Architecture
World's New Tallest Building Will Open In Tapei
By using 'megacolumns' Taipei's new megatower will top out at 101 stories (508 meters).
Friday Funny: Architecture In The UK
Media villages, branding, adding smell to improve a "gritty urban housing development" are among the topics covered in the latest installment of this advice column.
WTC Memorial Finalists Announced
Designs range from quiet gardens and sunken pools to clouds and shafts of light meant to honor those who died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the 1993 bombing of the trade center.
This Fake Palm Tree Is Not A Cell Phone Tower
City officials plan to remove a controversial plan social experiment -- 49-foot-tall fake palm tree towering over Warsaw's De Gaulle Circle -- citing traffic hazards.
Low Cost, High Density Living: Shipping Containers
Your next two-story loft/apartment might be inside a shipping container. (Includes images.)
A Model Effort to Create and Preserve Open Space in Metro Atlanta
Big plans, such as green parking decks, are in the works for one of the most popular parks in metro Atlanta.
Urban Sprawl Could Be a Cause of Obesity
Car trips replace short walks, leading to a general lack of exercise.
Lifestyle Centers: Faux Downtowns Coming to a Suburb Near You
Lifestyle centers--shopping centers designed to look and function as town centers, continue to gain national momentum.
'Good Design is Economic Development'
Tom Condon of the Hartford Courant makes a plea for better designed buildings and spaces in Hartford.
Single Family Garages Getting Bigger
The ubiquitous 2-car garage is growing to accomodate the needs of multiple-SUV families creating new design challenges for architects.
Shop And Awe: The Peril Of American-Style Commercial Development
Professor Charles C. Bohl says that Europe must weigh harms as well as benefits when deciding whether to adopt American-style retail sprawl.
Do Lifestyle Centers Hijack New Urbanism?
Cleveland architecture critic says new shopping center is "high end roadside kitsch"
Looney Tune Architecture
Peter Eisenman discusses the misguided urge of many architects -– himself included -– to create works more for the front page of newspapers than for the people who will live with them.
Nation's Greenest Commercial Design?
The newly built Robert Redford Building in Southern California (office of the Natural Resources Defense Council)will likely bolster Santa Monica's reputation as a center for sustainable architecture.
The 'Green Builing' Home Buyer's Dilema
Eco-friendly homes are on the rise, but many Americans still aren't sure just what they're getting when they buy green.
Film Review: 'My Architect'
Nathaniel Kahn, son of architect Louis Kahn, poignantly searches for his father through the work left behind by the mysterious builder.
Living Near The Fast Lane
Most suburban home-buyers seek quiet secluded lots away from major roads. So why are some families buying homes near major streets?
NRDC Finishes Ultra-green Building
Robert Redford will join John Adams, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), to open the group's new Southern California office, which is constructed to the highest green building standards.
Britain's Worst Eyesores
Readers of the UK's elite Country Life magazine have been voting on their least loved structures.
What James Carville Has To Say To Landscape Architects
Louisianna native son James Carville dropped by the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
Custer County Colorado
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
