Architecture

Smart Technologies Versus Heroic Choices

Can sustainable development be achieved via a technology-oriented or human behavior-oriented path?

November 18, 2002 - Planetizen

Students Experience New Urbanism Hands-On

Students learn about New Urbanism during a challenging charette.

November 17, 2002 - Red And Black

Cautionary Kitsch

New York's new Irish Hunger Memorial provides a cautionary tale for designers and planners downtown.

November 15, 2002 - MetropolisMag.com

2002 Workplace 'Neighborhood' Architecture Winners

Business Week, the AIA and Architectural Record team up to award the 2002 'Winning Workplaces' -- office space organized into neighborhoods.

November 15, 2002 - Business Week

Mixed Use Schools?

In an attempt to make the most of expensive renovation projects, school districts are designing facilities for both students and the public.

November 14, 2002 - The New York Times

Twentieth Century Architecture As A Cult?

Nikos Salingaros argues that many of the techniques used by early Modernist architecture schools bore great similarities to those used by cults tobrainwash their adherants.

November 14, 2002 - INTBAU

Property Owners Oppose 'Cracker Style' Design Standards

In response to rapid suburbanization, planners spent two years creating a 'Cracker' style design standard for central Land O'Lakes in Pasco County, Property owners opposed the standards.

November 14, 2002 - The St. Petersburg Times

Reject 'Metropolitan Madness'

Visiting architect Leon Krier tells residents in Pensacola that they should nurture their small-town environment.

November 14, 2002 - Pensacola NewsJournal

Did Sprawl Aid The Sniper?

On an online forum, New Urbanism enthusiasts discussed if urban sprawl aided the Washington-area sniper. Is the allegation just suburbia-bashing?

November 13, 2002 - The News & Observer

A Public Space That Is There, But Isn't There

New York's public spaces are often hidden from public view. Metropolis Magazine profiles one such space at 55 Water Street.

November 13, 2002 - MetropolisMag.com

Mounting Opposition To Lower Manhattan Tunnel

Plans to create a tunnel along West Street in Lower Manhattan are facing increased opposition from residents, commuters, advocacy organizations and even elected officials.

November 12, 2002 - Coalition To Save West Street

Saving Taliesin

Frank Lloyd Wright felt that buildings should be a natural circumstance of the land. But how can his materpieces be saved from nature?

November 12, 2002 - CNN

Revival Of Sears Catalog 'Kit' Homes

Sears Catalog "kit homes", sold from 1908 to 1940 for less than $2,000, including delivery, are now experiencing a surprising revival as history meets architecture.

November 11, 2002 - The San Francisco Chronicle

New Urbanism Pioneer To Lead Charrette

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, founder of the Congress for New Urbanism, will lead a charrette in San Jose, CA.

November 11, 2002 - San Jose Mercury News

Who Is Responsible For Making Great Communities?

Architects? Planners? Politicians? Homebuilders? Home buyers? Or all of he above?

November 10, 2002 - Smart City

How The American Home Has Changed

Homes have changed to fit today's lifestyles.

November 8, 2002 - Time

Glen Murcutt's Environmentally Responsible Architecture

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt's designs for environmentally responsible architecture draw on aboriginal building principles.

November 8, 2002 - Yale Daily News

The Challenges Of Sustainable Design

The Moore Foundation wanted the greenest headquarters possible.

November 8, 2002 - MetropolisMag.com

Downtown Los Angeles' Exciting Comeback

with new downtown apartments and striking new public buildings, downtown Los Angeles is buzzing with architectural excitement and urban energy.

November 8, 2002 - Newsweek

Ground Zero: Less Is More

A private forum debates the issue of whether the WTC memorial might be "overplanned."

November 7, 2002 - The New Yorker

News from HUD User

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

Call for Speakers

Mpact Transit + Community

New Updates on PD&R Edge

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.