Cities are here to stay. They represent not only physical infrastructure but also deep social, economic, and cultural investments. Therefore, maintaining and adapting urban environments to address contemporary urban challenges is essential. Downtowns, in particular, play a critical role in this effort. While occupying a small fraction of urban land, they contribute greatly to economic…
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The making of an Entertainment Capital: A Las Vegas story from an urban designer’s perspective
Read moreLas Vegas’ journey to what it is today counts about 200 years. This is great and everything, but when it comes to city planning and design, there are a number of challenges associated with it. In principle, when designing a…
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SF Downtown 0.1 – A downtown for people
Read moreBuilding on my previous blog post The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco, it is a fact that the downtown of the city has been enormously hit by the pandemic and the decline is more than…
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A coherent vision for the city of San Francisco
Read moreBuilding on my previous blog post The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco, a new approach to place-branding is suggested aiming to reimagine the city in a more resilient way. San Francisco is a special place,…
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San Francisco, California
Read moreThis is an itinerary for San Francisco including routes, points of interest, suggestions for lunch/dinner and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the entire city, and surroundings, drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim…
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The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco
Read moreFirst trip to the United States. Destination San Francisco. An enlightening experience, overall, but overwhelming nevertheless. Many things to comment on, from an urban design perspective, both good and bad, hence this blog post. Before, however, getting to the juicy…
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Prague, Czech Republic
Read moreThis is an itinerary for Prague including points of interest, suggestions and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the city drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim is, for the traveller, to experience the…
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Prague vs Budapest
Read moreI still, vaguely, remember one of Le Corbusier’s quotes about city planning; it is like playing with all the things found on your breakfast table. I heard this phrase during my first year in architecture and, it may sound funny…
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Spatial framework for Ilion municipality, Greece
Read moreIn September 2020, I published the blog post Is it time for a planning upgrade? | Using UK planning tools as an inspiration towards a decentralised Greek planning system. This blog post was about the centralised planning system in Greece,…
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Budapest, Hungary
Read moreThis is an itinerary for Budapest including points of interest, suggestions and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the city drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim is, for the traveller, to experience the…