Placemaking – magpie

How to find the world’s best city for contemporary art

8 September 2026

What’s the world’s best city for contemporary art? It all depends on how and what you measure, of course, but such assessments have traditionally been made on vibes (“does this place feel buzzy?”) plus some feel for how much money [… more]

Gensler on living and working in the near future: buildings, spaces, and more

6 June 2023

Gensler might have begun life as a Californian interior design studio, but these days it’s a multifaceted built-environment behemoth, still big in its original sphere (it heads the 2023 Interior Design Top 100 Giants list) but now probably the largest architectural practice in [… more]