Architecture
WTC Towers: MIT Engineers Offer Analysis Of Collapse
A month after the terrorist attacks, MIT structural engineers provide an in-depth analysis of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. They point out the vulnerabilities of tall buildings and present recommendations for strengthening skyscrapers.
Exploring Under The Collapsed WTC Towers
Exploring under the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, firefighters, police officers, and engineers have surveyed and mapped the damage.
Creative Escape Routes For Evacuating Skyscrapers
Experts are considering bold new ideas for improving evacuation from tall buildings including nets, flying platforms, and parachutes.
Quotes About Skyscrapers
Selected quotes about skyscrapers by famous personalities such as Henry James, Louis Sullivan, Lewis Mumford, and others.
Balancing Security And Beauty
Roger K. Lewis writes about the importance of striking a balance between implementing security measures and "preserving an accessible and thriving urban community."
Environmentalists Urge Gehry To Quit Wetlands Project
Environmentalists protest against the Ballona Wetlands project in Southern California and urge architect Frank Gehry to quit the project.
Skyscrapers: How Tall Is Too Tall?
Will the skyscraper be the first casualty of the "first war of the 21st century?"
The Metlife Building: A Changing Aesthetic
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks, architectural sensibilities are changing.
World Trade Center Towers: A Structural Autopsy
From the wreckage of the World Trade Center emerge new details of the cause of the towers' collapse.
Architect Cesar Pelli: A Retrospective
An exhibition of the work of architect Cesar Pelli features many tall buildings including the world's tallest buildings - the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.
WTC Towers Collapse Caused Small Earthquakes
when New York's World Trade Center towers collapsed, a siesmic station recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.1 and 2.3. This analysis examines how gravity contributed to the collapse of the towers.
WTC Towers: An American Icon
Remembering the World Trade Center towers, their place in the Manhattan skyline, and what they meant to New Yorkers.
Progressive Architecture In New York
Herbert Muschamp reviews examples of progressive architecture in New York.
The Making Of The PBS Documentary On New York
Part of PBS's "American Experience" series, "New York: A Documentary Film" traces the history of New York City.
WTC Towers Were Not Built To Comply With City Codes
In a letter to the editor, a Washington Post reader says the World Trade Center towers did not have to comply with New York City building codes as they were part of a state agency-sponsored project.
Architects Asked To Report Suspicious Requests To FBI
American Institute of Architects plans to ask architects to alert the F.B.I of any suspicious requests for building plans.
Shanghai To Build World's Tallest Tower
Despite the terrorist attacks in the U.S., Shanghai's financial center still shows interest in building the world's tallest building.
Rumors Cause Sears Tower Evacuations
Sears Tower occupants evacuate the building several times due to bomb hoaxes.
The End Of The Skyscraper?
Architects are rethinking the role and symbolism of tall buildings.
Rebuilding WTC: Architects And Artists Express Opinions
Respected architects, artists, sculptors, and professors express their thoughts on what should fill the void left by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York.
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
