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Tactical Urbanism: How Buddha Cleaned Up the Streets of Oakland

Karl Dickinson - September 28, 2026

Fed up with all the antisocial behaviour and fly tipping, Dan Stevenson placed a statue of Buddha in his street. Crime dropped more than 80%. Law enforcement can sometimes get a little… heavy handed. At...

Architecture & Design

Graphic Rewilding: Plugging Urban Nature Deficits with Large-scale Art

Karl Dickinson - July 20, 2026

Humans crave connection with nature that cities disconnect us from. Graphic Rewilding proves that art is a viable alternative, or even enhancer of, ecological spaces. Sides of buildings in cities around the world have been...

Car-Free

What is the 15-Minute City? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson - June 22, 2026

Having everything we need a stone’s throw from our front door would surely make life much easier. But the 15-minute city isn’t just about proximity. Imagine an elderly person unsteady on their feet. If that’s...

Greenery & Biodiversity

Taking Root: The Tale of London’s Transient Story Garden

Karl Dickinson - January 5, 2026

London’s mobile Skip Garden was co-constructed by local communities from construction waste. Now named the Story Garden, it has finally found a permanent home. The Story Garden gives people in and around the busy King’s...

Revitalising Districts

The Hive: Permanent Placemaking Returns Unloved Land to the Community

Karl Dickinson - October 27, 2025

When an alleyway became too undesirable to even walk through, play and tactical interventions helped residents address their neighbourhood’s trauma and reclaim the space. Alleyways don’t get much attention but can be a critical space...

Architecture & Design

Dialogue & Redesign: How Business is Booming Again on Leyton’s High Streets

Karl Dickinson - September 29, 2025

It took just months to spruce up High Road Leyton, once again filling what was a declining town centre with businesses, people, and pride. London’s atmosphere was electric. In the run-up to the 2012 summer...

Inclusive Cities

Notable City: Tanga – Generating City-Wide Benefits by Boosting Youth Social Mobility

Karl Dickinson - August 12, 2024

Through population growth and in-migration, cities are only going to increase in number and size. This presents a challenge: how do we ensure citizens’ needs are addressed adequately as urban environments sprawl at an...

Housing

Toronto: Diverse Residents in Complete Communities

Iris Fiebiger - March 21, 2022

Accommodating diverse groups of people within the same city poses a challenge. Toronto has managed to overcome it and continues to strive for a more inclusive and affordable housing market. We caught up with...

Greenery & Biodiversity

Safety in Green Areas: It’s About People

Metka Novak - January 17, 2022

Green areas are great; they have the potential to attract a city’s residents to enjoy nature, relax, and get some much-needed fresh air. Safety, though, is a large element of that enjoyment; so how...

Walking

Building Better Neighbourhoods: The Benefits of Walkable Cities

Karl Dickinson - April 27, 2021

All of us are pedestrians. We’re born with all we need – legs – to participate and use them throughout our lives without even thinking. Walking makes our lives more convenient, enjoyable, affluent, and...

Skill

Problem Solving and the Art of the Reframe

External content - April 14, 2021

This article was written by Leon Voon, Lead Designer & Co-Head at Experience Strategy Design, Government Technology Agency of Singapore, and was originally published on Apolitical, the global learning platform for government. It was originally published here in...

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