The truth behind the urban legend about Brutalist architecture and student protests trib.al/e6GmgU4

If you design a playground to be fun for teens, it will be fun for everyone. That fun starts with one massive swing trib.al/ZtV6BnZ

Designer Mike Hewson has perfected the art of making play spaces for dangerous fun.

But the risks they promise are mostly imaginary.

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These new parks show that the key to making playgrounds fun for all ages is designing them for teenagers trib.al/WbwzHLo

Condom producer Einhorn has promoted its mission to protect the environment with products like its vegan, fair-trade rubbers. Now, it’s taking that ambition out of the bedroom and onto the balcony trib.al/mkq6qUP

New playgrounds are designed to be fun for teens and adults, too trib.al/O8bCeJB

United Airlines and American Airlines have reached an agreement to press ahead with an $8.5 billion revamp of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the world’s fourth busiest airport. trib.al/X5NSEQ8

CityLab Daily: Deep inside the underground museum of modern art trib.al/T2M18oE

Hong Kong’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, a tentative sign that the city’s post-pandemic recovery is stabilizing trib.al/H5XIzgL

A lawsuit accusing New York City of entrenching racial segregation in the country’s largest public school system will move ahead trib.al/2AIqp1L

In the last decade, the New York MTA’s Arts & Design program has been busy turning subway stations into showcases of modern art trib.al/2dhvcuV

East Africa is bracing for more deadly floods, as torrential rain after years of biting drought deliver a brutal reminder of the threat posed by extreme weather brought about by climate change trib.al/6fnVv4u

New parks in Philadelphia, Memphis and Tulsa show that the key to making playgrounds fun for all ages is designing them for teenagers trib.al/HQHKT8P

The UK’s second biggest mortgage provider has stopped making loans on homes at risk of flooding trib.al/CI6hgHe

After years of being closed off to the public, a new law might soon open an architectural marvel in Brussels trib.al/zNU6mBT

In Philadelphia, designers have reinvented a playground staple: Behold the megaswing trib.al/WooQu5R

From London to Tokyo, soaring costs and noise complaints are strangling bars and nightclubs.

But campaigners are fighting back trib.al/LqZ1m03

For US cities, urban innovation solutions from Latin America can be more useful than better-known practices from Europe trib.al/CrDeyyy

Kyoto is packed with more visitors than ever before, but the tourism boom is taking a toll on residents who often can't get on public transit trib.al/Oej5jDJ

Canada doubled the estimated costs of hosting seven FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver in 2026, but officials are betting the soccer bonanza will still pay off trib.al/KoMseCn