Tag: Urban design
Cities are made from more than buildings and roads. They are also made by ambiences – how a city makes you feel
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How does a city feel? Energetic, unnerving, invigorating, relaxing?
This is a key question often asked by designers who consider the ambience of...
Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?
A smart light pole in the UK can also recognise faces and numberplates and detect speeding. Nazlika/Wikimedia Common
Smart street furniture – powered and digitally...
What next for parklets? It doesn’t have to be a permanent switch back to parking
Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Author provided
Outdoor dining on former parking spaces – generally known as parklets – has proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduced demand for...
A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
Picture: Shuttlestock
As we emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, it is timely to reflect on how the design of our neighbourhoods and the ways we interact...