99% Invisible

This episode of 99% Invisible looks into the history of the cul-de-sac, and why its design flaws overpower its benefits.

The early skyscrapers were inspired by the idea of turning steel train bridges on their sides. This episode of 99% Invisible explains.

A federal jail, The Metropolitan Correctional Center, is snuggled right into Chicago's Loop. Reporter Roman Mars looks at how the architecture manages to help the building disappear.

A new website offers a compelling way to understand cities through sound. It combines audio feeds from city police radios with ambient music.

This episode of 99% Invisible explores public spaces and their role in political change, and how over hundreds of years, riots have defined New York's Tompkins Square Park -- despite efforts to design unrest out.

Toronto's City Hall is a massive concrete structure. Oddly, so was all its furniture, which was included with the original design. 99% Invisible looks at this unconventional design choice, and the legacy of that furniture.

This episode of public radio program 99% Invisible looks at oil, and how the way people move from work to home has been seemingly designed to waste fuel.

99% Invisible talks with Chris Downey, an architect who lost his sight three years ago and who continues to work.

The history of San Francisco's version of the Statue of Liberty, and how it disappeared, is discussed in this episode of 99% Invisible, a new radio segment from KALW.