Architecture
Wendell Cox And Andres Duany Debate
Laurence Aurbach presents excerpts from the debate between Wendell Cox and Andrés Duany at the Preserving the American Dream Conference in Washington D.C.
California's Top Terror Targets
The California Attorney General lists the top 624 sites thought to be most attractive to terrorists.
The Unassuming Daniel Libeskind
The Los Angeles Times offers an insightful profile of Daniel Libeskind, one of two finalists to build the replacement for the World Trade Center.
Planning In The Netherlands
The chief government architect of The Netherlands, discusses his vision for balancing short-term economic feasibility with long-term sustainability.
How To Reduce Harmful Water Runoff
Increased water runoff from sprawling paved areas is responsible for flooding, pollution and economic losses.
Marvels In Security And Seismic Safety Engineering
New structural technologies make a courthouse under construction in Seattle a marvel of security and seismic safety.
Architecture You Can Feel
A universivally-accessible building uses talking signs, tactile floors, and transclucent wall systems.
The Devil In The White City
A new novel profiles city planner Daniel Burnham and serial-murderer Henry H. Holmes during the 1893 World's Fair.
Mansionization: A National Problem
Sam Hall Kaplan examines how one of the first communities in the nation to be afflicted with mansionization has fared.
The Origin Of The Spanish Academy
The richness of the classical tradition is due to the variety of antique sources the interpretations of them from age to age.
The New Modular Home
One of the nation's largest producers of factory-built houses builds a complete Craftsman-style modular house on the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Shanghai Sours On Skyscrapers
Civic leaders sweeten up to more human-scale urban form.
What's Wrong With Architecture And Planning Education
Architecture and planning education in the U.S. is to blame for the nation's uninspiring buildings and cities.
Tougher Building Codes For New York City
Learning from 9-11, rhe New York City Buildings Department announces stricter building codes for office towers including more stairwells and full sprinkler systems.
Ground Zero: The Design That Deserves To Win
Of the two finalists in the Ground Zero design competition, one proposal repeats past mistakes while the other is "imaginative" and "multi-layered."
The Magic Of Sky Gardens
The winning design for the Ground Zero design competition is sure to feature a sky garden. Does New York need parks in the sky?
Ground Zero Finalists Asked To Revise Designs
The two teams selected for the final round of the Ground Zero design competition have been asked to revise their design to address engineering problems at the site.
The New Urbanism Icons
New urbanism, mixed-use, transit-oriented development -- are becoming the new college buzzwords.
The Best WTC Design: It's Not One Of The Finalists
"The primary function of the new site must be the primary function of the old" says Kai Thompson whose husband died at Ground Zero.
ASLA Declares National Landscape Architecture Week
The American Society of Landscape Architects has announced that April 19-27, 2003 will be National Landscape Architecture Week.
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)
