A Surf Geography
Untitled by Hani Amir The world is full of not-so-ordinary places. There is one kind of place, created by physical...
Year: 2012
A Bridge Too Far: Bridge to China Threatens the Future of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a city of connections. It is connected by plane, by bus, by ferry, by taxi, and by...
The Bourgeois and the Beggarly: A Divided Glasgow
University of Glasgow in West End, Picture taken by Jorn Koelemaij Segregation, spatial inequality, and social polarisation are not...
The Urban Alberta Advantage: Clustering in Canadian Indie Music
Artistic expression is one of the ways an artist can convey identification with a particular place. Canadian musicians, for instance, tend...
Elephants in the Room: VVD-PvdA and Housing Reform
Diedrik Samsom (PvdA) and Mark Rutte (VVD) announce the formation of the current coalition government (Photo: Minister-president Rutte on Flickr)...
A Short History of Social Housing in Glasgow
Something unique is going on here. Tiny Glasgow, with a population of less than 600.000 people (of which 37% live...
Designing Activism: An Interview with Ann Thorpe
Author Ann Thorpe made a digital visit to The Proto City's temporary Hong Kong bureau to talk shop about design,...
Fluid Urbanity: Temporary Spaces in South Sudan
This is the first part of a two-part series by Fernando Salcedo on the unique urban landscapes in South Sudan,...
Selling Out The Block: Urban Renewal in Sydney
The Block in Redfern, minutes away from Sydney’s central business district. The Aboriginal flag in the centre signifies the strong...
Hyperdense: High-Density Residential Architecture in Hong Kong
An oasis from hyperdensityPhoto: 121014.010 by Adam Nowek There are few cities as well-discussed in urbanism circles as Hong Kong....
