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Redesigning cities

3 June 2017

  • Left Luggage Room

    Underground circuses and real ale pubs: your photos of empty city spaces transformed

    We asked you to share your photographs on the theme of urban transformation via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites

17 May 2017

  • Zero Carbon Food

    Send in your photos of transformed derelict spaces in cities

    Underground farms, converted public toilets, repurposed hospitals. We want to find out about the businesses using abandoned spaces in your cities

23 April 2017

  • Container Stack Pavilion, China

    Shipping container architecture – in pictures

    Designers and architects are exploring the potential of repurposed shipping containers, but critics say they are not necessarily sustainable or cost-effective

20 April 2017

  • London skyline with cranes

    How to stop the construction industry choking our cities

    Building firms need to start treating diesel emissions in the same way as asbestos, says air pollution expert

19 April 2017

  • Football fans stop off at Homebaked bakery near Anfield football stadium on match day

    'This is not about gentrification’: the pie shop reviving an Anfield street

    A cooperative bakery in the shadow of Liverpool FC’s stadium is aiming to transform a derelict terrace into affordable homes for the local community

10 April 2017

  • East London’s Hackney Wick

    We need to talk about urban regeneration

    Successful regeneration projects need to ensure affordability, access to facilities and involve local communities and residents, said participants at a recent Guardian roundtable

31 March 2017

  • Woman in face mask

    Beijing hit by dirty smog but observers say air is getting better

    Penalties for law-breaking factories and construction sites are contributing to improved air quality in China’s capital, say academics

16 March 2017

  • London City skyline

    City-dwellers are prone to depression – are high-rises to blame?

    Residents of high-rise blocks tend to suffer from more stress, mental health difficulties and neurosis

8 March 2017

  • Man in wheelchair

    Dementia-friendly cities: how shops and offices can provide support

    British Gas, HSBC and other businesses are training staff to provide a better service to people with dementia

22 February 2017

  • Portsmouth city council rooftop solar panels

    'This building is its own power plant': your stories of renewables in the city

  • Solar panels on the roof of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Berlin

    What next for renewables in cities? – the expert view

30 January 2017

  • Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of The Crystal building in east London

    Renewable power in cities: send us your photos

    Offices, gyms, supermarkets – even your local bus shelter. We want to find out about the renewables projects in your cities

26 January 2017

  • Urban Splash modular housing

    Can prefab homes solve UK's housing crisis?

    Modular developments in Manchester and Liverpool are energy efficient and built in quick time, but can they spark national interest?

25 January 2017

  • Fishermen catch fish on the outskirts of Kolkata, India

    Kolkata: the city that eats fish reared on sewage

    Farmers rear sewage-fed fish to meet the West Bengal city’s growing food demand in the face of competition for wastewater and real estate

18 January 2017

  • Grasshoppers in the Park nursery children

    Is this Hackney nursery the future for London’s childcare industry?

    New Economics Foundation prepares to pilot co-produced nurseries in effort to tackle London’s ‘failing’ childcare model

8 December 2016

  • A green roof on Chicago’s City Hall

    Loneliness, affordability and green space: the challenge of building liveable cities

    Cities fail their people when it comes to air quality, green spaces, crime ... the list goes on. But could they be re-engineered to make our lives better?

7 December 2016

  • An older woman with walking sticks

    What would it take to make an age-friendly city?

    Planned, multi-generational communities might be great for those who can afford them. The rest of us need cities better equipped for older people

26 November 2016

  • The Bullitt Centre in Seattle

    Office envy: are these the world's most sustainable workplaces? – in pictures

    From treadmill desks and foam flushing toilets to solar powered offices and apps allowing employees to control temperature and light – a selection of the world’s most sustainable workplaces

18 November 2016

  • Bustling streets in central Amman

    Jordan cracks down on Uber and Careem as congestion clogs its capital

    Jordan’s commuters have welcomed ride-sharing apps but the government is bowing to pressure from a strong taxi lobby

12 November 2016

  • Illustration of the bike lane in downtown Chicago

    Chicago entices cyclists with plan for floating, solar-powered bike path

    Spearheaded by design firm Second Shore, the aim is to protect cyclists from cars and better connect the city
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