Electric Air Taxi

Vertical Aerospace’s Valo Brings Urban Air Taxis Closer to Reality

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Yagmur Baydır
January 26, 2026

Dear PA reader,

Urban air travel edges closer to reality as Vertical Aerospace’s Valo eVTOL hints at a future where air taxis could soon become part of everyday city travel. LEGO and Crocs add a playful twist to product design with modular brick clogs launching in February 2026, while Alina Sanina’s gothic futurist drone station reimagines mountain rescue infrastructure as a bold architectural landmark.

Greenland’s climate-driven buildings reveal how architecture adapts to some of the planet’s most extreme conditions, with design shaped by ice, permafrost, and limited resources. In Italy, Studio Cappella del Suono’s pavilion turns wind into sound, while MVRDV’s new Lampegiet Theatre brings a fresh civic energy to a regional cultural venue, and in Dubai, Binghatti and Mercedes-Benz stretch branding to city scale with a luxury urban concept.

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