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Urban Wonk
The Shipping Container City Boom
More and more, shipping containers are being used to create big, inter-connected work spaces and homes.
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Olympics 2012
London's Brand Olympics
The Games have provided an unprecedented opportunity, not always welcome, for companies to attach their names to parts of the city.
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The Big Fix
Greening Traffic Lights By Turning Them Off
If sign-less intersections reduce collisions, they almost certainly also consume less energy.
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This Week in Bans: Vienna Finally Removes an Anti-Semitic Street Sign
Also, Ireland puts the chill on tanning beds and trashy fashion models of the U.K., beware.
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Olympics 2012
London's Newest Export: The Poor?
The Olympics promised a fresh start for deprived East London. But they may end up forcing the poor out.
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The Rise of the Temporary City
Pop-up spaces are having a permanent impact on the way we build.
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Videos
A Mural About City-Building That Actually Doesn't Stink
This time-lapse video chronicles painted cranes as they "build" a city from the ground up, with real-life objects blending into two dimensions and vice versa.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Michigan Town Terrorized by 'Monster' Graffiti
Also, a girl can't wear the Confederate flag to prom in Tennessee; the British can't even support their own Olympics; Yertle the Turtle is banned in Canada.
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'If Your Place Needs a Slogan, It Has a Problem': A Conversation with the Creative Director of Manchester
After a career spent designing album covers, Peter Saville talks about his unique role in crafting his hometown's identity.
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Olympics 2012
Are London's 2012 Logos the Worst in Olympic History?
The city is trying to showcase its quirky side. Instead, its Olympic symbols have become a laughing stock.
