Urban Living

A revival of the boarding house — popular in the 1800s, banned by modern zoning — could help solve America’s affordable housing woes.

Modular construction involves transporting prefabricated buildings and connecting them on-site. It’s like LEGOs on steroids, and it could transform our cities.

Concern over droughts and water pollution have ignited a unique solution for preserving one of our most vital resources — advanced wastewater treatment for human consumption, also known as direct potable reuse.

Spin, a micromobility provider, is using AI to help make e-scooters safer and city streets more accessible to all residents.

Cities across the U.S. are creating on-demand van transportation systems that work like Uber, but for the cost of a bus fare.

This compact solar concentrator could be the perfect daylight harvesting device for Singapore’s underground spaces.

Although their roots date back thousands of years, city grids are starting to inspire modern urban planners. Is the grid still the best way to build?

People in low-income areas have a harder time accessing jobs, schools, and health care. How can we make public transit more equitable?

From guerilla gardening to pop-up parks, tactical urbanism is catching the world by storm.

Toyota has broken ground on Woven City, a futuristic city prototype where the technologies of tomorrow can be tested en masse.