Four of the people behind the ambitious Festival of Ideas for the New City discuss what it is, how it came about, and what they hope its legacy will be.

Public space enthusiasts meet under the bamboo of the 590 Madison Avenue Atrium.

A panel of six notable writers, editors, and curators spoke about the status of design criticism today.

When searching the web for dictionary definitions of "cultural district," amid academic articles and policy papers, Wikipedia's is actually the most concise: “a well-recognized, labeled, mixed-use area of a settlement in which a high concentration of cultural facilities serves as the anchor of attraction.” Cultural districts can be found...

A public dialogue between Manuel Mansylla and Dennis Maher, who promote the use of reclaimed, recycled and re-purposed materials in their artistic practices.

At the outset of Cities, a conversation on the future of urbanism hosted by Columbia’s Studio-X, moderator Mark Wigley toasted to forging new friendships in a coming era of dynamic, if uncertain, city design. Considering the cumulative intellectual...

MoMA hosted a panel discussion to mark the end of the Rising Currents exhibition

Two recent conferences make clear that while New Yorkers enthuse about Hong Kong’s advances, many from Hong Kong worry about the cost of progress.

Phantom Projects share aspect of unreality; not only were they visionary at the time they were introduced, but also unattainable.