URBNFUTR is a peephole into the future of cities and mankind.

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Interview with The Father of Vertical Farming

Interview with The Father of Vertical Farming

According to the Vertical Farm Project, by the year 2050 the earth’s human population will have increased by around 3 billion, and 80% will reside in urban centers. The project estimates 109 hectares of new land (about 20% more land than the area of Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed them,...
Back to the Futurist: Liam Young

Back to the Futurist: Liam Young

The fourth post of the Back to the Futurist series is dedicated to Liam Young. Previous in Series: Noah Raford Who is Liam Young? Liam currently lives and works in London as an independent urbanist, designer and futurist. He was named by Blueprint magazine as one of 25 people who will change architecture...
Back to the Futurist

Back to the Futurist

Back to the Futurist What do the names Buckminster Fuller, Arthur C. Clark, Ray Kurzweil, Iain M. Banks, Graham Hancock and James Cameron all have in common? They’ve been futurists. URBN FUTR is running a series on leading futurists from around the world. We will be speaking to the break-through generation...
Is There Anybody Out There?

Is There Anybody Out There?

Is there life elsewhere in the universe? The answer to this most fundamental question is either yes, meaning we are part of a cosmos dotted with other lifeforms and perhaps even other civilisations, or no, in which case we are unique, special and alone. What would it mean to us...
Natural Disasters in 2050 - Episode 1: Floods

Natural Disasters in 2050 – Episode 1: Floods

With city-wide flood disasters predicted by 2070, it has become ever more paramount that humans hone their abilities to accurately predict and counter-act the dangerous forces of nature. Most of us are beginning to realize that if we treat the world as well as we possibly can, as a collective...
Road Raised

Road Raised

The City of Many Layers The sci-fi movie fantasies depicting the cities of tomorrow have a range of commonalities: the sheer density of urban form, the soaring building heights and the multistorey compartmentalization of space into different uses. The ground becomes the seedbed for humans to pass around with proportionally...
MEMO: Lunch at the Ecopolis at 2pm

MEMO: Lunch at the Ecopolis at 2pm

The future business centers take shape in the Ecopolis island constructs of wealthy nations. Meanwhile, the arctic poles are bringing their own problems. The research summits of Doha, Qatar are shaping the destiny of world transit...
Welcome to Future City

Welcome to Future City

With the global urban population proliferating at a rate of knots every year, perhaps even absorbing 60% of humanity by the end of this decade, it has become one of the most pivotal questions that mankind has to ask itself: Can the cities of Planet Earth support us all? Although...
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Can You Pass The Ants, Please?

Can You Pass The Ants, Please?

The production, meat conversion, nutritional and ecologically and spatially friendly harvesting advantages of edible insects means that they will take precedent over other foodstuffs in years to come...
MEMO: Lunch at the Ecopolis at 2pm

MEMO: Lunch at the Ecopolis at 2pm

The future business centers take shape in the Ecopolis island constructs of wealthy nations. Meanwhile, the arctic poles are bringing their own problems. The research summits of Doha, Qatar are shaping the destiny of world transit...
The Science of Solar Energy

The Science of Solar Energy

The infographic below outlines the science behind how solar energy is harnessed. With the potential to power a predominant amount of the world cities’ energy use in the future, it is of utmost importance that the concept and technicalities are understood by all so that it truly becomes commonplace. [Source: InfographicWorld]
The Thrifty Soap User

The Thrifty Soap User

Although the introductory post of this site was a little more grand in size, I figured it best to bring the tone down to a more personal scale. I promise that the fluctuations between global outlooks and bathroom frugality will remain under wraps as best I can. However, perhaps this is the appropriate place to...
Welcome to Future City

Welcome to Future City

With the global urban population proliferating at a rate of knots every year, perhaps even absorbing 60% of humanity by the end of this decade, it has become one of the most pivotal questions that mankind has to ask itself: Can the cities of Planet Earth support us all? Although an approximation, land accounts for...