Five posts that caught my eye this week:

• How to be Urban… in 2030: The Economist looks at the six competing architectural projects for Audi’s Urban Future Award. Competitors produced projects with a vision for 2030. (The Economist)

• Where do city leaders go to learn from each other? Academia has Conferences, Social Media has PodCamps. This article looks at why it is increasingly important for city leaders to learn from each other and why it’s important. (The Global Urbanist)

• Keynote: The Urbanist: An interview with architect Witold Rybczynski on why city planners should head Daniel Burn ham’s maxim “Make no big plans, only small ones” and many other topics. (Urbanite Baltimore)

• Will Folding in the Historic Preservation Commission with the Downtown Development Office Spell Architectural Doom for Phoenix? Phoenix New Times columnist Robrt Pela takes a critical look at the decision to demolish the historic Sahara Motor Hotel in downtown Phoenix, in the context of the City’s desire to merge its Development Service and Historic Preservation Office. (Phoenix New Times)

• Highways Didn’t Kill Small Towns. People Did. A second look at the conventional wisdom that freeways kill small towns. (Walkable DFW)

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