The Next City--NYT Magazine 6.8.08 Architecture Issue

 An interesting foray into urban futures.  http://www.nytimes.com/magazine/

Questions for Enrique Peñalosa,Man With a Plan, Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON,The former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, talks about the world’s best-designed cities, the problem with private waterfronts and why sidewalks are essential for democracy.

 

Phenomenon,The Exigent City,By JIM LEWIS,Increasingly, refugee camps have become de facto cities, and cities have become extended refugee camps. Is there a place here for architects?

From the Archive, Arthur Lubow on the architecture of Curitiba, Brazil, and developments by the firm Herzog & de Meuron in China.

 

Crowded House, By DARCY FREY,A firm based in Rotterdam solves the problem of too many people on too small a planet by tunneling down, packing tight and making pigs fly. Slide Show

 

The New, New City, By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF,Shenzhen and Dubai may have outstripped Paris and New York as civic models. But can an instant city ever feel like the real thing? Audio Slide Show

 

Guerrilla Gardening, By JON MOOALLEM,Reclaiming green space one anarchic, get-your-hands-dirty, grab-a-flat-of-perennials-and-a-trowel act at a time.

 

And more. . . http://www.nytimes.com/magazine/