Perspectives and stories
from the studio
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How do you make a unique identity for each location in an ever-expanding network?
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Why new places need meanwhile’s imperfect magic
Seen as soulless, manicured or too perfect, here’s how brand new developments can win hearts
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Unreal estate: making places for the Metaverse age
We dismiss the Metaverse at our peril; find out why at Virtually Everywhere, our exhibition for London Design Festival
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A glossary of hostile architecture
Anti-climb paint, armrests and arrowslits are only the beginning of how urban spaces change behaviour
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Why now is the time to move on from ‘Live Work Play’
The mantra so ubiquitous that Florida used it twice. Come on, developers, surely we have more to say?
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Is your city manipulating you?
Exposing the tactics of public spaces to welcome and ward off for London Festival of Architecture
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Inspiration week
Why we’re closing the DNCO studio on 21 June for the first time in 15 years
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I AM overrun by tourists
A cautionary tale of I AMsterdam’s success
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Is New York still where love lives?
Milton Glaser’s beloved ‘I ♥ NY’ logo in the post-emoji world
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Put a bird on it!
The benefits and pitfalls of keeping Portland weird
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The campaign Toronto didn’t pay for
How Drake reminded the city what it was made of
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London’s logos, decoded
Each of our 32 boroughs has its own logo. But what does this municipal clipart tell us about the capital’s identity?
