It may be known as ‘the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam’, but Markthal Rotterdam is not a religious monument – it’s a market. Part market hall, part housing development, part cultural hub, it boasts food stores and restaurants alongside over 200 apartments. Is this what markets will look like in the future?

Tokyo is often perceived as a disjointed concrete jungle. Roppongi Hills challenges this assumption by putting all life’s essentials – from museums to office space – under one roof, wrapped up in almost three hectares of foliage. Is this what the cities of the future will look like?

Over 40% of French people grow their own veg, cultivate their own herbs and eat eggs laid by their own hens. But as small agriculture is slowly suffocated by people choosing to live in large towns and cities, can Farmili – an internet-based provider of urban mini-farms – put production back into the hands of the people?

The Chinese urban population is set to increase by 13 million every year between now and 2030. But with 95% of China’s cities falling short of environmental standards, the government is urgently seeking greener models for urban living. Will eco-cities be China’s cities of the future?