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Could MIT's Smart House Replace Architects?
Can a prefab smart house developed by MIT transform architecture? Could it replace architects?
The Battle For Beach Access
A discussion with Robert Garcia of the City Project on the recent battles for public access to California's beaches.
Urban Insanity: How To Mess Up Urban Transport
Here is a surefire way to mess up urban transport -- ignore trains and build downtown airports.
Homeland Security Space Likely For Suburbs, Not D.C.
Homeland Security prefers having its new and future-permanent office space in a suburban office park with a "securable perimeter."
Toronto's Waterfront Revitalization: Communication Failures
It makes for an ugly collision of values and communication failures dominate the debate over Toronto's waterfront revitalization plan.
Maryland Sprawl Series: Suburb - Density - City - Village
The Baltimore Sun continues its weeklong series on sprawl and Maryland in an effort to influence the incoming gubernatorial administration.
L.A.'s Mean Streets
Killings on the streets of some parts of Los Angeles leaves residents afraid to walk in their neighborhoods.
Point-Counterpoint On New Portland Streetcar
The streetcar, which made a comeback to Portland streets in summer 2001, has been cursed and applauded. Now, a proposal is on the table to put in a Lloyd District line.
Banking On Sports Stadia
Greater Phoenix's West Valley hopes its emerging network of sports facilities will become thriving hubs of activity.
Measuring Sprawl: The Best And Worst Cities
The product of three years of research, this comprehensive report ranks the impact of sprawl on 83 metropolitan areas. The study finds that sprawl leads to more driving, traffic deaths, and air pollution.
Studies Link Flab With Sprawl
Recent studies by the Center for Disease Control links low density environments to inactivity and obesity.
Shaping Harlem's Future
African-American architects, planners, and developers seek a more prominent role in shaping Harlem's future.
Sprawl Threatens White-pine Lumber
Sprawl threatens the survial of the nation's eastern white pinelumber in southern Maine.
Global Warming: Stop Talking, Start Acting
The Bush administration's stand that a decade of research is required to understand global warming is criticized by experts who say delaying decisions could cause serious harm to the environment.
Innovative Architecture For Federal Buildings
An interview with Edward J. Feiner, the chief architect for the General Services Administration. He oversees the design of more real estate than any private company in the nation.
Ellen Straus: Land Trust Pioneer
Ellen Straus died at her home in Marshall, Calif. She was a pioneer in helping farmers protect land from sprawl and helped found an influential land trust.
Sprawl Or Density?
The Baltimore Sun explores the argument for higher density development as a way to combat sprawl.
Renovated Mall Still Treacherous Ground For Pedestrians
The recent upgrade of a shopping mall near St. Louis cost $237 million, but still lacks sidewalks for those who want to walk to the stores.
More Mixed-Use In Chicago's Loop
Three universities collaborate to build student housing on State Street in Chicago's downtown business district.
Biodiesel: The New Fuel
Vegetable oil-powered vehicles would cost the city more but produce less pollution.
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
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.
