Housing
Hybrid Centers And Power Towns
First there were malls, then outlet malls. Then came power centers followed by lifestyle and town centers. Now there is a new type: "Hybrid centers" or "power towns"
College Town Redux
East Lansing works to reinvent itself with a balance of students and young families.
Designing For The Homeless
Sam Davis was awarded in 2002 a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his new book, Designing for the Homeless: Architecture that Works.
Groundwater Features In Development Debate
A half-billion-dollar residential and commercial complex development will incorporate an extensive rainwater collection and groundwater replenishment system.
The Reality of 'New Urbanism'
Why New Urbanism does not appeal to the vast majority of buyers.
Anatomy Of An Urban In-Fill Development
A tale of good luck and bad, with plenty of suspense, the redevelopment of a 44,000-square-foot Minneapolis property has a happy ending for the developers.
Developer Wins El Toro Auction
Miami-based Lennar Corp. surpises observers and wins the auction to buy the former El Toro marine base in Irvine, CA.
A Better Way To Build Homes
Tim Peppin's experience as a carpenter on a large housing project convinces him that there is a better way to build homes.
Technology Investor Turns To New Urbanism
After cashing in stock options worth more than $50 million, Charles M. Brewer sees investment opportunities in New Urbanism.
When Property Taxes Are Higher Than Your Mortgage Payment
Northern Virginia’s skyrocketing real estate prices are making property taxes a burden for owners of Habitat for Humanity homes.
Entertaining Development
Retail entertainment has exceeded the seemingly inflated expectations of a decade ago.
Building On Manhattan's Most Important Site
The Super Bowl is over, but the big game -- a contest for the right tobuild on one of Manhattan's most important sites -- is heating up.
Megapolis Launches Major Demolition Initiative
In Mumbai, India, slums are being demolished without planning for alternative housing.
High Income Homeowners Get Largest Share of Tax Benefits
Biggest houses and the highest incomes recieve the largest share of federal tax benefits for housing.
New York City's Home Building Renaissance
A 'perfect storm' of public, private, political, and demographic factors have created a home building boom throughout NYC's five boroughs.
Newly Desireable: Dormfront Property
More well-off parents are moving to be near their children's boarding schools.
Housing Costs and Nimbyism
A survey of Long Islanders reveals shared concerns about the effects of rising housing costs but less agreement about how to approach solutions.
Tysons Corner Mall Makes Plans For Urban Village
With the proposed extension of the DC Metrorail, the largest mall in the Washington area has drawn plans to transform the shopping area into "something like a small city."
Design Competition Promotes 'Granny Flats'
San Diego and other California cities hope to counter public opposition to "accessory dwelling units".
A Growth Reality Check
Can elected officials be taught to think regionally about growth?
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
