Urban regeneration

Iran's largest pedestrian bridge, a pink rubberised park by BIG and Zaha Hadid's first building in Lebanon are among the six winners of this year's $1 million Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The three other winners of the triennial architecture award are a labyrinthine community centre and a perforated brick mosque, both in Bangladesh, and a library in a

The number of people living in urban areas worldwide is constantly rising. This puts significant pressure on resources in general—leading to an urgent need for the radical improvement of local infrastructure, especially housing, food, water and waste. Managing urban areas is therefore one of the most important development challenges of the twenty-first century. The built environment is a key element in urban living. Significant investments in infrastructure and further development must be…

In early 2013, the Government of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, decided to develop an Urban Development Planning aimed to achieve a social transformation...

Image 4 of 11 from gallery of MLA+ and CAUPD Win Urban Design Competition to Regenerate Along the G107 Highway in Shenzhen. Courtesy of MLA+

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University College London - Major Project - Urban Design & City Planning Regeneration of disused Industrial Fabric

The award-winning firm, Jan Kattein Architects, works to realize the civic and spatial opportunities that architecture presents’ with their projects.