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Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Education Engagement
This ArchDaily article highlights Bahrain’s architecture, rooted in cultural continuity and climatic intelligence, and its growing international recognition in discussions on context-driven design. Positioned as a maritime crossroad of the Arabian Gulf, with a legacy of pearling settlements and Muharraq and Manama’s complex urban fabrics, Bahrain offers a unique perspective …
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OMA Unveils Hillside Redevelopment Project in Busan, South Korea
Arts & Culture Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Density Housing
This ArchDaily article spotlights the Busan Slope Housing project in South Korea, which adopts a context-sensitive approach to hillside urban development. In collaboration with Busan Architecture Festival and the Department of Housing and Architecture, OMA aims to balance modern housing needs with the social and spatial histories of these neighbourhoods. …
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MVRDV Breaks Ground on the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence Campus in Heilbronn, Germany
Arts & Culture Economic Development Parks & Public Space Smart Cities
This ArchDaily article highlights the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) Campus in Germany, a project that merges AI technology with human-centred design. Designed by the Dutch architectural firm, MVRDV, the 30-hectare campus is envisioned as an international hub supporting more than 5,000 individuals engaged in AI research, innovation, and solutions. …
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This city is exploring an unconventional solution to water scarcity: sewage
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Water Security
As climate change intensifies heat and drought and strains water supplies, cities are turning to interesting solutions. This NPR article spotlights how St. George, Utah—a fast-growing desert community—is investing over $1 billion in sewage recycling as a vital part of the district’s long-term water plan. This community, now home to …
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Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Housing
Housing affordability and climate action are deeply interconnected, as demonstrated in this NPR article on Vienna’s ambitious approach. With over 40% of its residents living in social housing, the city is leveraging its 420,000 social housing units (city-owned or city-subsidized) to meet its goal of net-zero climate pollution by 2040. …
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‘Invisible poor’: Middle-income households making up to $125K annually getting squeezed out of the GTHA: report
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Economic Development Finance
This CP24 article highlights CivicAction’s research on the deepening affordability crisis in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), where even working middle-class households making $40,000 to $125,000 annually are being priced out. These households, also known as the “invisible poor” due to their employment and perceived financial capabilities, are …
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The Rich Are Making an Unusual Bet on Disaster
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
This Bloomberg video exposes a different side to capitalism using catastrophe bonds: financial instruments that allow investors to profit from climate disaster. Through examples like Jamaica’s struggle after Hurricane Beryl, the video reveals how wealthier nations, particularly the United States and Wall Street, are turning natural disasters into opportunities to …
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