Architecture
Should WTC Towers Be Rebuilt? -- Architects' Opinions
Philip Johnson, Robert A.M. Stern, Peter Eisenman, Richard Meier and others express their thoughts on whether the World Trade Center towers should be rebuilt.
Researchers Design Innovative Wind-Powered Buildings
Researchers in the U.K. have developed wind-turbines that could be integrated into buildings. Experts say the innovative concept could be a "new paradigm" as the demand for renewable energy grows.
New York's Altered Skyline
The entertainment industry is in a quandry -- do they remove the twin towers from their television and movie skylines?
WTC Towers: The Symbolic Power Of Architecture
Architecture represents powerful symbolic meanings. This article discusses the architecture of the World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon and comments on why architecture is often destroyed for political purposes.
Kunstler Predicts The End Of Tall Buildings
James Howard Kunstler and Nikos A. Salingaros argue that the age of skyscrapers is at an end.
The Impact Of Terrorism On Urban Form
What are the structural and arhictectural implications of the World Trade Center attack on the future of the world's cities?
WTC Designed To Survive A Plane Crash
The World Trade Center had been designed by the architect to survive a crash from a Boeing 707.
High-rise Complexes 'Box In' Single Family Homes
Inspired by the Smart Growth concept, new high-rise apartment complexes are becoming common and springing up around single family homes.
Trade Center Architect Discusses Buildings
Aaron Swirsky, part of the World Trade Center architectural team, discusses the design of the towers.
Most Buildings In WTC Area Are Structurally Sound
Engineers inspecting damaged buildings in the vicinity of the collapsed World Trade Center find that they are not in danger of falling down.
Why The World Trade Center Collapsed
The University of Sydney's Department of Civil Engineering offers an in-depth engineering discussion of why WTC collapsed.
Architects Of The World Trade Center Towers
An interview with engineer Henry Guthard who worked with Minoru Yamasaki, the lead architect of the World Trade Center towers.
WTC Towers Were Designed To Withstand Plane Impact
Architect Minoru Yamasaki had designed the World Trade Center towers to withstand a colliding jetliner. But 30 years after the construction of the towers, jetliners have grown in size.
Terror In The City
An architect shares his first-hand perspective of the attack on the World Trade Center.
The Gap In New York's Skyline
The attack on New York's World Trade Center has left a gap in the city's celebrated skyline.
Why The World Trade Center Towers Collapsed
A professor of Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley presents his analysis of why the World Trade Center towers collapsed after being hit by jetliners. This article also provides an overview of the history and structural system of the towers.
The Death Of An Icon
The World Trade Center towers were an icon of the most powerful city in the world. Was it a mistake to build these grand towers? No. Architecture captures the strength and power of the American idea.
The Village: A Thomas Kinkade Community?
Fans of the most popular living artist, Thomas Kinkade, can now buy homes in a Vallejo suburb modeled after his art.
Top Trends In Healthcare Facilities Design
Design for healthcare facilities is changing as rapidly as medicine.
New Urbanism Projects Sprout In DC Suburbs
Inspired by New Urbanism, several new "traditional neighborhood developments" are being planned or constructed in Washington suburbs.
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
