After decades of investment to improve water quality, cities worldwide are beginning to open up their once-polluted waterways for public access. New York State (NYS) has dramatically improved its waterways, too. As has been reported by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), New York’s rivers and harbours are the cleanest they’ve been in years.

Access to public and social spaces is vital to community cohesion and our individual and collective wellbeing, yet in London such spaces are in short supply.

Danish and Swedish architecture firms Cobe and Yellon have been announced as winners in the competition to design ‘Stadsljus’, a new residential tower rising 110m above sea level situated on the site of Stockholm’s former historic gasworks.

The Prime Minister of Japan has opened a new district in the heart of Tokyo designed by Heatherwick Studio. The project, known as Azabudai Hills, is the culmination of a 30-year regeneration process steered by Mori Building Co., Japan’s leading urban landscape developer.

Danish architecture studio Cobe has announced the completion of the Opera Park in Copenhagen.