Buzz
Recent stories about Charles and his work
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The fair city, the green city and the happy city are the same place — El Pais
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Better urban design could add years to our lives — CBC Television
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The secrets of the world’s happiest cities — The Guardian
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Cohousing converts wait for their keys – The Globe and Mail
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Greener pastures — The New York Times
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The psychological tricks designers use to make cities happier places – WIRED
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Happy cities need to make spaces for people, not cars – The Hindu
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How to make cities happier, healthier and better equipped to fight climate change – CBC
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How city design affects people’s happiness, and how happy people affect a city’s success – Pensacola News Journal
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Canadian ‘Happy City’ urbanist Charles Montgomery was asked how to make Perth a happier city and his response was very amusing – ABC Radio Perth
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Happiness and cities: dispatch from the Academy of Urbanism – Monocle Radio
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Should public golf courses be converted to parks and affordable housing? — CBC
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The happy city and our $20 trillion opportunity — Mr. Money Moustache
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Interview on architecture and the science of happiness — Architecture Academy
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Happy cities and the Netherlands — Stadsleven
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The Haiku That Reshaped a New York Street —EL PAÍS
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We Need To Empower Local People To Reshape Their Communities — La Vanguardia
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How Power Gets Expressed Through City Design — Crónica
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Urban Planner Finds Formula for Happy Cities: Challenges American Single-Family Home Dream — El Mundo
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Can City Design Make Us Happier? — ABC Antropía
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Charles Montgomery Champions Barcelona’s Transformation — EL ESPAÑOL
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Charles Montgomery, urbanist: ‘The best thing against climate change is to live close together, to share walls’ — EL PAÍS USA Edition
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