Architecture

A detailed look at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship offers new insights about the iconic architect's "unorthodox design process." It also uses "melodrama, spiritualism and sexual innuendo" to reveal rivalries and politics at his studio.

September 6, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Large housing developments popping up in Washington D.C. are gaining praise from the city's leadership for reinvigorating a once desolate area. But the developments are also garnering criticism for failing to weave residents in with the city.

September 6, 2006 - The Washington Post

Americans are buying bigger homes and on average, to house fewer people. Ironically, their satisfaction in housing choice has eroded somewhat over the last twenty years.

September 5, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Patt Morrison asks, what if everybody owned a McMansion?

September 4, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

High Point in West Seattle, the country's largest urban sustainable, mixed-income community, will be host to the first ever green living expo.

September 2, 2006 - Yahoo! News

Having recently shown off its vibrant and dense downtown at the 2006 World Urban Forum, planners from around the world are looking to Vancouver as a model for sustainable urban planning.

September 1, 2006 - New Matilda

A new book from the former editor of Dwell Magazine details the search for a stylish, modern urban home for around $100 a square foot.

September 1, 2006 - The New York Times

The demolition of small homes and construction of mansions on the modest-sized lots is prompting a backlash in Southern California cities.

September 1, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Joe Massaro simply wants to build an unrealized design for a spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright house. Along the way, he is learning that the merits of posthumous architect are controversial.

August 31, 2006 - The Guardian

The editors of Travel + Leisure magazine released their annual list of best cities to visit.

August 30, 2006 - Travel + Leisure

Big employers, developers, and cities are beginning to see the advantages of being eco-friendly.

August 30, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Some communities are limiting or outright banning cul-de-sacs, but residents still value the privacy and security they provide.

August 29, 2006 - The New York Times

While New Urbanism seems to have caught on in and around Atlanta, high home prices mean that the average homebuyer isn't benefiting.

August 29, 2006 - Pine Magazine

What New Orleans can learn from Denver.

August 25, 2006 - Slate

Five years after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, new security measures are "sucking the soul" out of urban life.

August 24, 2006 - Salon.com

The Aspen Lofts, a new condominium project planned for downtown Boise, is making use of what others would call wasted space.

August 23, 2006 - The Idaho Statesman

The Hollywood actor lends his celebrity status to promote sustainable architecture.

August 20, 2006 - The Washington Post

Men's Health magazine judged 100 cities on high blood pressure, traffic congestion, aggravated assaults, workplace violence and speeding tickets.

August 20, 2006 - Men's Health

Local residents of rural Palm Beach County learned how growth management laws and grass-roots opposition to a 10,000 unit major development can be trumped by lobbyists in the state capital.

August 18, 2006 - Sun-Sentinel

This Times of London opinion piece calls for planners and architects with a true vision to get back in control of city planning. The author argues that "it is the developers who produce the master plans, and the city that responds to them."

August 17, 2006 - Times of London