Architecture
Two Ways to Look at Fencing
Residents of a co-op in Washington D.C. make a plea to their neighbors to consider the negative implications of transforming their neighborhood into a gated community.
Designing for Fire
For those who insist on living in fire-prone areas, 'design can be the first line of defense.'
New Urbanism Does Not Promote Crime
A recent report linking New Urbanism to increased crime portrays New Urbanism inaccurately, and implies a grim world in which crime prevention is our top planning priority.
Sensationalist 'Lara Croft' Architecture Damages Cities
Deyan Sudjic laments the popularity of "icon" architecture such as the works for Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava but suggests that the style is about to fade away.
Rediscovering The Riverfront
Inspired by San Antonio's successful riverfront, Texas cities are planning to turn their riverfronts into parklands, entertainment venues and commercial corridors.
Make Room For Different Tastes
If you're in the business of designing environments people will pay money to live in, you can't design your idea of utopia and force everyone to conform to it, writes Virginia Postrel.
Empathizing With Sprawlers
A Minnesota think tank looks to make practical improvements in sprawling communities.
Is Your Town Funky?
A list of the world's top design hot spots.
The World's Greatest Living Architect
Jay Merrick reviews the life and work of the "world's greatest living architect."
Shanghai Highrise Surprise
Planners in Shanghai, who are fretting over 'the diminishing quality of life' caused by the high-rise building boom of the 1990's, are considering putting a limit to high-rise development in the city.
Hang Your Shingle, Please
With the rise of ugly awnings and boring boxes, our streets need creative signage now more than ever.
Best Walking Neighborhoods in Nation's 'Fattest City'
It may be one of the "fattest" cities in the nation but it does has a few walking neighborhoods.
Secure and Demure
Street furniture,'reinforced with internal bars of hardened steel buried deep in concrete,'is becoming a popular design solution for anti-terrorist strategies.
Developers Gone Wild
'Backers of a new housing development in rapidly growing St. Croix County intend to share the woods and water with wildlife through a unique effort that many hope will become commonplace.'
New Urbanism From A Policing Perspective
Is there a conflict between New Urbanist design principles and accepted safe community design practices?
Smart Growth Critic Accused Of 'Journalistic Fraud'
The Columbus Dispatch will no longer publish opinion pieces by Samuel Staley following an accusation that he "borrowed ideas".
The McMansion Next Door
Homes are the one item where spending more doesn't guarantee good design. The 'American house needs a makeover.'
New Building Music To L.A.'s Ears
The new Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is drawing praise for its beauty as well as its functionality.
WTC Planning Process: The Unheard Voices
The WTC planning process lacked in the diversity of voices among those controlling the planning process.
Dead Places
Abandoned buildings, mines, storm drains and tunnels have become the playground for a new generation of urban explorers.
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
