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Learn more about our research categoriesMoving Capitals Across Global Contexts: From Strategic Planning to Environmental Necessity
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This ArchDaily article explores the shift toward capital city relocation as a response to growing urban, environmental, and governance pressures, rather than nation-building, regime change, and political rupture. As metropolitan regions expand beyond their capacity to sustain growing populations and administrative demands, governments are using spatial reconfigurations to address systemic …
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Setbacks as Courtyards: How Civil Architecture Reimagines the Gulf House in Bahrain
Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Housing Health
This ArchDaily article explores the concept of contemporary courtyards in the Gulf, framing them not as historic reproductions of the traditional courtyard house, but as reimagined spatial strategies adapted to today’s regulatory frameworks and spatial conditions. Historically, courtyard houses developed within compact urban quarters with a central courtyard organizing domestic …
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Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Oil
Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Government
This ArchDaily article reframes architecture through the often-overlooked material and political realities of oil, arguing it is more than just an energy source; it is a force that has shaped cities, landscapes, and architecture. Unlike other energy regimes that were often localized and visible, oil established dispersed and interconnected systems …
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The Line at a Crossroads: Revisiting NEOM's Vision for a Utopian City
Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Economic Development Smart Cities
This ArchDaily article spotlights the Line–NEOM’s once-celebrated linear city in Saudi Arabia–and its unravelling under significant financial, physical, and political strain. Announced in 2021, the Line was envisioned as a 170-kilometer, car-free, mirrored linear city designed to house nine million people. Described as a “Zero Gravity Urbanism” model, it would …
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Provisional Governance: How Temporary Projects Reshape Cities
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This ArchDaily article examines the evolution of temporary projects from genuine experimental interventions into durable mechanisms of contemporary city-making and provides an interesting perspective on how they can encode existing power relations. As provisional projects are often viewed as low risk, flexible, and adaptable, they may reduce public resistance, circumvent …
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Inside The Underline: The Bentway’s Sister Project In Miami Is A Case Study For Success
Accessibility Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Parks & Public Space
This Storeys article highlights Underline in Miami, United States, as a successful example of transforming underutilized and overlooked infrastructure into a vibrant network of parks, trails, and public spaces. Once used for illegal dumping, the site is being “rewilded” with more than 500,000 native trees and plants, helping restore wildlife …
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Innovations in Public Spaces: Gardens, Plazas, and Landscape Parks of 2024
Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Parks & Public Space Parks & Biodiversity
This article by Arch Daily, highlights the many public space projects in urban environments that consolidate areas for gathering, leisure, extension of nature, and aim to revitalize and renew sites to foster more wholesome communities. Some examples of these projects are described as below: Malećon de Villahermosa in Mexico - …
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