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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,...
Thinking Urban


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...
Frederick Rickmann


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...
Thinking Urban


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


INTEGRATING OLD AND NEW
#KyotoJapan #CultureAndDesign #UrbanPlan #CityPlanning #IntegratingOldAndNew #Integrationafgammeltognyt #新舊融合 #日本京都 #文化與設計 #城市設計...
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...
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...
Frederick Rickmann
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