Where the City Disappears: Life Between the Giga-Projects
Saudi Arabia is building at a pace and scale the world has rarely seen. Across its deserts and coastlines, extraordinary
Invited by TU Vienna and sponsored by STO Stiftung, I was invited to speak about public space in cities.
In my lecture, I highlight the focus of city making on creating buildings, while many of the challenges we are confronted with in relation to climate change and densification have a significant part of their resolution in open space.
Saudi Arabia is building at a pace and scale the world has rarely seen. Across its deserts and coastlines, extraordinary
Recently I came across an article in Nature magazine about the annual global consumption of concrete. Worldwide, we use about
As the year draws to a close, our cities brighten. Streets shimmer with seasonal lights, façades glow, and even the
The day Donald Trump was elected, I was attending the World Urban Forum in Cairo. Contrary to what many of
Jürgen Habermas has died, and with him one of the
Why new cities can be engines of growth, symbols of
In the world of architecture, the colour green is no
Gaza, Reimagined as an Asset Class Gaza’s rubble isn’t a