popular piece of playground equipment, potentially furthering inequities in access to outdoor recreation.
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In the era of Covid, the effect of tobacco on health has proved to be even more dangerous. Some locales are responding by banning all smoking in public places.
Cities that made it easier to adapt the space between street and sidewalk have learned lessons that could last well beyond the pandemic.
Cities can make parks feel safe and accommodating for housed and unhoused residents alike. A new toolkit shows what that looks like.
We live in places designed by and for men. In her new book, Feminist City: Claiming Space in the Man-made World, geographer Leslie Kern offers alternatives.
Five landscape architecture firms present proposals designed to address the climate impacts facing Washington DC's Tidal Basin.
Recognising that not everyone experiences public space in the same way, this environmental neuroscientist is working to create more equitable urban environments.
Covid-19 has amplified the structural problems with these tiny apartments as daily life spills out into the street.
Mayor Ada Colau says her city's ongoing work to create affordable housing and safer streets provided a foundation for its crisis response.
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