What happens when you pair two designers over a slice of pizza with the back of a pizza box as their blank slate?

The Boston design community gets a new museum to promote local design.

But it won’t look like any other museum.

The nomadic Design Museum Boston will occupy… more

While public officials at all levels of government continue to consider a myriad of short-term economic recovery solutions, our President and CEO Carol Coletta, together with regional PNC Financial Services president Beth Wnuck, proposes a more patient and lasting response this week on more

CEOs for Cities recently traveled to Phoenix to introduce city leaders there to the Talent Dividend. A one percentage point gain in college… more

As Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Adolfo Carrion brings long overdue attention to the urban areas where 80 percent of the American people live and work. He comes to the position with knowledge of cities earned in his two terms as Bronx Borough President, as a… more

Here’s a glimpse of what Seoul has planned for its waterfront: three new recreation islands.

It is hoped that this project will become a vibrant cultural and entertainment destination, and ‘buoy the city’s spirits’.

The development will feature three islands -- Vista, Viva and Terra -- each with… more

This project in London is taking an unusual approach to improving lives by encouraging people to stop trying to go too fast and instead do things well.

The Slow Down London campaign, which aims to create networks and opportunities for slowing down to enjoy improved… more

How can a city reinvent itself when a big anchor company relocates away from its birth-place?

Eindhoven in the Netherlands is exploring just that question. Work is underway to develop a ‘creative city’ with the aim of bringing new life to the neighborhood.

When The Netherlands’ largest redevelopment… more

CityPatron is an interesting experiment on the potential of crowdsourcing for supporting people to contribute their ideas and efforts to their cities.  It aims to generate start-up capital for city-focused projects, based on a business model of patronage.

Here’s the idea: 

CityBuilders who have a track record of creating public… more

Greg Lindsay just launched a new column in Fast Company entitled "The Master Plan" focused on how we create more livable and environmentally sustainable communities. In his first article he states: "If we want to change the spatial fix of America, we will either have to… more

Seventy years ago GM's Futurama generated a compelling vision that spawned a new American ideal of a spacious, car-centered good life. We now know that paradigm no longer provides opportunity, exacerbates climate change and is diminishing our quality of life.  It is simply not sustainable.

We now have an urgent… more

Our collegue Kim Walesh, Chief Strategist for the City of San Jose, highlighted three key forces of change that the city should aim to harness in a presentation to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce recently.

The three forces, summarized in this recap in the Santa Cruz Sentinel,… more

The Association of Architecture Organizations has posted the audio of a keynote presentation delivered by our President and CEO Carol Coletta for their 2009 AAO Conference.

Visit this site to hear Carol’s talk on issues around architecture and design as a catalyst for change as leaders strive to… more