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Health: Shaping Cities for Well-Being The “Health” section of Urban Frontier Insights delves into the pivotal intersection of urban planning and public health, emphasizing the critical role cities play in fostering physical, mental,
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Climate and Resilience: Building Sustainable Urban Futures Welcome to the “Climate and Resilience” category of Urban Frontier Insights, where we focus on the critical intersection of urban development, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience.
URBAN STORIES
Governance - November 5, 2026
The Maslow Machine: What the AI
Governance - November 5, 2026
Green Prescriptions: What the Metaphor Gets
Architecture - November 4, 2026
Crease House: an inward sanctuary shaped
Buildings & Design - November 3, 2026
Neuroarchitecture and the Sensory City: How
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Three Pavilions: a weekend retreat that breaks itself into three on the
Photographs © Lokesh Dang / Studio Lokesh Dang A project by Anagram Architects, New Delhi. Set on the fringes of
Suetomi AoQ Cafe Stand: a one-metre-deep signboard for a Kyoto confectioner
Photographs © Daisuke Shima A project by G ARCHITECTS STUDIO, Tokyo. This is a coffee stand for AoQ, a new
Copper Pavilion: 96 copper rods that age into a temple cemetery in
Photographs © G ARCHITECTS STUDIO A project by G ARCHITECTS STUDIO, Tokyo. Japanese title: Akagane no Mizuya — “The Copper
The Slow Mechanisation of City Life: Will Human Emotion Still Matter in
Photo: Older men talking together on a street in the old town of Bhaktapur, Nepal. Credit: Roman Saienko via Pexels.
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Mapping What Makes Us Well: Why Master Plans
Photo: Aerial view of a dense, colourful urban neighbourhood with greenery. Credit: Duy Nguyen via Pexels. Most master plans are, at heart, maps. They show land use, road widths, densities and the sites reserved for schools, parks and hospitals. What they rarely show is how
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The Home as Workplace: Carbon, Energy, Time and
Six years after the pandemic forced an abrupt experiment in remote work, working from home has settled into a durable feature of urban economies. In the United States, roughly 26
Beyond Shelter: Housing Quality as a Determinant of
The global housing debate is usually framed as a problem of numbers. Nearly 3 billion people live in inadequate housing, more than 1.1 billion of them in informal settlements, and
The Stoic Wall Residence by LIJO.RENY.architects: Laterite, Courtyards
In Kadirur, Kannur, LIJO.RENY.architects has shaped a family home around courtyards, exposed laterite walls and a terracotta screen, unapologetically modern in form but rooted in northern Kerala. Project details Project:
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