Alabama

One Alabama city's efforts at redevelopment serves as an example for communities struggling with the economic impact of a base closure.

Sweeping guidelines have been approved in Shelby County, Alabama, that will strictly govern the development of housing subdivisions. The new regulations require a mixture of uses and an increase in walkability and green space.

A number of suburban developments in Alabama are taking cues from regional planners and making efforts to improve their livability by building sidewalks.

Alabama residents voted down a proposition to create a zoning and planning district in the community of Fowl River over fears that the appointed 7-member board would have too much power to shape the town.

While New Orleans' economy struggles to return to its pre-storm levels, cities such as Mobile, Alabama are reaping the benefits of renewed economic vigor.

Forbes identifies the top ten architects who are most influencing the American landscape.

Why do schools seem to have more in common with an industrial park than a neighborhood-meeting place?

Four students of Auburn University's Architecture Program designed and built the Newburn, AL fire station at a fraction of its projected cost.

Auburn University Design/Build students design an inexpensive alternative for providing temporary housing after a disaster.

The city of Birmingham, AL. owes the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority more than $2 million in back pay.

Mobile Bay, Fairhope in Alabama is fast becoming a popular retirement spot. It has all the right amenities.

Can Mobile, AL make a successful transition from an industrial harbor, to a tourist destination?

After years of coastal sprawl, Alabama's beaches finally see a trio of walkable, mixed-use communities.

Eminent domain has been a tool used by governmental authorities to advance the public good or for public use, but who decides what is in the public's interest? This story highlights problems inherent to wielding such power.

Students learn about urban planning by playing SimCity, a popular computer game that involves designing and managing your own city.

A retired businessman has become a celebrity as he buys up land in Tuscumbia, Alabama to return the town to the busy place he remembers.

Alabama has lost more species than any other state in the continental United States, mostly owing to human impacts.

The closing of a neighborhood gas station illustrates the problems associated with people moving out of the downtown area, and with attempts to repopulate that area.

Winner of a MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' grant, architect Samuel Mockbee dies at 57.

Decades of concealed pollution by corporate giant devastated Anniston, AL.