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Browsing Neighbourhood

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The High Line, US
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Travel & Hospitality

The Neo-Urbanites: The Urban Rewilder

Meet the Urban Rewilder, a Neo-Urbanite reclaiming dense city life through walkable neighbourhoods, hybrid third spaces and new forms of citizen-led placemaking.

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Fashion

The Rise of the C-Store

Brands are re-appraising the convenience store sector, viewing this once low-key retail channel as a valuable, authentic backdrop for launches, brand takeovers and promotions.

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Luxury

Neighbourhood hotels

Liran Wizman, founder of Europe Hotels Private Collection, examines how luxury hotels can avoid exacerbating over-tourism by engaging locals.

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Retail

Common ground

Bangkok – A new mall development in Thonglor aims to promote wholesome living and a sense of community.

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Technology

Block’hood

Block’hood teaches people of all ages how the built environment works using a Minecraft-style interface.

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Travel & Hospitality

Symbiotic relationship: Hotel has local benefits

Symbiotic relationship: Hotel has local benefits

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Fashion

The Turtleneck Club

There was a time when turtleneck jumpers meant 1970s kitsch and Roger Moore as James Bond. Not any more. As more men embrace a classic sense of style, they are heralding the once derided piece of clothing as a symbol of the lost values of the past. And as they do one thing is clear: the turtleneck is back.

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Culture & Media

Site revives community spirit at street level

Site revives community spirit at street level

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Food & Drink

Rurban Revolution

City dwellers are rejecting the impersonal ‘bigness’ of globalisation and corporations, and reconnecting with their communities. They are living hyperlocally, growing their own food and embracing small-scale, micro-brands. They are making their urban lives feel as rural as possible. This is why we call these pioneers Rurban Revolutionaries.