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NEWSLETTER
Each week delivered to your inbox, enjoy original my commentary on the trends, technologies and disruptive forces shaping cities of the future.
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2050 Vision
A bold vision of the future with big-picture, ambitious ideas —a vision of a better society for us all—is what’s needed. From there, the...
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Extended Longevity
In 1900, the average person's life expectancy was 47. For those being born today in the US and beyond, living beyond 100 will be...
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Repurposing Parking
In the US today, there are an estimated 2 billion parking spaces - that’s 5-8 spaces for every car, and almost 6 spots for every person....
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City Czars
I saw a New York City miracle this week. Walking along the beautiful street on which I live in New York's Upper East Side neighborhood,...
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Happy Helsinki
Finland was again this year crowned the happiest place on earth (watch out Disneyland!). Last month I visited Helsinki to deliver a...
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Vertiports
Flying taxis are a concept that has been around for decades, but they are finally starting to become a reality and could revolutionize...
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New York: Alternative Visions
New York City is a city of constant change. Buildings are repositioned, torn down and new ones are built in their place. For every...
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Reimagining Office
Warehouses converted to trendy residential units, churches to restaurants, and banks into clothing stores - the perpetual evolution of...
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Development of the Future: Perils of AI
AI is already being used in the real estate industry for a variety of development tasks from assessing acquisitions opportunities to...
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Generative Ai in Architecture
When I worked as an Architect, I spent countless hours playing 'architectural-tetris', designing and trialling a myriad of floorpan...
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Digital Nomads
The ideal of having the freedom to endlessly travel the world is no longer limited to retirement but increasingly achievable while...
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AI Development
Already at the early stages of a development - site selection, feasibility studies, Ai is being used to scrape publicly available data...
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Gen-Z Workforce
With recent tech-layoffs and Gen-Z receiving less mentorship due to WFH, will Gen-Z will become a lost generation? The future Gen-Z...
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24-Hour Cities of the Future: Nighttime Economies
The internet is never closed for business. We can shop online, be entertained and work (if we so wish) - at any hour. Yet...
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Resilient Cities & Seismic Design
The devastating news tens of thousands of people being injured and killed in Turkey and Syria sheds lights on the importance of robust...
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Net Zero Cities
In making our cities more sustainable, carbon reduction requirements are extending through the full lifecycle encompassing construction...
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