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World Cities Culture Report 2012 published | culture360.org

World Cities Culture Report 2012 published | culture360.org | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
The World Cities Culture Report 2012 is a major global initiative on culture and the future of cities, established by the Mayor of London. It is a celebration of the importance of culture in the public and political life of world cities.
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Zaha Hadid Will Design The Metro Station For Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - eVolo | Architecture Magazine

Zaha Hadid Will Design The Metro Station For Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - eVolo | Architecture Magazine | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Architecture and Design Magazine for the 21st Century. Organizer of the Annual Skyscraper Architectural Competition.
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Boom in Luxury Towers Is Warping New York Real Estate Market

Boom in Luxury Towers Is Warping New York Real Estate Market | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
A tower being built on Park Avenue is part of Manhattan’s booming ultraluxury construction business, a trend that is warping the real-estate market and driving up overall costs.
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Builder plans huge hotel, housing, retail complex | Boston Herald

Builder plans huge hotel, housing, retail complex | Boston Herald | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
A massive twin tower complex of hotel rooms, condos, offices and shops would be the new gateway to the TD Garden under a plan that developers &mda
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China's Airport Building Boom

China's Airport Building Boom | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
By 2016, China is expected to trail only the U.S. in its volume of domestic airline passengers
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Smart cites: Sustainable solutions for urban living

Smart cites: Sustainable solutions for urban living | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
The urban revolution is not just remarkable in scale, but also in the way cities are evolving. Buildings and systems are now responding to our shifting needs.
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China Stills Lags in Green Building Despite Urban Growth

China Stills Lags in Green Building Despite Urban Growth | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Despite increasingly severe pollution in its urban centres, China continues to lag in the application of sustainability measures in its construction sector, with only a minute number of projects in the country obtaining green building certificati ...
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How to build a better city - Indian Express

How to build a better city - Urban development cannot be about thinking small and managing shortages
From a developer's perspective, it is significant that the leaders of the BRICS
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China issues plan to rejuvenate old industrial base

China issues plan to rejuvenate old industrial base | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will expand an urban regeneration plan for ageing industrial cities as part of efforts to restructure the economy and promote more sustainable growth, the National Development and Reform Commission said on Tuesday.
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Raconteur - Future Cities - The Times

Raconteur - Future Cities - The Times | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it

How with quality of life at stake and no easy answers. The time is now for tackling the difficult questions being asked of future cities worldwide

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Vienna Gasometers Transformed into Indoor Urban Village | Urban Ghosts |

Vienna Gasometers Transformed into Indoor Urban Village | Urban Ghosts | | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Gasometer in Vienna, Austria, features four former gas bells transformed into an indoor urban village complex
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Ghana's 'Hope City' tech metropolis to host Africa's tallest building | Digital Trends

Ghana's 'Hope City' tech metropolis to host Africa's tallest building | Digital Trends | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Ghana plans to recreate itself as a technological hub within the next three years after President Mahama announced plans for the creation of "Hope City."
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Building cities of the future now

Building cities of the future now | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
A profile of technologically advanced cities from around the world which offer blueprints for the way we may live in the future.
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Smart cities: what urban life will be like in 2050

Smart cities: what urban life will be like in 2050 | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it

Buildings of the future will be made from self-healing concrete, be powered by their solar paint and even have flying robots, says Jasmine Gardner

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China Builds Museums ... But Will The Visitors Come?

China Builds Museums ... But Will The Visitors Come? | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Shanghai did something last fall that few other cities on the planet could have even considered. It opened two massive art museums right across the river
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PHL plays catch-up as property development goes green

PHL plays catch-up as property development goes green | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
“Green” appears to be the order of the day in this era of eco-friendly living, especially for companies in search of office space in key Philippine cities.
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Urban Matters [Infographic]

Urban Matters [Infographic] | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Infographic detailing the importance of efficient cities.
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The Digitalization of Cities: Sketching a Future Urban Scenario

The Digitalization of Cities: Sketching a Future Urban Scenario | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Digitization has a profound effect on cities. Information about urban conditions can be captured in real-time, processed, and fed back into cities, enabling new ways to monitor, understand, and impact them.
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The problem with Africa’s new tech cities | SmartPlanet

The problem with Africa’s new tech cities | SmartPlanet | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Billions of dollars are being invested in brand new African cities. Here’s why that might not be such a good thing.
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The Beautiful, Precise Images of Buildings That 3D Scanning Enables

The Beautiful, Precise Images of Buildings That 3D Scanning Enables | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
3D scanning—though it's been around since the 1960s—has been in the news of late, with Harvard using the technology to recreate ancient statues and MakerBot announcing a desktop scanner last month.
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Asian megacity growth a spur to product innovation: Trendwatching.com - Campaign Asia-Pacific

Asian megacity growth a spur to product innovation: Trendwatching.com - Campaign Asia-Pacific | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Asian megacity growth a spur to product innovation: Trendwatching.com Campaign Asia-Pacific ASIA-PACIFIC - Urban growth often means shrinking space and added stress, but it also translates into opportunities for new products, services and...
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Without Architects, Smart Cities Just Aren’t Smart

Without Architects, Smart Cities Just Aren’t Smart | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Visualization of Masdar City © Foster + Partners Arguably the biggest buzzword in urbanism right now is the 'Smart City'. The idea, although certainly
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Life in the Slow Lane

Life in the Slow Lane | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Other Asian cities might compete with each other on building the flashiest skyscrapers, biggest metro system, or glitziest shopping center, but Taipei is forging a different path. Simple and slow are the new marketing buzzwords.
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Is It Time to Move Past Urban Studies and Toward Urbanization Science?

Is It Time to Move Past Urban Studies and Toward Urbanization Science? | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
Some scholars are calling for a stronger understanding of the "DNA" of cities — and, by extension, an improved ability to address urban problems in a systemic manner.
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Masdar City 2013

Masdar City 2013 | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it

Future360 takes an exclusive tour of Masdar City -- a Norman Foster designed high tech, low carbon, sustainable city of the future with a price tag of 20 billion dollars. The city is currently home to students of the Mssdar Institute of Science and Technology -- an offshoot of MIT. 

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What SimCity Teaches Us About Real Cities of the Future

What SimCity Teaches Us About Real Cities of the Future | Urban Intelligence in Cities | Scoop.it
During Herman Cain’s brief moment as the leader of the Republican primary pack in late 2011, his iconic “999” tax plan got its fair share of criticism from pundits and analysts.
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