Cities of the Future: Challenges of Architecture and Design

Energy and sustainability, Essay, expanding design practices, High Density, IE, Martha Thorne, Politics and economics, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Architect’s role, City challenge, Culture, Density, Economy, Energy, Essay, Future cities, Global Awareness, Innovation, Metropolis, Mobility, Planetary urbanizations, Politics, Population, Public Space, Smart city, Sustainability, Technology, Urban Paradigms, Waste management

An article of urbanNext associates member: IE School of Architecture and Design -- https://urbannext.net/iearchdesign/

Previously published in IE Reinventing Higher Education -- https://www.ie.edu/

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The urban population is expected to double in the next 40 years, forcing cities to undertake a holistic and sustainable transformation of their model. According to Martha Thorne, Dean of the IE School of Architecture and Design and Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the great challenge of architecture has to do with its capacity to create denser metropolises that have high urban quality and offer residents a better quality of life.