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Sofokleous10.gr Startup CEO says “the house of the future costs as much as a car” & here’s how the company plans to make it happen

The company says it can build a house for the cost of roughly $37,600

Buying a house through the Sears catalog was, for a brief historical moment, a popular and affordable way to become a homeowner.

The ‘15-minute city’ reimagines our car-centric urban spaces. Some are up in arms

Links from The Overhead Wire to urbanist news from around the country/world. This week: reforming the community engagement process, the shrinking urban drugstore market, and the unfolding ecological collapse of the Great Salt Lake.

Community feedback needs reform. Secretary Buttigieg on active transportation. The end of the urban drug store?

The prototypes are single-family homes completely off-grid with electricity and potable water. They were designed by New York City and Puerto Rico-based Marvel Architects and paid for by nonprofit Acacia Network. The homes utilize hurricane and...

In Georgia, Black women make 63 cents for every dollar white men make. And nearly half of the remaining Black households in the neighborhood live on less t

A new urban design plan calls for a robust buffer zone to protect the town from fast-spreading fires, among other mitigation measures.

Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas features 39 winners, 350 finalists, and 664 honorable mentions doing great things to improve society.