Urban Development
Tabula Rasa in the United Arab Emirates
Big-name architects have appropriately big plans for the rapidly developing United Arab Emirates. Creating a new cultural capital is appealing to them, but not as much as the fact that getting it done will be easier than anywhere else in the world.
Sky Bridge Gets Approval
The Salt Lake City Planning Commission has approved a controversial plan to build a sky bridge for pedestrians as part of a new mixed use development.
The Gentrification of Rural America
Rural communities being "discovered" by investors is turning out to be a mixed blessing for some small towns.
Bringing Flint Back to Life
Flint, Michigan, has undergone a significant depression in recent years, and the proof is in the hundreds of foreclosed and abandoned properties sprinkled throughout the city. But one man is leading the redevelopment of the struggling city.
100 Years of Salt Lake City History Now a Pile of Rubble
Hundred-year-old historic Sugar House buildings have been razed to make way for a controversial new development project in Salt Lake City.
An Intimate Look at the Streets of Detroit
This series from The Detroit Free Press looks at the state of the city that is both struggling and succeeding.
A Test for Walkability
The city of Pasadena, California has enlisted a groups of more than 100 volunteers to walks and evaluate its streets to rate the city's walkability.
Measuring the Carbon Footprint of New Development
A 2,300-unit development near a Maine lake is facing an environmental test to determine its carbon footprint. Environmentalists say the impact is too great, but developers dispute the analysis.
Controversial Sky Bridge Up For Vote In Salt Lake City
Controversial plans to include an elevated enclosed pedestrian bridge as part of a major development in downtown Salt Lake City will face a vote before the city's planning commission this week. The vote, however, is not expected to be the final word.
Baby Steps to Downtown Living
Downtown L.A. is redeveloping into a residential neighborhood. But is it baby-friendly?
Agreement Bans Development Along Mediterranean Coast
A coalition of 21 countries has signed an agreement that will prohibit any development within 100 yards of the Mediterranean coast -- a broad agreement that will affect more than 29,000 miles of coastline.
Proposal Would Save Marcel Breuer Building in Cleveland
As part of a mixed use development proposal, the 1971 Marcel Breuer-designed office tower in Cleveland would become a boutique hotel and residences. The adjacent Cleveland Trust rotunda, designed by G. B. Post & Sons, would become the hotel's lobby.
Eco-Villages Rising Slowly, But Steadily
Despite slow going at the eco-intentional community Arcosanti in Arizona, hundreds of similar "eco-villages" have popped up around the world.
Market Shift Brings More Change To Boston's Kenmore Square
A shift in the market has once again transformed the vision for developing Boston's One Kenmore, a Massachussetts Turnpike air rights development project in the heart of the city's Kenmore Square/Fenway Park neighborhood.
Projecting A Bleak Future For Washington D.C.
Design teams presented their visions for the future of Washington D.C. recently. Their outlook was overwhelmingly dire.
At The Helm of a Major Revitalization Project
Liverpool is currently undergoing a broad revitalization effort, including more than 40 buildings and a brand new city center. This article from Building talks with the man in charge of it all.
How Do You Quantify a Cultural Investment?
Salt Lake City's hip art center has experienced gentrification with the ironic turn of yuppie retail making the neighborhood less safe. Now property owners and artists will need to find a new agreement.
Many Upset About Plans to Keep Industrial Lands Industrial
Plans to keep nearly 80% of downtown L.A.'s industrial lands exclusively industrial has developers and business leaders up in arms.
Sky Islands of North America: A Globally Unique and Threatened Inland Archipelago
"Sky islands" are a globally unique convergence — the north-south overlap of two major cordilleras spanning the temperate and subtropical latitudes, covering some 40 distinct mountain ranges in the southwestern U.S. But they are at risk.
Revitalization Edging Out Blacks in San Francisco
A new light rail line, a number of condo projects and a broad revitalization plan are changing the face of San Francisco's Bayview district. Many in the neighborhood see the changes pushing out blacks.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
