Future

The Future of Boston in the Age of the City

As theorists predict we are entering the age of the city, Boston Globe architecture critic Robert Campbell reflects on what this shift will mean and how Boston's landscape will change as a result.

March 31, 2009 - The Boston Globe

The Green City of the Future

This multimedia presentation from Popular Science offers a vision of future green cities and the technologies that will sustain them.

June 29, 2008 - Popular Science

Assessing Future Planning Through Film

Film is much more effective than planners or architects at assessing the possible future forms of cities, according to this article from film critic A.O. Scott.

June 10, 2008 - The New York Times Magazine

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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.