The new “Urban Umbrella” design will make pedestrian travel easier, eliminate impact on local businesses, increase sustainability and improve safety of sidewalk sheds. For his design Mr. Choi ...

If the pavement of a sidewalk is a key element for the flow organization, the urban furniture chosen to compose the public space is responsible for the qualification of the place, creating more ...

Sidewalk Labs, the Alphabet subsidiary focused on urban development and building, is showing how technology can be an aide in that process.The company’s product manager, Violet Whitney, and ...

Asma Khalid speaks with Brent Toderian, former chief planner for Vancouver, Canada, about the "trick-or-treat test," which encourages residents to think about good neighborhood design on Halloween.

Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., has launched Delve, a new generative design software tool that aims to guide developers, architects, and planners in ...

Urban Design After the Pandemic. ... In the densest parts of our cities, people do not have access to green space, and the sidewalks are crowded, there is nowhere to go.

Some paving history. If you’ll pardon the pun, the story of street paving has a rocky beginning. Though urban sidewalks existed as early as Roman times, even in the late 19th century most ...

Atlanta is rethinking its car-first design by investing in safer, more accessible sidewalks. Some communities say they’re ...

Sidewalks can directly abut curbs, appearing integral to the paved cartway. Or they can be separated from the curb by a planting strip, which also can vary in width and treatment.

If you've ever run a big marathon in your city, you'll know the feeling can be electric. Blocked off streets, cars temporarily banished from the road and a sense of enormous freedom as you run.

Sidewalk Labs, the Alphabet subsidiary focused on urban technology, has been working on a new software tool for generating optimized city layouts. In an effort to combat the disconnect between ...