AR April on Rethinking the Rural

As more and more people migrate to our world's cities, this month the AR is reconsidering where lies the divide between city and countryside. From the depopulating Japanese hillsides of Koshirakura to the tropical Marshall Islands exposed to radiation from nuclear tests in the '50s and now threatened by rising sea levels, rural landscapes across the world are under various urgent pressures. With authorities and clients seeking to turn undervalued landscapes into attractive destinations, nature and visitor centres have become popular commissions for architects