Architecture
Keeping The 'Mixed' In Mixed Income
What does it take to keep mixed-income housing truly mixed?
Keep It Down!
Operation Silent Night cracks down on noise pollution in New York City.
The New Trend: Hotel Theme Parks
A growing number of travelers are looking for hotels that have been transformed into little theme parks.
Template Hospitals
Kaiser Permanente lauches a new program that will establish standardized models for design and construction of its hospitals.
Big Plans Afoot For Downtown New Rochelle
A series of ambitious development plans for downtown New Rocelle look promising.
New WTC Plans: Innovative, Creative, Exciting
Plans developed by seven design teams comprising of prominent architecs for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site have drawn praise for being creative.
The Multi Purpose Platform Bunker
The MPP is portable, watertight and bombproof. Though not-yet priced for Home Depot shelves, this clever pod has multiple applications.
First Major Rebuilding Project At WTC Announced
Plans for 7 World Trade Center were unveiled. The proposed 52-story building will be taller than its predecessor.
American Pie: New Patent On The Circular Subdivision
A retired real estate and tax lawyer patents a circular subdivision.
Why Do Europeans Care More About Architecture Than Americans?
Technology is leading architecture -- a report from the eighth International Architectural Biennale.
Holiday Review Of Architecture Books
San Francisco Chronicle's urban design writer John King reviews seven holiday architecture books.
Smart Technologies Versus Heroic Choices
Can sustainable development be achieved via a technology-oriented or human behavior-oriented path?
Students Experience New Urbanism Hands-On
Students learn about New Urbanism during a challenging charette.
Cautionary Kitsch
New York's new Irish Hunger Memorial provides a cautionary tale for designers and planners downtown.
2002 Workplace 'Neighborhood' Architecture Winners
Business Week, the AIA and Architectural Record team up to award the 2002 'Winning Workplaces' -- office space organized into neighborhoods.
Mixed Use Schools?
In an attempt to make the most of expensive renovation projects, school districts are designing facilities for both students and the public.
Twentieth Century Architecture As A Cult?
Nikos Salingaros argues that many of the techniques used by early Modernist architecture schools bore great similarities to those used by cults tobrainwash their adherants.
Property Owners Oppose 'Cracker Style' Design Standards
In response to rapid suburbanization, planners spent two years creating a 'Cracker' style design standard for central Land O'Lakes in Pasco County, Property owners opposed the standards.
Reject 'Metropolitan Madness'
Visiting architect Leon Krier tells residents in Pensacola that they should nurture their small-town environment.
Did Sprawl Aid The Sniper?
On an online forum, New Urbanism enthusiasts discussed if urban sprawl aided the Washington-area sniper. Is the allegation just suburbia-bashing?
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.
Caltrans
City of Fort Worth
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
City of Portland
City of Laramie
