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Thinking Urban
EGYPT’S NEW PLANS FOR DECENTRALIZATION
Date: January 19, 2015 By Nehal El-Sherif Numerous governments have tried to re-arrange Cairo’s urban planning by getting rid of many...


Thinking Urban
THE DEAD END OF CAIRO HOUSING
Date: January 13, 2015 By Nehal El-Sherif Cairo is one of the most crowded cities worldwide with an estimated population of 20 million,...


Frederick Rickmann
Moray Place in Edinburgh
There are few cities in the world that have managed to create such an incredibly well functioning and harmonic city environment. All...


Thinking Urban
WHEN IT RAINS IN CAIRO
Date: January 5, 2015 By Nehal El-Sherif It rarely rains in Cairo. In the last days of November, it rained for less than 30 minutes for...


Frederick Rickmann
How many new towns have that?
This is not Hallstadt am See in Austria. It is Hallstadt See, the Chinese rip off of the Austrian village. A true copy in southern China...


Frederick Rickmann
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
You walk down the street. It's a cloudless day. The air is crisp. The sky is so blue that it is bordering on indigo. Then you get that...


Frederick Rickmann
CREATING TOMORROW'S URBAN SPACES THROUGH CULTURE AND ART
Date: April 17, 2015 Rethinking urban spaces has been the focus of UrbanLab - an urban development initiative undertaken by 8 Danish...


70MEDiA
BLUE is the way to GREEN
"BLUE and other shapes 2" is a book that really makes you think about how we live in cities. As the title implies, the book is the...


70MEDiA
How far to your favourite café?
How far do you want to walk to your favourite café? Can your kids walk to school safely, without the need to be driven? Can you walk or...


Frederick Rickmann
Glass vs. Brick. Modern vs. Old. Barcelona
The capital of Catalonia offers many sight like this one. Glass and steel juxtaposed with brick. A great example of future rooted into...


Frederick Rickmann
The serenity of Hong Kong
Looking out over Causeway Bay on a calm cloudy evening. Even in the most vibrant and buzzing conurbations, there are periods when the...
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