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A new documentary explores the myth and methods of architect Frank Gehry.

Forget dark underground parking -- urban loft residents can now get a garage with a view.

Students demonstrate how to create community spaces with sensitivity.

Alec Appelbaum urges New York City to develop a "bike-safe" network.

An interview with president of the American Society of Civil Engineers on how to get our public works back in shape.

It's not so easy being a cheerleader for future-forward architecture when the future is right outside your window.

Boasting a raft of sustainable design elements, including a heat-reflecting roof, the Hilton Vancouver (WA) is hoping to become the first hotel to receive a LEED certification

The newly proposed design would forego windows or shops at eye-level -- a basic tenant of urban building.

Architect Hernan Diaz Alonso draws his inspiration from science fiction, cartoons, and the darker side of alternate worlds.

Giving priority to social equity can lead to surprising conclusions that subvert some of the widely accepted principles of green design.

Demographic trends, amenities are contributing factors

Are shopping districts inspired by New Urbanism a form of cultural brainwashing?

A new book depicts Los Angeles in all its multiplicity.

In affluent parts of the world, a new kind of urban center is taking shape, catering to the nomadic rich and the restless, rootless young.

An irreverent look at the legacy of architecture's most famous (and irrepressible) gadfly.

Redevelopement project in downtown Louisville, Kentucky gets mixed reviews from residents.

If proposed cuts to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development go through, it could be 1975 all over again.

Far from the limelight of China’s construction boom, a new generation of young Chinese builders is emerging.

When trucking company owner Malcolm McLean invented the shipping container in the 1930’s, he probably had no idea that he had also provided the world with a source of inexpensive, rugged, and easily adapted housing.