Where are the largest cities in Europe?
It’s the big one, the leviathan, the great leader and global bastion – standing streaks ahead of its tiddly continental…
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How Vienna earned its place in housing history
The most liveable city in the world for 2022, Vienna once undertook one of the most ambitious public housing programmes…
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Under control: The role of microgrids in an increasingly complex energy landscape
Decentralised generation will serve shifting electricity requirements, but also brings unique challenges. How can microgrids help deliver reliable, sustainable solutions?…
The rare challenge of building a pandemic memorial
Unlike with wars, terrorism or other disasters, surprisingly little has been done to commemorate victims of pandemics.
ByA Century after radical leftists were elected to its city hall, Vienna’s social democratic base is slipping away
Karl Marx-Hof, a kilometre-long municipal apartment block in Vienna’s wealthy 19th district, was first named after the father of the…
ByPodcast: Fallen Empires
I’ve escaped London for a pre-Christmas minibreak, to visit the beautiful Austrian capital of Vienna. For some reason, visiting a…
ByExperiments in socialist urbanism: From Red Vienna to Red Bologna
The wide open public squares in the Italian city of Bologna convey a long history of public participation. Linked by…
World's tallest wooden skyscraper planned for Vienna; city's fire service concerned
Unlikely as it sounds, wooden skyscrapers are a thing these days. As we noted last year, concerns about the environmental impact…
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