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Back in 1800 BC, the people of the Cappadocia region of modern-day Turkey decided their environment was so hostile with extreme weather and the constant threat of war that they dug an entire city underground. Derinkuyu, the oldest underground city still in ex…

Tay Kheng Soon Architect-urban thinker Tay Kheng Soon, 79, was ahead of his time when he designed the Peoples Park Complex in Chinatown, Singapore, in the late 60s. He saw that the once trading port, which grew into an independent country, had ambitions of t…

Photos: © Rainer Viertlboeck / © Spaceshift Studio / Pirak Anurakyawachon, Aranyarat Prathomra / © Leeser Architecture In 1782, Bangkok became the capital of Siam as Thailand was previously known. Its strategic position within the protective curve of Chao Ph…

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore pledged more incentives to encourage green lending, measures that may propel its way in a race to be a global sustainable-financing hub. The city-state will launch a $2 billion green investments program, according to Monetary Authori…

Oliver Balch reports on the role of urban trees in cities around the world. The measures and data sources used to measure canopy cover can vary, which means rankings differ as well. In addition, experts say that absolute measures of tree numbers should not be…

Spotted: Italian architect Stefano Boeri has created plans for a new, eco-efficient forest city in Cancun, Mexico. The plan calls for the 557-hectare site to contain more than 7.5 million plants, capable of absorbing 116,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. …

Flying cars of the future are just around the corner. USA TODAY A glossy high rise in the heart of Miami aims to be the first residential building in the U.S. with a specially designed rooftop to accommodate a Jetsons-like future where cars take to the ski…

A battle over wine bottle labels in the European Unions top court seems a world away from the decades-long Israel Palestinian conflict and likely not very relevant. But on the 12 November, the supreme court in Luxembourg is expected to make a decision which …

November promises to be a good month for Netflix — from big blockbuster movies like Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” to indie animated films like “I Lost My Body.” Between those, there are some fascinating documentaries that present a different side of true c…

The pending $12.6 billion purchase of industrial and office REIT Liberty Property Trust by industrial REIT Prologis Inc. represents the biggest REIT M&A deal announced so far in 2019. But does it represent a harbinger of further M&As in the industrial…