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When cities get hot: Urban Heat Islands
Urban Heat Islands are on the rise and become more and more of a problem for big cities.
Urbanism is a way of life
What is the difference between urbanization and urbanism. How they developed and what does it mean to the city ? A philosophically analysis.
Weekly Urbanauth: London’s Crossrail Project and ongoing trouble in Hong Kong
Read in weekly urbanauth 42 about poor and rich pupils of Paris, the biggest construction scandal of germany and Japan’s culture treasures for your next vacation.
Weekly Urbanauth 40: Export goods French culture, unrest in Hong Kong and worldwide climate protests announced
Weekly Urbanauth – This week with a lot of urban culture from France and an interview with city planner Richard Sennet. Also fight for housing on Cologne’s Schälsick side, extinction rebellion in the headlines and another week of unrest in Hong Kong.
Weekly Urbanauth 38: The Yellow Vests back on the scene and Beijings Construction Boom
Discover the Weekly Urbanauth 38 – 2019.
Weekly Urbanauth 36: Urban design of skyscrapers in London versus Tokyo’s 361 yards giant
The most important news at one glance - Our press review of the calendar week 36. From Hip-Hop for the Favelas of Rio...
Weekly Urbanauth 35: Exarchia in Danger and 14 weeks of protests in Hong Kong
The unique squatter quarter in Europe around Exarchia in Athens under police pressure, while in the north of Paris 160 migrants occupy a part of the park of the Villette. Further more: unecological e-scooters and as well Hong Kong’s 14th protest week at a glance.
Weekly Urbanauth 33: City centers in the UK and French journalism in a bad state
What do England’s city centres and French journalism have in common? They are both in crisis. Otherwise, the ban on e-rollers in Milan, new squatting in Berlin and much more in our weekly press review.
Paris: The Yellow Vests by local Graffiti and Streetart artists
The Graffiti & Art collective Black Lines made a mural about the yellow vests in Paris. Discover what those pictures have to tell.
Europan – Under the sign of the productive city
Europan turns 30! And invites for the 15th edition young architects not only to think about, but also to build the city of tomorrow. Leading theme of this year: The productive city.
Munich: Did the time come for an urban & creative quarter?
Munich seeks new architecture. Munich wants to be creative.
And… Munich has a housing shortage. Is there a light in sight?