Urban Updates

Article: How culture can yield sustainable profits in urban development

The party that invests in culture is not always the party that benefits from it. This article shares examples in which the costs and benefits of culture intersect. 'Ownership of a place is crucial to gaining and keeping position.'

Column: Let’s make positive healthy cities

Column: City branding as part of an inclusive solution

Placetesting: the antidote to placemaking inflation

Christchurch: 5 insights from a rising phoenix

Innovation Districts as Drivers of City Branding

Chicago: NYC without the attitude

Co-living: luxury for the happy few or glimpse of the future?

Vibrant, growing, moving, buzzing: the quest for Sofia’s DNA

Beirut: a captivating city of contrasts