The colder, harder cousin to the bench is popping up in public spaces like subways and bus stops. Is it designed for efficiency—or is it hostile architecture? In early March, New York City ...

Discover what hostile architecture is, how it shows up in public spaces, and why it's sparking debate. Learn about real examples, criticisms, and inclusive alternatives.

Hostile architecture of this kind can be found in most U.S. cities. We can think of it as overtly hostile; the benches and ledges are obvious and noticeable.

“Hostile benches” installed in a public park in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward in March caused a stir on social media, but such equipment is nothing.

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People are up in arms over a bench that appeared Tuesday at the “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” premiere in Los Angeles for its “anti-homeless architecture,” with some pledging to boycott the ...

What is hostile architecture? Kithes characterized the armrests as an example of hostile architecture, a term used to describe design features like curved benches or spiked windowsills that might ...

Another pervasive but less attention-grabbing form of hostile architecture are benches that have been redesigned to make them difficult or impossible to use as sleeping spaces.

It can be subtle, it can be difficult to spot, but anti-homeless architecture is all around us, excluding some of society’s most marginalised groups from our public spaces. Whether it be benches that ...

In fact, hostile architecture is so widely used to target homeless people that many of the most common examples are now referred to as “anti-homeless architecture.” Here’s how to spot it.