Landscape Architecture
How To Design Skateparks
Skateboarders turn into landscape architects to design skateparks that will appeal to fellow skaters.
Wal-Mart At Teotihuacan Opens
A highly disputed Wal-Mart store opens within view of the pyramids of Teotihuacan.
Canada's First National Urban Park
Can a new urban park on the north side of Toronto change the city and offer a new model of urban planning?
Computer 'Browsers'
Swiss ask virtual tourists to plan their landscape.
ASLA Announces 2004 Student Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2004 Student Awards.
URISA 2004 Annual Conference and Exposition
Spatial information professionals gather at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association in Reno, NV.
Urban Markup Language
If you know the lingo, you can visualize the dense architecture that sprawls beneath our streets.
ASLA, National Trust Announce 2004 Landmark Award
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania will receive the 2004 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meet
Safe Spaces: Designing For Security And Civic Values
Leading experts share their experiences on how to integrate security with good design .
How The West Was Done
At Greenwich Village, a preview of Manhattan's Hudson River Park.
China's New Boomtowns: Too Much Growth, Too Fast
Chinese towns are developing nearly overnight into megacities -- but at tremendous economic, social and environmental costs.
ASLA Announces Professional Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2004 Professional Awards. (Includes project profiles and photos.)
Mechanisms For Market-Based Land Use Control
Using case studies and a national survey, this paper examines transfers of development rights (TDRs) and other market-based land preservation techniques like mitigation banking and density transfer fees.
Landscape Architecture For Heritage Tourism
Rocky Mountain News profiles Shapins and Moss, a landscape architecture firm specializes in heritage tourism
Learning From Paris' Parks
There's a common perception that Paris is an untouchable ideal, too lofty for other cities to absorb its lessons. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
ASLA Medals And Firm Award Recipients Announced
Peter E. Walker is selected for the American Society of Landscape Architects's highest honor. Urban Land Institute will receive the Landscape Architecture Medal of Excellence.
Egypt Gets Its Own 'Central Park'
Cairo's new 74-acre park, Al Azhar, is located on what was a centuries-old rubbish heap.
The Life And Death Of A Masterpiece
What went wrong with a 1988 park by the late Dan Kiley, and what can we learn from its imminent demolition?
Goodbye History, Hello Olympics
In the rush to prepare for the 2008 Olympics, Beijing demolishes its historical sites to make way for modern development.
Designing An Earthquake-Proof Village
An MIT architecture professor and two students designed and built a 'microvillage' that offers instant community in devastated areas.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
