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Bringing Domes To Adobe Homes

Designer Simone Swan worked for Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy. She talks about applying traditional African adobe building techniques for constructing low-cost housing along the US-Mexico border.

February 21 - MSNBC

Churches Not Immune To Growth Limits

The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is opposed to the urban growth boundary in King County; this editorial makes an argument for not allowing churches to build in off-limit areas.

February 21 - The Seattle Times

New Homebuilding Technology Magazine

Tech Home Builder is a new magazine about technology for the home building-building industry.

February 21 - Inman News

Clinton Land Designation Will Stand

President Bush won't revoke former President Clinton's designation of millions of acres as national monuments.

February 21 - The Denver Post

Revival Of Harlem's Ravaged Heart

Plagued by poverty, drugs, and violence, 129th street is undergoing a dramatic transformation as a revival sweeps across Harlem.

February 21 - The New York Times


Is New Urbanism The Answer To Sprawl?

New urbanist projects are turning up in unusual places. And the residents seem to love them.

February 21 - Tenessean

Fannie Mae's Community Fellows Program

Are you a seasoned community development expert looking for a change? This program might be for you.

February 21 - Fannie Mae Foundation


Architectural Fashions And Planning Trends

An upcoming book by Witold Rybczynski, a professor of urbanism, discusses architectural fashions and recent trends in planning.

February 21 - MSNBC

U.N. Global Warming Study Forecasts Crisis

U.N. report warns irreversible large-scale climate change will cause sever economic losses from natural catastrophes.

February 20 - The Washington Post

Harvard Names Affordable Housing Leaders

Harvard University names 10 affordable housing leaders as 2001 Fannie Mae Foundation Fellows.

February 20 - Fannie Mae Foundation

Testing The Limits Of The Western Dream

Can the Western states survive today's boom?

February 20 - The New York Times

Architectural Standards For Retail Superstores

City may enact ordinance to apply architectural standards for large-scale retail facilities to make them more attractive.

February 20 - Star-Telegram

A Regional Approach To Open Space

The county of San Mateo approved a plan to bring together its trails into a 450 mile regional open space network.

February 20 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Fannie Mae's New E-Strategy

The Fannie Mae Foundation announced a new e-strategy and launches a redesigned website.

February 20 - Fannie Mae Foundation

All-time Top Planning Books

Planetizen has published the definitive urban planning book list -- the titles that every planner should read.

February 20 - Planetizen

Slowing Sprawl

Mequon, WI, learns the price tag for slowing sprawl as it puts together a task force to protect farmland and open space from development over the next 20 years.

February 20 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Get Your Urban Sprawl Parking Ticket

Adbusters has created a fake but realistic parking ticket to put on vehicles that damage the environment.

February 20 - Ad Busters

Preservation Lands Being Threatened

Increasingly government agencies are looking at state held land, often enviromentally senstive, for new projects.

February 19 - The St. Petersburg Times

Urban Cool Eclipsed By Country Living

According to New York fashion, clothing styles now favor country living over gritty urban reality.

February 19 - International Herald Tribune

Irreverent Humor Of A Contrarian Planner

"Common Sense" is a collection of over 75 published essays on the politics of land use planning.

February 19 - New Planning Meridian

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