Ebenezer Howard’s vision promised social transformation. I visited two garden cities to see whether his radical ideas survived a century later.
It is almost time for the biggest conference for urban planners, the World Urban Forum (WUF). Hosted by UN-Habitat, this event will bring together around 20,000 planners and urbanists under the title “Housing the World: Safe and Resilient Cities and Communities”. Baku in Azerbaijan will host the event from 17-22 May 2026.
Milan is turning a former railway yard into an Olympic and Paralympic Village that will later become a student neighbourhood – showing how mega-event investments can stitch cities back together.
In this interview with Mathilde Riou, we talk about the importance of placemaking and the use of visual facilitation.
The World Urban Forum 11 in Katowice, Poland, served as an important reminder on the urgency of making our cities more sustainable, resilient, and climate-friendly.
