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Likely Potential Terrorist Targets
Urban design writer Anthony Flint catalogs the most likely urban targets for terrorism.
9-11 Changes Building Practices, Skyscraper Design
Building practice is changing as developers, clients and residents demand safer, shorter structures.
Greatest Architectural Works Of The 21st Century
The AIA and USA Today teemed up to come up with this list of the greatest architectural works of the 21st century.
Developing L.A.'s Prime Residential Site
Catellus Development faces another uphill batter to build housing on one of Los Angeles' prime residential sites, directly above Playa Vista.
Eight Principles For Rebuilding Lower Manhattan
The whole world is watching the process of rebuilding Ground Zero and downtown Manhattan.
Lower Manhattan Rebuilding Efforts 'Paralyzed'
Aiming to please everyone, the efforts to rebuild Lower Manhattan are 'paralyzed'
Suburbanization Makes Water Problems Worse
Growth makes water problems worse by taking away water from where it is needed most.
The Future Of Ground Zero: PBS Special Airs Tonight
A PBS special on the efforts to decide the future of Ground Zero airs tonight.
Quaint Or Sprawl? Pick One
Would you rather live in a charming place or a convenient one?
Understanding The Impact Of 9-11 On Our Cities
This special PLANetizen section presents the most-read news articles about 9-11 from our news archives. Also included are eight thought-provoking PLANetizen Op-Eds.
L.A.-Bakersfield Megalopolis Or Sprawl?
Three new massive developments -- one of which would be the largest housing project in L.A. County's history -- along the windswept Grapevine would link Los Angeles and Bakersfield.
Reimagining Ground Zero: Readers Respond
Readers respond to a plan for Lower Manhanttan developed by a team of accomplished architects. Includes a special interactive multimedia section.
Cambridge Seeks To Double Linkage Fees
Cambridge is seeking to double the linkage fee that developers must pay to create affordable housing.
Report Criticizes Architects, Skyscrapers
A parliamentary committee in the U.K. criticizes architects for designing skyscrapers.
No Growth Near Wells
Fast-growing Washington Township is the first New Jersey town to pass a wellhead-protection measure.
Operation Phoenix: History Of An Architectural Symbol
The renovation team had taken on the difficult task to repair the Pentagon and added to it an impossible deadline.
Beyond Convention On Land Conservation
Michigan gubernatorial candidates urged to consider promising home-grown ideas.
Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Architects 'Think Big'
Who are the high-profile architects involved in the project to create an alternate vision for Lower Manhattan?
Review Of Books About Ground Zero
The World Trade Centers will be more revered in death, than in life. Urban design writer John King reviews three books about these icons.
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.
