Urban

BMW has announced winners of the second phase of the “BMW Urban Driving Experience Challenge” that presents the best concepts of premium-class motor cars designed for “Doing Good” in an urban environment.

The IURO project is learning how to get directions the human way.

Toyota is showing off a new concept version of its ultra-compact, single passenger electric vehicle at CEATEC JAPAN 2012 this week dubbed the "Smart INSECT."

How do micro-dwellings effect the demographic and political structure of major cities?

SPACE is a folding bicycle which sports a one-touch unfolding mechanism and 20-inch wheels.

Peugeot announces that the 2008 Urban Crossover Concept will go into production in 2008.

Daiwa House of Osaka, Japan has developed and is selling RV-sized prefabricated hydroponic greenhouses for housing complexes.

Sity is a striking conceptual design for a dragon-inspired structure in the heart of Shanghai.

Research by scientists from Columbia University and NASA suggests that painting rooftops white can result in peak temperature drops of over 40 degrees Fahrenheit during summer months.

The i-Tree tool provides analysis, benefit-calculations and assessment tools to quantify the contribution made by trees in the urban environment to allow communities to understand the economic benefit of protecting our urban forests.

Designers have completed the largest and most biologically diverse living wall in Surrey, British Columbia for Semiahmoo Public Library and RCMP Facility with a design covering nearly 3,000 square feet and consisting of over 10,000 individual plants.

At Intermot 2010 we’ve managed to get a closer look at the XO2 Urban Transformer foldable scooters we first covered last year.