“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. These benches have various ways to discourage ...

We can think of it as overtly hostile; the benches and ledges are obvious and noticeable. But overt hostility represents just a fraction of the ways architecture is truly hostile to people in all ...

Read our latest issue or browse back issues. In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species. Hostile architecture is the name urban engineers give to public space designs that ...

In December 2024, Montreal unveiled its Municipal Universal Accessibility Plan 2024-2030 as part of its continued efforts to ...