Architecture
Monumental Mistakes: The Untidy Mall
Food service structures destroy the character of the Mall.
Ecotourism Disney Style
Disney is creating a resort in the center of the African forests -- in Florida.
Monumental Mistakes: Blocked Sidewalks
Ugly contruction sites are blocking off sidewalks; this is "irritating, costly, dangerous, stupid and contrary to...common-sense."
Monumental Mistakes: Incomplete Transformation
The task of saving the Old Post Office is left unfinished.
Monumental Mistakes: Temporary Turns Permanent
Ugly temporary structures last a long time.
Monumental Mistakes: Jersey Barriers
An ugly "concrete necklace" surrounds the Washington monument.
Gated Communities: Security Or Social Isolation?
Are gated communities popular because they provide security or because gates increase the resale values of home? Critics say gated communities promote "social isolation" and "civic fragmentation."
The Patio House: A Model Of New Urbanism
The traditional patio house is a perfect new urbanist model for new home development in the U.S.
Integrating Art And Architecture
The Amster Building in South Miami is a case study for integrating art and architecture.
Life Beyond The Strip
A new resort and a master-planned community built around seven golf courses are planned on tribal lands east of Las Vegas.
Denver's New Stadium Is A Big Hit
Denver's new Mile High Stadium draws rave reviews from architectural critics and planners.
How Tourism Impacts Cities
How does tourism impact old urban centers? Herbert Muschamp visits Vienna to find out.
Growth And Growing Pains Celebrated At CNU IX
Eleven hundred new urbanists converged on New York City June 7 - 10 for CNU IX, the annual coming-together of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Covington, K.Y.'s Historic Facelift
The Kentucky Post interview architect Andrew Piaskowy, who is restoring several of the city's most significant buildings.
Urban Village Development in Texas a Complicated Affair
"Urban Villages," the development trend that is meant to counter sprawl, is facing challenges in Texas.
Abandon White House Tunnel Proposal
The proposal to build a tunnel under the Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House should be abandoned argues Roger K. Lewis, and presents aesthetic and practical reasons against building tunnels in the middle of cities.
The Stoop: A Room With A View Of The City
Sitting on stoops -- the entrance strairways to buildings -- is still popular in New York. The New York Times visits stoops around the city.
The Future City Should Be Classical
Planning is brutalised by modernism: the future lies in a return to classical principles of building and settlement.
Chicago's Millenium Park Debacle
Chicago's Millenium park went from a great and simple idea for a central-city park to a public-works debacle.
Crime Prevention Key To New School Design
The new design of schools is to protect students from violience inside the school.
Pagination
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