New Cities

Which African cities will be the largest in the year 2100?

By Capital Frontiers The scale of urbanization that will happen in Africa over the next 80 years is staggering. While Africa today has...

Welcome to the Nigerian Century

By Roger Weber Politically and culturally, the American zeitgeist around international trends is largely fixated on the growing economies...

Africa's Big Moment: Could a Conflux of Oil and Water Ignite the Economies of Botswana and Namibia?

By Roger Weber Do oil and water mix? Kavango East is an unrivaled repository of oil and fresh water in Africa. Botswana and Namibia are...

How Did Florence Grow? 9 Lessons for New and Existing Cities

By Roger Weber Headquarters of the Renaissance, Florence, Italy is one of the most important and misunderstood cities ever built. While...

What are the biggest challenges for NEOM, the Saudi Arabian Megacity?

We’ve written about the vision for NEOM multiple times on Capital Frontiers. NEOM is the massive new city project Saudi Arabia launched...

Eight Things I've Learned from Elon Musk

Elon Musk has floated into the driver’s seat of the world: From Payapl CEO to bankrupt entrepreneur, from laughingstock to curiosity,...

Life After Covid-19: Inspirations from Frank Lloyd Wright on the Future of Cities

The three “master builders” of American architecture – Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright – each influenced the...

Why Most People Drive when They Could Take Transit

One of the most popular terms in planning is “automobile dependence”. The premise asserts that most people in most places in the United...

Saudi Arabia's NEOM is Breeding a New City Built Around Genetic Engineering

Cities for people or people for cities? An unlikely marriage between city planning and gene modification is reinventing the future city....

How to Plan Cities in the Age of COVID-19: Part One

By Roger Weber This will be the first part of a series in as many parts as it takes me to sort out some thoughts on how city planning can...

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