Architecture

Las Vegas: Disneyland For Grown Ups?

Roger Lewis profiles the best and worst of planning in Las Vegas.

April 11, 2003 - The Washington Post

Design-Build: The Future Of Construction?

Design-build, for years considered the 'Tinker Toy' division, is rapidly transforming the commercial construction industry.

April 10, 2003 - National Real Estate Investor

Trenton's Successful Brownfields Story

Trenton is the poster child for successful brownfield revitalization efforts, with sixty projects over five years.

April 10, 2003 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Interview With Leon Krier

Leon Kreier, inaugural recipient of the Richard Dreihaus Award for Classical Architecture is interviewed.

April 9, 2003 - WBEZ FM Chicago

WTC: Libeskind Design Ignores Reality

The winning design to rebuild the World Trade Center site ignores the realities of Ground Zero.

April 8, 2003 - The Washington Post

Embracing The Bay With A Big City Hug

San Francisco's baseball park has all the right urban moves.

April 8, 2003 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Sydney Opera House Architect Wins Pritzker

The architect of the Sydney Opera House, Joern Utzon, has won the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize.

April 7, 2003 - Reuters

Parking Lot As Art Exhibit: Urban Story Spaces

A writer navigates her way through an urban story space -- with headphones and a GPS.

April 4, 2003 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Making Of Seattle's Park System

How Seattle's park system was created

April 4, 2003 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tributes With WTC Steel

Steel from the World Trade Center has been incorporated into the design of more than 250 tributes across the U.S.

April 3, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

TreePeople Blazing Trails With Green Building

TreePeople is building a community center and office complex that will generate both its own water and power, demonstrating that the future is now for green development.

April 3, 2003 - The Planning Report

Preserving Iraq's Heritage Sites

Iraq is one huge world heritage site, a unique storehouse of art and archaeology. Will the war destroy the 'cradle of civilization'?

April 3, 2003 - The Guardian Unlimited

A City That Is Constantly Rebuilding Itself

Tokyo's architecture is unique and "defiantly Japanese."

April 1, 2003 - MetropolisMag.com

Museum Of Freedom At Ground Zero

A cultural complex planned at Ground Zero will include a Museum of Freedom.

April 1, 2003 - The New York Times

Interactive Architecture: Buildings That Change Shape

The future of architecture includes interactive structures that change shape.

March 31, 2003 - The Globe and Mail

Louis I. Kahn: A Man Of Mystery

A documentary explores the life of the great American architect Louis I. Kahn.

March 30, 2003 - The New York Times

Inclusionary Housing Is Good Policy

Requiring Los Angeles housing developers to include low-income units is good policy, a report concludes.

March 30, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

A Conversation With Dan Solomon And Andr

The Charleston Council of 2002 featured an open discussion on the issue of style and building.

March 30, 2003 - The Town Paper

Moynihan Helped Shape America's Main Street

Remembering Pat Moynihan's interest in architecture and his contributions to U.S.cities.

March 28, 2003 - The Washington Post

Final Four Student Design Teams

Students Teams from Harvard, MIT, Penn, and USC Face Off in Redesign of Washington's South Capitol Street in ULI design competition.

March 27, 2003 - Urban Land Institute

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.