Urban Development
Toronto Begins To Fill In
Three newly built houses in Toronto have fallen in line with a citywide plan to promote more infill housing. They have also garnered attention in the world of architecture by being included in a tour organized by Architectural Digest.
The End Of Paving Over Suburban Paradise?
New York City planners are hoping to use a new anti-paving ordinance to stop residents from creating parking lots out of their front yards.
A New Downtown Plan For Milwaukee
The city's updated blueprint for its downtown area, part of a new citywide master plan, focuses its attention on the area's west side.
Location Is Important, But So Is Timing
This column from The Washington Post discusses the other most important criteria for development: timing.
Boston's Russia Wharf Attracts New Development
The construction of a new office tower on Russia Wharf exemplifies an improving commercial real estate market in Boston.
Major Redevelopment Projects Heading To Downtown St. Louis
Two major development projects for downtown St. Louis were announced this week including plans for a headquarters relocating from the suburbs to downtown and the conversion of the closed St. Louis Centre shopping mall into a mixed use development.
Rapid Growth Dries Up Water Supplies
Rapid growth and expansion are bringing economic prosperity to the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang, but it is steadily swallowing the area's water supplies.
An Aging Population Leaves Future Of Cities Uncertain In Japan
Japan's population is aging, and could drop by more than one-quarter of its size within 50 years. Many are calling on the government to plan for the diminishing population, and for how it will affect many of the country's cities and suburbs.
Forget Dubai, Abu Dhabi's Got The Plan
With an environmentally-conscious plan and ambitions to lure some of the world's most well-respected institutions, the emirate of Abu Dhabi is on a forward-thinking path and should be watched more closely than its extravagant counterpart, Dubai.
Sacramento's Core Fills In
After years of trying to get more properties built for sale downtown, new urban infill projects are springing up in Sacramento's core.
Looking For The Best City Sounds
Researchers in the UK are working to create a database of urban sounds -- both the good and the bad -- in an effort to help planners, designers, and architects create cities everyone wants to listen to.
Abandoned Luxury Condos Morph Into Affordable Housing
With the downturn in the housing market, a planned luxury condo tower in Downtown San Diego has been reworked into an affordable housing development.
Mexico City Skyscraper Plans Fuel Debate
In Mexico City, controversial plans to develop what would be the tallest skyscraper in Latin America have opponents calling the project illegal. But the developers have a big-name architect and high-powered politicians behind them.
Downtown St. Louis City to Get New Corporate Tower
Centene Corporation will build its new corporate headquarters at mixed-use Ballpark Village development in Downtown St. Louis City instead of Downtown Clayton, a suburb and the region's 'second downtown'
Portlanders Want A Future That's Similar, But Better
A report on Portland, Oregon, residents' visions for the future of their city has been released. The people say they want the future of their city to be pretty much the same as its present, just slightly better.
Competition Brews As Cities Seek To Claim Unused BLM Land
As Boise looks to a future of growth and expansion, it is hoping to acquire nearly 2,000 acres of unused federal land from the Bureau of Land Management. But a neighboring suburb also wants to claim the land.
'Portland Effect' Can Help Nation's Congestion Capital
What Los Angeles can learn about addressing congestion from Portland, OR.
Candidate Says Planning Should Be Top Priority In Philadelphia
A Philadelphia mayoral candidate says the first step to fixing the city under his administration would be a revamping and revival of the city's planning system.
Sky-High Transbay Terminal Design Selected
A team has been selected to build the new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, which may result in the construction of an office tower of more than 1,200 feet.
To Halt Climate Change, Planners Need To Help People Drive Less
New vehicle technology won't prevent global warming unless urban sprawl is curbed, argues a new book to be published by the Urban Land Institute.
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.
Smith Gee Studio
City of Charlotte
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
