Detroit is an urban hell. But even in this city of the dying auto industry, there is reason to hope, if they manage to combine the creative forces of….

Contradictions, most of all, a balance between chaos and order. It needs neighborhoods vibrating with energy just as much as cozy little corners and ….

Hamburg will have a new and important attraction with which it can distinguish itself from other cities. But the important thing is that activities s….

In a city like London, the fact that cultures live together and cross-fertilize is a beautiful and natural thing. The many cultures in Amsterdam cont….

Creativity cannot be really regulated, but it can be encouraged. The redevelopment or revitalization of a city is an art. It depends on the individua….

Some remain great cities, but they shouldn't stand still. They should move in the direction of a knowledge-oriented society. Most cities have to do s….

Hamburg is getting a new symbol with its new Elbe Philharmonic concert hall. Such an architecturally impressive building is built somewhere in the wo….

I like what Barcelona is doing. This city almost perfectly combines its natural advantages with cultural attractions, IT parks and first-rate educati….

All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out what they are. In the Australian ci….

City needs creativity to retain the high performers who have lived there for years as well as to attract new, interesting residents..

As far as population size goes, big is no longer important, and it can even be a drawback. In fact, the future belongs more to second-tier cities. An….

The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling that they nee….

Another thing I like about German cities - and it's an advantage which they haven't sufficiently exploited yet - is that they are pioneers when it co….

As industries migrate toward the Far East, the future of many Western cities will no longer lie in manufacturing products but ideas and patents. Youn….