Architecture
Greatest Architectural Works Of The 21st Century
The AIA and USA Today teemed up to come up with this list of the greatest architectural works of the 21st century.
Eight Principles For Rebuilding Lower Manhattan
The whole world is watching the process of rebuilding Ground Zero and downtown Manhattan.
The Future Of Ground Zero: PBS Special Airs Tonight
A PBS special on the efforts to decide the future of Ground Zero airs tonight.
Quaint Or Sprawl? Pick One
Would you rather live in a charming place or a convenient one?
Understanding The Impact Of 9-11 On Our Cities
This special PLANetizen section presents the most-read news articles about 9-11 from our news archives. Also included are eight thought-provoking PLANetizen Op-Eds.
Reimagining Ground Zero: Readers Respond
Readers respond to a plan for Lower Manhanttan developed by a team of accomplished architects. Includes a special interactive multimedia section.
Report Criticizes Architects, Skyscrapers
A parliamentary committee in the U.K. criticizes architects for designing skyscrapers.
Operation Phoenix: History Of An Architectural Symbol
The renovation team had taken on the difficult task to repair the Pentagon and added to it an impossible deadline.
Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Architects 'Think Big'
Who are the high-profile architects involved in the project to create an alternate vision for Lower Manhattan?
Review Of Books About Ground Zero
The World Trade Centers will be more revered in death, than in life. Urban design writer John King reviews three books about these icons.
The 'Epic Story' Of The Twin Towers
A fascinating biography of the ambitious Twin Towers and how the innovations that made the towers possible played a role in their fall. (All 7 chapters available online.)
Team Of All-Star Architects Reimagines New York
Richard Meier, Steven Holl, Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, Guy Nordenson, Maya Lin, and others, dissatisfied with the official planning process to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center, form a design team to reimagine Lower Manhattan. [Includes in
Pentagon Renovation: A Promise Kept
A few weeks after 9-11, the renovation team promised to repair the Pentagon by Sept 11, 2002. They kept the promise. Here is the amazing story behind the achievement that many considered impossible.
Infrastructure As Civic Art
Milwaukee's new 6th Street bridge is a bold and daring design for a walkable city -- and one that the Department of Transportation nearly refused.
Architects Seek Permanence Of Los Angeles
Architecture critic Leon Whiteson discusses the relationship between Los Angeles and its avant-garde architects.
A Daring Vision For New York
In the last three decades New York has seen few major public planning projects. To maintain its position as a global city, New York needs to "think big."
Is New Urbanism Social Engineering?
Criticism of planned communities as social engineering is unjustified, says UIUC professor Emily Talen.
The Role Of Design In The Next Century
What design trends for the next century can be interpreted from current biological and planetary innovations?
Learning From Copenhagen
Author and architect Jan Gehl talks about the best cities and the quality of city life in Copenhagen and around the 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.
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)
