The following is an excerpt of a speech by former Miami Mayor Manuel “Manny” Diaz. It was originally delivered at the 2016 Design Matters Conference in Miami. When I ran, I had no clue what the terms ...

Cliché says that you are what you eat; but it would be more accurate to say you are where you live. According to the World Health Organization, the conditions in which we are born, live, and work ...

Comprised of interviews with city planners, experts and everyday dwellers, the director examines municipalities both ranging in age from Grandpa New York City to the young, modernist poster-boy ...

In 2021, Culver City rolled out one of the most ambitious street redesigns in the region. The idea was simple but radical in an area that has long catered to motorists and become mired in car traffic.

The prevalence of obesity in developed nations is a well-documented phenomenon. But, perhaps surprisingly, obesity rates have also been rising in developing economies. Initiatives to curb obesity are ...

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. For ...

If money were no object, what would the ideal city of the future look like? Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) answered that question with a spectacular design for the Forest City, a ...