The architects clawing back Europe’s car-centric spaces — Reclaiming the streets

The European Prize for Urban Public Space’s shortlist highlights projects helping people cope with climate crisisIn the words of Joni Mitchell, the planners of many urban centres around the world “paved paradise and put up a parking lot”…

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