Architecture

AOL Time Warner's New $2.2-billion Home

Building the opulet $2.2-billion AOL Time Warner Center along Manhattan's Columbus Circle is like "mounting two, 900-lb gorillas on a jungle gym..."

July 22, 2003 - Engineering News Record

Recreating The Bilbao Effect In Taiwan

Can the Bilbao effect be recreated with the opening of the $170 million Guggenheim in Taiwan?

July 21, 2003 - BBC News

The Costs Of Mitigation

Weymouth Landing station, the first stop on the proposed Greenbush rail line, is a classic example of how mitigation in major public works projects is necessary, but expensive.

July 21, 2003 - The Boston Globe

9/11 Memorial Design Competition Attracts Thousands

The 9/11 Memorial competition is 'the largest open design competition of its kind.'

July 19, 2003 - The New York Times

Florida Community Vision To Be Refocused

A group of Land O'Lakes community landowners complained that vision plan bankrolled by the Pasco County Commissioners was too restrictive; now they'll have a chance to pitch their own vision.

July 18, 2003 - The St. Petersburg Times

The Mural Capital Of The World

City's unrivalled collection of over 2000 huge public murals including what is considered the longest mural in the world is threatened by graffiti, pollution, and neglect.

July 18, 2003 - National Geographic

UrbanPlan Reaches High School Students

High school students create proposals for a hypothetical city.

July 18, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

WTC Developer And Architect Clash, Make A Deal

Developer of the World Trade Center site will get a say in Libeskind's design for a tower at Ground Zero.

July 17, 2003 - The New York Times

Bridging Good Design With City Needs

Chicago's design competition for bridge work along its shoreline turns out a diversity of designs and designers.

July 17, 2003 - The Chicago Tribune

Selling Out The City

Jane Holtz Kay, the author of Asphalt Nation, shows how the privatization of public space results in the city selling out step by step, kiosk by kiosk.

July 15, 2003 - The Boston Globe

Big-box Imitating Art

The use of public art fees to mitigate the look of big-box buildings is one solution being used in North Hollywood, CA.

July 14, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Christopher Alexander's Magnum Opus

Best-selling author, respected professor, and iconoclastic theorist Christopher Alexander has published a new 4-volume magnum opus.

July 14, 2003 - The New York Times

Wright's Grandson Continues Architectural Tradition

Frank Lloyd Wright's grandson hope to build his grandfather's plan for a dream city.

July 12, 2003 - Voice Of America

Building A Wright-Designed Gas Station

A 1920s design by Frank Lloyd Wright to be built in Buffalo.

July 12, 2003 - The Buffalo News

Build It and Be Immortalized

A special issue highlights master builders who shaped the built environment and changed the world.

July 10, 2003 - U.S. News And World Report

Once Hip To Be Harvard Square

Author reminisces over memories of Harvard Square, when it was once a haven for Modernist-minded architects, like Jose Luis Sert and Benjamin Thompson.

July 10, 2003 - The Boston Globe

'Censored' EPA Report: What Really Happened

Iain Murray says the White House was justified in editing parts of an EPA report because the global warming studies were "discredited" and "junk science."

July 7, 2003 - The Washington Times

Dreams Of Houses

INTBAU's features it's latest essay, "Dreams of Houses" by Scottish historian Roger Emmerson.

July 6, 2003 - INTBAU

Design For Living, Barely

Two nonprofits sponsor a cubicle-design competition for Dilberts on Manhattan's Skid Row.

July 5, 2003 - Planetizen

Cold Stone To Hard Rock

Hard Rock stakes its first urban claim in the home city of the blues.

July 3, 2003 - The Slatin Report

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.