Architecture

Roger K. Lewis argues that there's no way to safely rebuild New Orleans the way it was. Let nature take its course, and build over the water instead of building in harm's way.

January 9, 2006 - The Washington Post

The Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal and Urban Design Associates publishes a 'Pattern Book' offering details and techniques for building and renovating Gulf Coast houses.

January 9, 2006 - Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal

Nearly 100 years after the city's devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco's architecture still leaves it particularly vulnerable to another temblor.

January 8, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

How the opinions of smart growth practitioners are critical for a process that results in transportation choice, transit performance, and successful community investment by the FTA.

January 7, 2006 - Smart Growth Online

PPS offers striking images of great places (and a few not-so-great) from around the world. [Includes photos.]

January 6, 2006 - Project For Public Spaces

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose adding special toll lanes -- some exclusively for trucks -- to the state's most congested freeways and easing environmental reviews to speed construction.

January 6, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Prefabricated housing used to be a dirty word in the housing business. Today, many designer prefab houses are an affordable and elegant solution -- maybe even the "holy grail of modernism".

January 5, 2006 - Wired Magazine

The emerging and controversial Israeli barrier wall is in some ways a model of planning reduced to its most primitive goal: separation.

January 3, 2006 - International Herald Tribune

Valerie Keehn rode a wave of resentment over new development in Saratoga Springs to become the city's new mayor, surprising many, and worrying the development and planning communities.

January 3, 2006 - Business Review / MSNBC

Depsite having the most concentrated population of the homeless in the western US, $10 billion in investment is transforming gritty downtown Los Angeles into a "Manhattan of the West Coast."

January 3, 2006 - The Washington Post

Duany and Plater-Zyberk have designed Haymount, a "neo-traditional" town set to double the population of its county.

December 28, 2005 - The Washington Post

Demolition looms for historic home: In the era of the 1962 World's Fair, the dream of a "flexible house" became a reality for commercial architect Robert Allan Adams.

December 23, 2005 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

In order to inspire better urban development, the Project for Public Spaces has honored some of the best public squares in American and Canada.

December 23, 2005 - Making Places

A group of architectural and development professionals and thinkers discuss their views about recent trends across the globe.

December 22, 2005 - ULI Urban Land Magazine

Welcome to the latest In LA high-rise style: In Los Angeles, the newest housing status symbol for the young, design-savvy crowd is a condo in the 32-story Modernist block of stucco and glass on Sunset Blvd, and built in 1964.

December 22, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

Oakland's Planning Commission is delighted to approve two residential highrises as the city continues enjoying its downtown revival under Mayor Jerry Brown.

December 22, 2005 - The Oakland Tribune

The Tsunami Memorial committee selects five designs for the memorial short list.

December 20, 2005 - The Nation (Thailand)

BusinessWeek evaluates how major companies are responding to the race against climate change, and are seizing the initiative to reduce greenhouse gases.

December 17, 2005 - BusinessWeek

San Francisco's proposed Treasure Island development might be the new model for urban growth.

December 16, 2005 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Doug Rucker builds large, spacious residences, but lives -- and works -- in a modest 710 square foot house.

December 16, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times