Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Examples of hostile architecture, also known as hostile design or defensible ...

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Modern anti-homeless design is not new — it’s the continuation of a long history of racist, classist architecture that ...

The "humble bench, fast disappearing from public places, once was an emblem of civic comity," says Mark Lasswell. "Discouraging the homeless, who already are plenty discouraged by life, is everywhere.

Have you ever noticed how park benches have armrests in the middle of the bench or storefront ledges have metal spikes? The spikes aren’t decorative. And the armrests aren’t primarily meant to be more ...