Insights & Publications
Notes on urban strategy, feasibility, stakeholder alignment, and the practical work of keeping concepts intact through approvals and implementation.
All Insights
July 30, 2026 · 7–8 min
Energy of Transition: How Abandoned Power Plants Become Core Assets of Post-Industrial Cities
The UIA 2026 congress transformed Barcelona’s abandoned Three Chimneys power plant into a demonstration of how post-industrial assets can generate new social and financial value.
July 7, 2026 · 5–6 min
A Time of Transition: What the Barcelona Declaration Says and How to Ground the Ideals of UIA 2026 in Real Development Economics
July 2, 2026 · 9–10 min
Infrastructure of Memory, Digital Brutalism, and Tabula Plenum: Analytical Review of the Final Days of the UIA 2026 Congress in Barcelona
July 1, 2026 · 6–7 min
Managing Interdependencies and Common Good Contracts: Analysis of Day Two of the UIA 2026 Congress in Barcelona
June 30, 2026 · 7–8 min
The Economics of Adaptation and Resourcefulness: Key Insights from Day One of the UIA 2026 Congress in Barcelona
June 29, 2026 · 5–6 min
Reprogramming Brutalism: How UIA 2026 Kicked Off in Barcelona and What It Means for the Future of Cities
May 4, 2026 · 4-5 min
Selling a Lifestyle, Not Just Concrete
April 4, 2026 · 4-5 min
The Economics of Urban Events: How an 18th-Century Bonfire Became a €910M Industry
March 27, 2026 · 2-3 min
Why We Don't Keep 60 People on Payroll (and Why Our Clients Love It)
February 5, 2026 · 5-7 min
Why Revitalizing Small Towns Isn't Charity, But a Hard Investment Deal
January 22, 2026 · 2-3 min
Why Boutique Firms Win on Complex Projects