Today’s Theme: Sustainable Urban Design Trends

Greener Streets and Urban Canopies

Planting native, drought-tolerant trees along sidewalks can drop ambient temperatures and invite more walking. In one neighborhood pilot, residents reported strolling further just to enjoy the shade. Comment with your city and the species you’d love to see lining your street.

Transit-Oriented, People-First Mobility

When groceries, schools, parks, and clinics sit within a short walk or cycle, daily life becomes simpler and healthier. Try mapping your own 15-minute radius and note what’s missing. Reply with one essential you wish was closer.

Transit-Oriented, People-First Mobility

Continuous, protected lanes encourage riders aged eight to eighty. Seville rapidly built a connected network and saw cycling rates soar. Where could a single protected link unlock safer trips in your area? Tell us your dream connector.

Low-Carbon Buildings and Adaptive Reuse

A disused textile mill became a daylight-filled library, retaining brick and timber while halving materials-related emissions. Locals still recognize its silhouette, now buzzing with life. Share a reuse project near you that preserved a beloved façade.

Low-Carbon Buildings and Adaptive Reuse

Cross-laminated timber offers strength, speed, and a warm interior feel while storing carbon. Combined with robust fire engineering, it’s reshaping mid-rise skylines. Would you work in a timber office? Comment with your comfort concerns or curiosities.

Blue-Green Infrastructure for Resilience

Reopening covered waterways cools nearby streets, invites biodiversity, and offers calm places to walk. Projects like Seoul’s transformed a congested corridor into a living ribbon. Tell us if your city hides a stream you’d love to see surface again.

Blue-Green Infrastructure for Resilience

Permeable pavements, green roofs, and detention gardens soak up storms and recharge groundwater. Even pocket interventions add up across a district. Vote in our quick poll: which sponge strategy should your neighborhood test this year?

Modular connections, standardized fasteners, and exposed fixings let buildings come apart gracefully. One pavilion was deconstructed and reassembled twice with minimal loss. Comment with a product you wish was easier to repair or repurpose.

Circular Materials and Construction Waste

Public Space that Heals and Connects

Converting a single parking space into a pocket park brought lunchtime laughter and weekend music to a quiet block. The curb became a stage for neighbors. Vote on where a parklet would best serve your street and why.