Architectural Record

Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is reinventing itself as an increasingly wealthy and fast developing country through its architecture.

A California-based architecture firm has been selected by a Sichuan planning department to rebuild the city of Dujiangyan after the deadly earthquake in the province earlier this year.

Around Los Angeles' Skid Row, vertical farms have been installed on walls. Its project leaders note that it not only promotes locally grown foods, but it also beautifies areas that "would otherwise just be concrete and steel."

The architecture studio that won The History Channel's City of the Future competition last year has gotten some help making its ideas possible.

Big box stores are following their customers into downtowns, and stores like Circuit City and Target are retooling for density.

A recent ruling that upholds the right of local communities to control overbuilding may prove to increase the crackdown on McMansions -- and demand for design professionals and architects.

Plans to redevelop the Mississippi riverfront in New Orleans are being released, including more than 100 acres of parks and pathways.

A look at the interesting architectural features of the new skyscraper in Mumbai that will serve as a corporate meeting facility and private residence for India's richest person.

Condos and luxury high-rise residential buildings are sprouting up next to a number of the country's pro baseball stadiums.

Cities across the country are passing measures to limit the size of new homes -- an attack on the much-derided "McMansionization" of America. Restrictions range from outright bans to innovative cap-and-trade schemes.

A flood of developments are rejuvenating downtown Jackson, Mississippi.

With Hudson Riverfront developments finding success in lower Manhattan and Jersey City, the city of Yonkers, New York, is looking to redevelop its own waterfront. There are also plans to unearth a subterranean river and develop along its course.

As the popularity of condos and lofts in industrial areas rises amongst both developers and buyers, cities such as Chicago, L.A., and New York are taking steps to protect their historic industrial zones.

This article takes a look at redevelopment plans for the Los Angeles River, the San Francisco Transbay Center, and San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island.

A historic section of streets and piazzas in Rome is being "pedestrianized", or altered so that it will be an area where the primary mode of transportation will be walking and private cars will not be allowed.

This video from Architectural Record looks at a new trend among developers and architects to resurrect old churches and religious buildings into condominiums.

In New York City, the first juried design competition for affordable and sustainable has found its winner.

Finalists in The History Channel's futuristic city design challenge will now present their visions to the public in an online poll to determine the grand prize winner.

Despite an official "embargo" of the practice, there are reports of people removing "truckloads of architectural elements" from New Orleans every day. Preservationists fear that what isn't stolen will end up in landfills.