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Paris Restricts Through Traffic in City Center

A long-planned ban on private cars driving through the heart of the French capital is the latest part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s campaign to cut pollution and congestion.

Remastered Transamerica Pyramid Center To Reopen Following $1B Investment — Loren Elliott/Bloomberg

From Housing to Immigration, Key Ballot Initiatives and Local Races to Follow

Local ballot measures and elections for mayor, sheriff and district attorney will shape the direction of US policy on issues from public safety to abortion.

Aerial Photography Of Warsaw (archives)

In Warsaw, Falling Road Deaths Signal a Traffic Safety Turnaround

Turkey Mulls Higher Energy Bills For Higher-Income Households

Istanbul Tries Free Public Transit to Help Job Seekers

Storm Helene Causes Massive Flooding Across Swath Of Western North Carolina

Muddling the Message Around ‘Climate Havens’

Brunson Terrace

The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards

Inauguration Of Brandon Johnson As Mayor Of Chicago

Chicago Mayor Seeks Property Tax Hike, Breaking Campaign Vow

Electric bikes instant rebate vouchers

Is Denver’s Big Bet on E-Bikes Paying Off?

Housing

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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

Brunson Terrace

The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards

New housing experiments with courtyards show that this age-old design approach can still deliver for cities struggling to provide homes for families.

A Courtyard Apartment Building Designed for Southwest Sprawl — Source: Studio Ma/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

A Courtyard Apartment Building Designed for Southwest Sprawl

Designed by Studio Ma, the Hollyhock brings sustainable, low-slung apartments to a single-family Phoenix suburb.

USA New York Buffalo: Pan-American Exposition View of the Expo's Hall of Horticulture - 01.05.-02.11.1901 - Vintage property of ullstein bild — ullstein bild Dtl. via Getty Images

The Tartarian Candidate

How did a bizarre architectural conspiracy theory insert itself into the US political discourse — and why do so many adherents insist that Donald Trump is a believer?

Oman Sees an Urban Future Distinct From Dubai and Abu Dhabi — Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

Oman Sees an Urban Future Distinct From Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Muscat’s plan for the future looks to mid-rise developments and more green spaces rather than the reach-for-the-heavens architecture seen elsewhere in the region.

Economy in Belgium's Capital — Ksenia Kuleshova/Bloomberg

As Brussels Booms, an Old Boogeyman Returns: Brusselization

Belgium’s capital became notorious for ugly high-rises and haphazard urban planning in the 1960s. But the city’s new wave of development could be different.

Design

Brunson Terrace

The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards

New housing experiments with courtyards show that this age-old design approach can still deliver for cities struggling to provide homes for families.

A Courtyard Apartment Building Designed for Southwest Sprawl — Source: Studio Ma/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

A Courtyard Apartment Building Designed for Southwest Sprawl

Designed by Studio Ma, the Hollyhock brings sustainable, low-slung apartments to a single-family Phoenix suburb.

USA New York Buffalo: Pan-American Exposition View of the Expo's Hall of Horticulture - 01.05.-02.11.1901 - Vintage property of ullstein bild — ullstein bild Dtl. via Getty Images

The Tartarian Candidate

How did a bizarre architectural conspiracy theory insert itself into the US political discourse — and why do so many adherents insist that Donald Trump is a believer?

Oman Sees an Urban Future Distinct From Dubai and Abu Dhabi — Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

Oman Sees an Urban Future Distinct From Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Muscat’s plan for the future looks to mid-rise developments and more green spaces rather than the reach-for-the-heavens architecture seen elsewhere in the region.

Economy in Belgium's Capital — Ksenia Kuleshova/Bloomberg

As Brussels Booms, an Old Boogeyman Returns: Brusselization

Belgium’s capital became notorious for ugly high-rises and haphazard urban planning in the 1960s. But the city’s new wave of development could be different.

MapLab

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

Mapmakers Create Bite-Sized Models of National Parks

Mapmakers Create Bite-Sized Models of National Parks

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