Architecture

While using green building practices has become popular in new construction, the same is not true for renovation projects.

January 11, 2007 - The New York Times

Mayor Rocky Anderson has used his office to transform the way the city does business, winning him support even when his policies run against the political mainstream.

January 10, 2007 - AlterNet

In the first large scale residential building to incorporate universal design principles, integration of disabled residents and mixed income households are keys to success.

January 9, 2007 - The New York Times

The New York Times offers an online tour of the Fulton Street transit hub, which planners hope will straighten out the tangle of platforms and mezzanines below Lower Manhattan.

January 9, 2007 - The New York Times

A local architect and developer is making plans to provide affordable homes using recycled steel shipping containers.

January 9, 2007 - In Business Las Vegas

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.

January 7, 2007 - Architectural Record

After several long delays, Taiwan's new Shinkansen bullet train begins commercial service, linking the island's two major cities.

January 6, 2007 - Associated Press via Forbes

With the increasing adoption of eco-friendly design and construction practices, green building is becoming all the rage.

January 4, 2007 - E/The Environmental Magazine

A major plan to renovate the New-York Historical Society has antagonized neighbors and preservationists in this upper west-side neighborhood, as the Society's plan also includes a 23-story apartment tower in a low rise neighborhood.

January 3, 2007 - The New York Times

Curbed Los Angeles names its hysterical 2006 winners for "The NIMBY Award", "Dumbest Planning Scheme", "Broker Boys & Babes Awards", and our favorites, the "Most Horrendous McMansion of the Year" and the "Worst Garagemahal."

January 1, 2007 - Curbed Los Angeles

Cities are increasing considering rooftop gardens to bring nature back to urban areas.

December 29, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

A 60s-era motel lobby is getting the star treatment from local preservationists eager to save a piece of the city's former glory.

December 29, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

A new study seeks to understand what cultivates public interaction on the steps of Brooklyn's famed brownstones.

December 29, 2006 - The Brooklyn Papers

One Los Angeles-based architecture firm is helping cities and organizations communicate their brand identity through buildings.

December 27, 2006 - Business Week

A new report from The Classical City, a journal dedicated to preserving St. Petersburg, Russia, describes the destructive effects of the city's new plan and calls for architecture that is consistent with the city's character.

December 23, 2006 - The Classical City

Boston is set to become the first city in the nation to impose a strict set of green building standards on all new development in the city. The requirements will take effect in January and affect buildings 50,000 square feet and larger.

December 21, 2006 - The Boston Globe

Sustainable design was the trend of the year for 2006, according to Businessweek.

December 20, 2006 - BusinessWeek

Neal Peirce believes that two new developments provide good models for how the nation's communities can be both environment-friendly and economically successful.

December 19, 2006 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Architect Frank Gehry's design for a new concert hall in Miami Beach blends openness with the next-generation Internet.

December 19, 2006 - Bloomberg.com

With populations steadily increasing in India and China, the two countries are looking to green building methods to reduce their energy use as they urbanize and move more closely to Western energy consumption patterns.

December 17, 2006 - E, The Environmental Magazine