urban planning
How Augmented Reality Will Reshape Cities
Pokémon Go—and the frustrations it's causing in physical space—could catalyze a new form of virtual urban zoning.
Cities Will Have to Be Redesigned to Confuse Invading Robots
The fatal Tesla Autopilot crash earlier this month opened a new can of worms: How will our cities be designed to trick robots?
Backstage with 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
On this episode of 'Daily VICE' we meet up with the traveling cast of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' to find out why their fans are so drawn to drag.
Arts and Arcology Pave the Way for Desert Experiment Arcosanti
Architect Jeff Stein, artist Doug Aitken, and musician and co-founder Zach Tetreault gather for FORM Arcosanti, an intimate desert music festival in its third year.
These Vintage Photos Show a Colorful Side of Communism
Andrei Beşliu runs The Communist Vaslui project, which restores old archival photos and videos from the heyday of Vaslui in Eastern Romania.
How Burglars Commit Crime and Take Advantage of Cities by Hacking Architecture
'A Burglar's Guide to the City,' written by Geoff Manaugh, takes a look at our everyday urban environments through the eyes of the criminals aiming to hack them.
How Activist Jane Jacobs Changed the Way the World Thinks About Cities
The story of how a woman derided by critics as "crazy dame" became the most important urban thinker of the 20th century.
Whose Smart City? Tomorrow's Cities Need to Be Shaped by Residents
Bringing some people power back into urban planning.
The Rebirth of America's Midsize Cities Isn't All Good News
New research shows that as young people move into midsize cities, income inequality grows and makes life harder on the poor.
'Skylines,' Your Favorite 'SimCity' Replacement, Just Got a Flight Simulator
The game is only a month old, but it already has a bunch of add-ons made by eager fans.
Egypt's Silicon Valley-Inspired Plan to Build a Utopian Capital to Replace Cairo
Egypt says it's going to build a brand new Capital city for five million people, from scratch.