Michael Mehaffy

Amont other topics, sessions and workshops will consider how to use AI in generative design while avoiding its dangers; generative pattern language approaches will also be explored. JELGAVA, LATVIA - Among the many challenges facing cities and towns today, artificial intelligence looms as both an opportunity and a threat — and, for most practitioners working in planning and design, a growing challenge to understand and engage. The tools are arriving faster than the frameworks for evaluating...

The city offers many lessons in shaping streets and paths, "outdoor rooms," and appealing architectural details ABOVE: Just some of the architectural treasures of Riga, Latvia — in this case, its remarkable collection of Art Nouveau architecture — making it an exemplar case study of walkability. RIGA, LATVIA - When a city like Riga is named among Europe's most walkable — as was recently the case for Riga by Forbes, Time Out, and others — it is tempting to attribute the recognition to...

The neighboring cities of Riga and Jelgava are fascinating laboratories of emerging global leadership and resilience — offering exactly the kind of firsthand, peer-to-peer learning that has made IMCL conferences a formative experience for urban professionals for four decades ABOVE: The beautiful venue cities of Riga and Jelgava, Latvia, newly stable and prosperous after centuries of fascinating and sometimes disruptive history. RIGA, LATVIA - Imagine walking through the streets of Riga's Old...