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broadway bike lane — Hyoung Chang/Denver Post

A Blueprint for Better Bike Lanes

Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.

US-WEATHER-FIRE — Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images

These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why

In Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of destruction.

Baltic Rail Project Faces Fund Gap Bigger Than Estonia's Budget

Ambitious High-Speed Rail Plans Advance in the Baltic Region

US-WEATHER-FIRE

Counting the Historic Structures Destroyed by Southern California Wildfires

THURSDAY_07/24/03_Mpls. - - - - - - Traffic circle near Minnehaha Falls Park.

Can US Cities Tame Drivers’ Outrage Over Roundabouts?

De Nederlandsche Bank

Dutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’

NYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building Law

NYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building Law

THURSDAY_07/24/03_Mpls. - - - - - - Traffic circle near Minnehaha Falls Park.

Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?

Housing

BIZ-REAL-CHURCH-APARTMENTS-1-CS — The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Why Turning Churches Into Housing Is So Hard

Religious groups own millions of acres of land and thousands of empty buildings across the US. But converting this real estate into affordable homes takes more than just faith.

Eric Adams' Vanishing Promise to Fix NYC's 'Unfair' Property Taxes

AOC Proposes $30 Billion Social Housing Authority

Design

Los Angeles Dodgers take on the New York Yankees during a watch party at Cosm Los Angeles in Inglewood. — Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images

Is This Weird Dome the Future of Watching Sports?

Part sports bar and part planetarium, the screen-based entertainment venue Cosm promises an immersive game-day experience at a fraction of stadium prices.

Philly Playstreets — Ken McFarlane/Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces

To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024 — Jason Keen/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024

Once a sign of the city’s stagnation, the long-vacant former train station is now a symbol of its revival — after a six-year restoration that cost almost $1 billion.

Arquitectonica

The Architects Who Built Miami

Fourteen of Miami’s 50 tallest buildings were designed by Arquitectonica, a firm whose aesthetic has become synonymous with the city’s image.

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo — Jeff Henrikson for Mellon Foundation

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo

The home and studio of pioneering African American architect Robert Traynham Coles is the focus of a preservation effort that aims to create a new community hub.

Design

Los Angeles Dodgers take on the New York Yankees during a watch party at Cosm Los Angeles in Inglewood. — Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images

Is This Weird Dome the Future of Watching Sports?

Part sports bar and part planetarium, the screen-based entertainment venue Cosm promises an immersive game-day experience at a fraction of stadium prices.

Philly Playstreets — Ken McFarlane/Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces

To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024 — Jason Keen/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024

Once a sign of the city’s stagnation, the long-vacant former train station is now a symbol of its revival — after a six-year restoration that cost almost $1 billion.

Arquitectonica

The Architects Who Built Miami

Fourteen of Miami’s 50 tallest buildings were designed by Arquitectonica, a firm whose aesthetic has become synonymous with the city’s image.

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo — Jeff Henrikson for Mellon Foundation

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo

The home and studio of pioneering African American architect Robert Traynham Coles is the focus of a preservation effort that aims to create a new community hub.

MapLab

Mary Baker Eddy Library, the Mapparium, Boston, Ma, USA

After Seven Years, Goodbye To MapLab Readers

How Historians Mapped the Lost Oyster Reefs of Europe

How Historians Mapped the Lost Oyster Reefs of Europe

In US Swing States, Migrants Aren’t Settling in Trump Country

In US Swing States, Migrants Aren’t Settling in Trump Country

A Map That Visualizes Walkable Neighborhoods Across the US

A Map That Visualizes Walkable Neighborhoods Across the US

Look at That Building

A series for the architecturally curious.

Look at That Building: Merchandise Mart

How Chicago’s Gigantic Merchandise Mart Is Still Thriving as Office Space

Book Tower

How Detroit Reclaimed a Towering Relic From the Roaring ’20s

Brooklyn's Twisting Apartment Towers Solve a Waterfront Puzzle

Brooklyn's Twisting Apartment Towers Solve a Waterfront Puzzle

A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline

A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline

Iconic Homes That Define Global Cities

How the way we live has shaped the history and architecture of urban neighborhoods.

Gers in Ulaanbaatar

An Affordable Nomadic Home Design Struggles to Adapt to Urban Life

Georgian town houses in Edinburgh, Scotland

How Edinburgh Tenements Became an Urban Housing Blueprint

South Korea Apartments

How Corporations Created the Prototypical Seoul Apartment

Majestic Victorian apartment building near Cadogan Square in the affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Chelsea, London

How Mansion Blocks Filled London With Stacks of Flats