Future Cities

A penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive.

It was a Roman historian and writer, St. Augustine, who coined the phrase "City of God" in a book of the very same title. But the city of God that Augustine was referring to was not in Jerusalem. When Augustine wrote his book, it was hundreds of years after the Jewish city of Jerusalem had been overrun and destroyed by the Roman legions; he was writing of Rome as the city of God and the center of the Roman Catholic faith.

Meet Mark Dunham, a guy struggling to keep his life afloat who reluctantly finds himself selling cars. The next up is his, but he's clueless and hasn't sold a single car. Having tried nearly everything, including standing roadside in a gorilla costume, he comes across an old movie projector in the basement of the dealership, which opens a portal through time. This unlikely discovery thrusts Mark into an epic adventure where he uncovers a new way of selling cars, taught to him by the late founder of the dealership himself.

For nearly a century, the Rikers Island jail complex has stood on a 413-acre manmade island in the East River of New York. Today it is the largest correctional facility in the city, housing eight active jails and thousands of incarcerated individuals who have not yet been tried. It is also one of the most controversial and notorious jails in America. Part on-the-ground reporting, part deep social and architectural history, These Walls is an eye-opening look at Rikers Island and the American justice system—and a challenge to our long-held beliefs about what constitutes power and justice.

Ciudades de 15 minutos (o de 20 para los expertos menos ambiciosos): este es un poderoso concepto urbanístico que se ha popularizado en los últimos años y que se basa en la idea de diseñar ciudades en las que los servicios y actividades esenciales (trabajo, educación, compras, salud, etc.) estén ubicados a no más de 15 minutos a pie o en bicicleta de los hogares de los residentes.