In 2019, when the Thai government announced plans to turn an abandoned tobacco factory in the nation’s smoggy capital into a public park, Bangkok-based landscape architect Chatchanin Sung saw an ...

Kongjian Yu, the son of a rice farmer who tended terraced water-filled rice fields in China, is now a world-renowned leading voice on what he calls 'sponge planet:' Sponge cities, sponge waterfronts, ...

China’s Yu Konjian, one of the world’s most distinguished landscape architects, died in a plane crash in the vast wetlands of Brazil, authorities said on Wednesday. Yu, 62, gained global relevance for ...

Are these ‘eco-cities’ the future of sustainable design? Cities are like gigantic babies, according to architect Daniel Sundlin. Which is to say our most essential needs–food, water, energy, and ...

The pioneering architect’s death casts new light on his radical vision for greener, flood-resilient cities – ideas he shared with The Urbanist in a 2024 interview. Chinese architect and urbanist ...

It was with sadness and consternation that I received the news about the aircraft disaster that happened in the Pantanal regional, early Tuesday night, the 23rd. The tragedy, unfortunately, took the ...

We look out for the oldest – and youngest – residents of our cities as we explore how design can combat loneliness among the elderly, and how children in Helsinki can learn while enjoying public ...