Architecture
Impact Of Terrorism On The Future Of The Modern City
How will the terrorist attacks impact the future of the modern city?
Downtown Lofts Become Hot Properties
Lofts in downtown Los Angeles are spacious and rich with architecture. The Los Angeles Times Magazine reports with a profile of five lofts.
From Trailer Park To New Urbanist Garden
Landscape design students at the University of Georgia come up with a new urbanism plan for a trailer park scheduled to close.
Rediscovering Los Angeles' Core
Los Angeles' new 'Historic Core' is the best place to find non-traditional -- but very desirable -- housing.
Architecture After The Attacks
Herbert Muschamp writes about the symbolism of architecture, "progressive architecture," and the rush to fill the void left by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
Restoring Urban Parks
The cover story of American City & County Magazine's September issue offers an overview of the state of the art in park revitalization.
Rebuilding WTC: Readers Respond
A selection of letters written to the New York Times in response to an article about rebuilding the World Trade Center.
New York: A Gothic Memorial
Despite market forces, thought must be given to a memorial on the site of the WTC.
Making Skyscrapers Safer
Learning from the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, architects and engineers are beginning to design new features to make tall buildings safer.
Do We Need Skyscrapers?
Does doing without tall buildings mean contributing to sprawl?
How Safe Are Our Skyscrapers?
Experts at MIT suggest methods for construction that would prevent catastrophic collapses like that at the World Trade Center.
Atlantic Station: A New Atlanta Envisioned
Huge $2 billion development project will take a decade to complete.
Healing New York With Architecture
The debate continues over what should be built at the site of the World Trade Center in New York and who gets to decide.
Architects, Designers, Meet To Discuss WTC Rebuilding
Design professionals met to discuss ideas for rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York.
Attacks Will Change Nature Of Work Space
The terrorist attacks are changing the way architects and planners are thinking about the new look of the American workplace.
Atlanta Region Cities Strengthen Tree Ordinances
Most cities in the Atlanta metro region are strengthening tree ordinances as demand for tree protection grows.
Atlanta Shouldn't Fell Downtown Trees For New Parking
Atlanta'vision for its downtown is to encourage pedestrian activity. So why is the city ready to cut downtown trees to make space for new parking?
Tragic Beauty: Preserving WTC Tower Facade As Sculpture
Some see beauty in the twisted aluminium facade wreckage at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center and are calling for its preservation.
Architectural Symbolism: A Bad Idea?
San Francisco was intentionally built on an earthquake fault. The symbolism of the place more important than the danger.
Building Codes Helped Save Lives At WTC
The World Trade Center buildings -- designed to comply with building codes -- included architectural and structural elements that enabled occupants to evacuate.
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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