WATCH: South Africa’s tower of trouble
Ponte City, in Johannesburg, is Africa’s tallest residential structure. Once infamous for its gangs and drugs, the tower is now undergoing an urban regeneration.
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WDC2014 Walking Tour: Urban Art
Join us next Thursday 8 May 2014 for a WDC Walking Tour through the CBD looking at art in our urban landscape.
Can South Africa’s Smart Cities Please Stand Up?
Cities are the crucible of our urban experience and for the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in rural areas. We are now truly living in an urban century where our cities are expanding at an unprecedented rate and depending on whom you ask, it is estimated that in the second half of this century, our planet will be dominated by cities with an urban population that will grow from 3.5 billion to 5 billion people.
WATCH: How public spaces make cities work
More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part, it’s the city’s great public spaces — from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront promenades — where people can stroll and play.
New York Waterfront gets ready for the future
Rebuild by Design, a competition which tasks teams with improving the resiliency of New York’s waterfront communities through locally-responsive, innovative design. Each proposal was required to be “flexible, easily phased, and able to integrate with existing projects in progress”.
Temporary Cities: Our next #CityTalk
The temporary city phenomenon is quite recent. Changing economic conditions combined with changing cultural conditions has, for many cities, left unused space.
Is Green Point common accessible?
The 2010 reconfiguration of Green Point Common brought tremendous improvements to a poorly organised area of shabby and neglected amenities. But in the rush to complete the design and works some mistakes were made.
WDC2014 Walking Tour: City Design and Architecture
Following on from our previous design tours, join our urban experience this First Thursday, through interesting streets, spaces and buildings, that show how design affects our lives, and how we can lobby for better design.
Gallery: Kirstenbosch Treetop Walkway
The construction of the Treetop Walkway at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden is almost complete, and we have photographs of the most