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How to design a playground that children actually use

15 min read · Future of cities · GCC

A conversation with five development executives on how requirements for a site have changed over the past two years.

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The quarter from above: the structure of streets and courtyards

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A masterplan across 80 hectares: what we learned in Sergeli

A boulevard with a pedestrian promenade and a cycle lane running along the water

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Why a masterplan never reaches implementation

The conservatory under its glass roof: citrus trees and a fountain

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The mahalla: what a neighbourhood model offers modern planning

A project working session at the SAD studio in Tashkent

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Lighting a courtyard and a street: why the standard is not enough

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Designing for extreme heat: seven measures and their effect

Maxim Oltyan and Davron Talipov walking across a planted plaza in a business district: a mature tree grows in the paving with an open root zone around it

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Ground floors: two parameters that decide street life

The “Aral: City of Revival” master plan — a city on the shore of a bay, from above

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