Retail Is Becoming Urban Infrastructure

Friday, June 12, 2026

As e-commerce reshapes consumer behaviour, shopping centres are evolving into something far larger than retail alone. Across Europe, housing, hospitality, public space and daily services are increasingly converging into compact urban ecosystems where people live, work, meet and belong.

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The City as Interface

Friday, April 10, 2026

Cities in Europe are evolving from passive infrastructure into strategic interfaces. This first Perspective explores how design, data and governance converge under the New European Bauhaus to reshape how space creates value, influences behaviour and distributes power.

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Building Europe: Design, Power and the New Urban Economy

Friday, April 10, 2026

Europe is quietly redesigning itself. Through the New European Bauhaus, cities become more than places to live—they become instruments of policy, value creation and identity. This series explores how design, technology and governance converge in Europe’s emerging urban economy.

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Housing the Knowledge Economy

Monday, March 16, 2026
low angle view of building

Across Europe’s innovation regions, housing is emerging as a structural constraint on economic growth. The expansion of student housing in Eindhoven illustrates how cities increasingly treat housing as critical infrastructure supporting talent, universities and the long-term competitiveness of the knowledge economy.

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