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How to Build a City for Women

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What does a city designed by women for women look like?

In the 1990s, Vienna placed female architects at the heart of a big revamp of their city. Now Barcelona is trying to replicate this, via their mayor, architects and organisations.

Cities are supposed to be built for all of us, but they aren't built by all of us. Every city in the world has been designed and built by men. But what if the other half had a go?

In the 1990s, Vienna did an urban revamp involving female architects. Barcelona has been trying different ways to replicate this, via their mayor, local architects and campaign organisations. 

As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts city life on a previously unimaginable scale, 100 Women revisits the people they first spoke to in 2019 to find out if their visions of a utopia are still possible.

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