Architecture
How Garages Change The Community
Why do long-time residents of a traditional rowhouse neighborhood resent garages?
College Quad To Become Urban Forest
A college plans to turn it's quadrangle into an 'urban forest' to give students a chance to see eco-friendly planning in action.
The New Trend: Designer Sewer Lids
The Southern California coastal city of Hermosa Beach began installing customized sewer lids.
Athens Facing True Cost of Olympic Games
A "useless" tram system, shoddily-constructed buildings and spiralling debt are Athens' Olympic legacy.
Thom Mayne Profiled
Pritzker-winning architect Thom Mayne says that the '60s still inspires his designs for buildings and homes.
Guerrilla Architecture
Risk-taking pays off for the city's young architects as they strive to beautify blighted urban areas with bold designs.
Revitalizing With 'Corny' Public Art
A blighted industrial site near downtown Los Angeles will get an unusual public art installation.
New Life For Vacant Big Box Sites
How communities across the nation fill in the void left behind when large retail stores leave.
Rocky Future For Seattle Landmark
Seattle's Experience Music Project, a museum housed in a distinctive Frank Gehry -designed building, faces an uncertain future.
Bush To Cities: Drop Dead!
If proposed cuts to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development go through, it could be 1975 all over again.
Green Office Buildings Gain Momentum
Why are green office buildings becoming popular?
2005 Pritzker Prize Awarded To Architect Thom Mayne
Thom Mayne, known for his unorthodox and edgy designs is awarded the architecture profession's most prestigious honor.
Urban Design Panel Rejects 'Green' Skyscraper Proposal
Developer's dream to build Vancouver second-highest skyscraper suffered a setback
Architects On The Last Frontier
Try to design a building for people who are faced with prolonged exposure to extreme cold, months of darkness, and a desolate landscape. Welcome to Antarctica.
Should Public Buildings Be Used For Innovation?
The incomplete lesson of the Sydney Opera House may provide guidance for using iconic public buildings as sites of technological innovation.
China' New Generation Of Architects
Far from the limelight of China’s construction boom, a new generation of young Chinese builders is emerging.
Unsprawl Case Study: Cohousing In Tuscon
After years of planning, three Sonoran Desert cohousing developments provide lessons about living in the desert.
Chinese Architecture Becomes Fashionable
Most expensive property prices in mainland China are in areas surrounding Xintiandi, where traditional Shanghai art deco features have been preserved.
Taking Risks with Urban Design
The City of Rotterdam is experimenting with a new approach to creating exciting, interesting public places: stop making them so safe.
Madison's Most Ambitious Development Project Ever
A Madison, WI, development project could be the city's biggest most expensive. Is it too much?
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
