Architecture
But Does It Say L.A.?
L.A. hopes Frank Gehry's metal swoops and swirls will give it its own icon - à la Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower.
'City Of Tomorrow' Award Winners Announced
The winning design at an international competition to design the city of tomorrow incorporates hydrogen-powered neighborhoods, interlocking 'greenway' parks.
Planner Appointed Director Of Design For NEA
Jeff Speck, is currently director of town planning for DPZ, is appointed Director of Design for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Over 13,000 Register For WTC Memorial Competition
The LDMC announced that 13,683 prospective participants from 94 nations and all fifty states have registered for the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition.
Interview With WTC Architect Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind discuss his design for the World Trade Center site.
Detroit Pins Hope On Downtown Complex
Detroit, MI, hopes a new urban park will bring urban vitality and street life to its downtown.
Ensuring Architectural Quality In Sprawling Subdivisions
Municipalities are hiring architects to ensure that new development is architecturally interesting and does not look resemble sprawling cookie-cutter subdivisions
Think Smaller
Reinvigorate the Buffalo region by thinking small, says the new dean of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture.
Can A Building Reclaim Democracy?
Can Daniel Libeskind's 1,776-foot tower reclaim the symbols of democracy?
Prefab Is Fab Again
Modular housing, though often overlooked, has the potential to transform American domestic architecture.
Bending The Future Of Architecture
An unlikely collaboration between an architecture professor and a Brooklyn metalworking shop has the potential to change the shape of architecture.
Central Park Reshaped A City's Mindset
After 150 years, Central Park continues to draw visitors and inspire the development of urban parks nationwide.
The Largest 'Green' Building In The World
The new $370 million David L. Lawrence Convention Center on the banks of the Allegheny River is the world's largest green building.
Strip Malls Endure Through Sheer Utility
You may hate them, but you use them. Strip malls are the scourge of planning, but a blessing for commerce. Maybe they're getting better?
Inventor Makes Water Flow Uphill
Inspired by the mind-bending art of MC Escher, inventor James Dyson has created an impossible waterfall that appears to make water flows uphill.
Fostering The Creative City
City planner Michael Gordon had a personal reason for wanting Vancouver's skateboarding rules relaxed this month -- he rides 22 blocks to work each day. But there's a lot more to it than that
An Updated Critical Theory Of Modernism
Michael Mehaffy argues that traditional architects need an improved understanding of Modernism in order to counter its apparent resurgencein recent years.
Is Architecture Destroying The Thames?
London's historic riverscape is disappearing under architectural setpieces.
Benefits of Rain Gardens and Xeriscapes
Rain gardens and xeriscapes help conserve water and cut costs.
Koolhaas' Atlas: '30 Spaces For The 21st Century'
Celebrity architect Rem Koolhaas compiles an "atlas" of our emerging new world.
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.
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
