When it opened in 2009, New York City’s High Line, an elevated train track that was converted into a park, instantly became one of the most celebrated modern parks in the world. So it should come as ...

So -for the first part of our new series “Disruptive minds”, that will feature people who are challenging Architecture and Design combining creativity, technology and the public interest- we decided ...

For years, urban planners have been redefining popular notions of city parks by converting unused, elevated rail lines from Paris to New York to, more recently, Chicago into oases that offer a respite ...

When an abandoned rail line in New York reopened seven years ago as a 1.45-mile-long park, its presence transformed Manhattan’s West Side. Known today as the High Line, the park is one of the world’s ...