Valet proposes a prefab parklet system for Milan’s roads
In a bid to rethink public spaces, Milan-based architecture studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners has collaborated...
Architects want to turn the Tiber River banks into a thriving piazza
In its ongoing efforts to introduce imaginative public spaces into cities, New York-based Ballman Khapalova has...
Tartu turns a major street into a car-free haven for a month
For the entire month of July, the Estonian city of Tartu transformed one of its main streets in the heart of the...
A small Swedish town becomes home to urban development experiments
Stockholm-based architecture firm Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled designs for the Tibro Train Tracks,...
Solar-powered POP-UP Park takes over underused Budapest square
Hungarian design studio Hello Wood has teamed up with the Municipality of Budapest City yet again to revive a forgotten...
Whimsical park built of recycled materials pops up in Shanghai
Shanghai’s hip Anfu Road recently sprouted a whimsical urban intervention that shows how one man’s trash create...
Artist transforms cement truck into a gigantic disco ball
French artist Benedetto Bufalino has transformed a very large cement mixer into one very shiny rotating disco ball....
Basurama transforms landfill trash into playgrounds in Taipei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFs4FqOuI58 Founded in 2001, the Basurama artist collective has worked around...
Simple but smart design transforms a concrete plaza into a lively urban park
“The project springs from the need to create a welcoming place for the citizens of Favara while simultaneously...
Mini Gabion Parklet pops up in a Brazilian neighborhood
Parklets are hands down one of our most favorite types of urban interventions, and they’ve started to catch on...
Guerrilla art in Jerusalem breathes new and colorful life into street benches
The director of the Baka community commissioned Tomer-Schlesinger’s colorful interventions for an upcoming arts...
Repurposed traffic barrels reactivate a forgotten public space in El Paso
Architects Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller, partners at AGENCY, have teamed up with a group of Texas Tech University...
Portable ParkedBench parklet injects a breath of fresh air in London
Supported by the Transport for London Future Streets incubator fund, ParkedBench was installed at Tooley Street...
Jerusalem’s giant red poppies bloom when you walk by
The sculptures are divided into two pairs, with one located at the entrance of the city’s market square and the...
Temporary Urban Farm pops up at Oslo’s Øya music festival
Multidisciplinary design studio Growlab Oslo created a four-day urban farm for Oslo’s Øya music festival, an...
