Architecture
Dr. Obiudu And The Richmond Community Garden
Dr. Chuma Obiudu is helping a community discover the power of community gardens.
London's Millennium Bridge Reopens
The Millennium Bridge in London was closed down three days after its first opening after complaints that it tended to sway in the wind. It was reopened after structural improvements.
Kunstler: Mudslinger Or Expert?
The Christian Science Monitor profiles James Kunstler, and points out his interesting contrasts -- from gadfly to urban planning expert.
The Vegas Idea Of Community
A columnist for the Boston Globe pokes fun at Summerlin, Nevada.
Housing For 2002: Fusion-style Homes
The annual International Builders Show has typically offered some pretty lousy home designs. This year the push is for "fusion homes."
University Turnaround With Sensible Planning And Design
Ignoring the "star architect" approach popular with many universities, Chicago's DePaul University uses sensible planning and "solid, unremarkable buildings" to blend the campus with its neighborhood.
Why New Urbanism Fails
Behind their quaint, cozy facades, New Urbanist towns still fail to combat the pattern of sprawling, auto-centric suburban development.
Miami's 'Remarkable' Greenway Plan
Neal Pierce reviews a plan to revive the Miami River with a 5.5 mile greenway.
Self-cleaning Windows
A new glass coating keeps windows clean.
Design Contest To Improve Washington Mall Structure
Two architecture students win design competition to improve a temporary structure at the famous Washington monument.
Classically Spatial: The Morgan Library Addition
Herbert Muschamp reviews Renzo Piano's design for the addition to the Morgan Library in New York.
The Revival Of Traditional Architecture
England's Guardian notes that it's not just snobs who wasn to see the revival of traditional architecture.
Garvin Backs Mixed Use At WTC
Well-know planner Alexander Garvin, named to lead lower Manhattan's redevelopment, backs a mixed use plan.
Modernism: A Step Towards Enlightenment?
The events of September 11th have served as a vehicle to attack skyscrapers, urbanism and development in general.
When New Urbanism Won't Sell
A New Urbanism-style development in Arvada, CO resorts to blending new urbanism and suburban styles to attract the market.
A Suburban Painted Pink Forest
Protesting a new development in the suburbs of St. Paul, MN the "Pinkville Three" have started an urban fuchsia forst.
Baltimore's New American Town
WaterView is a new 65-acre development where "the Cleavers would feel at home."
Urban Chic In Tulsa
New urbanist infill development sprouts in Tulsa, and downtown living becomes cool.
WTC In The Movies
Sarah Boxer examines the role of the World Trade Center towers in the movies.
Barracks To Townhomes: Public Housing
A young architect returns to the East L.A. projects to make them safer and more livable.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
