Urban Development
A Call For Tougher Building Codes Along The Coast
Outgoing National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield urges adoption of tougher building codes and land use rules to avert "major disaster" in the southeast.
Revitalized Downtown Struggles With 'Hangover' Effect
While many downtowns struggle to attract residents and visitors, Madison, Wisconsin has succeeded in creating a vibrant nightlife scene, so much so, that overcrowding and alcohol-related crime have become a serious problem.
Katrina Lessons Forgotten?
As rebuilding continues in New Orleans, many homes are being built in the floodplain without raised foundations, leading many to believe that the tough lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina have already been forgotten.
Friday Funny: Celebrity-Inspired Subdivisions Debut
The domestic diva Martha Stewart is putting her stamp on a New Urbanist style community in Central Florida.
Condos Rise In Forward Thinking Blue Collar Town
A company town near Seattle leveraged former Boeing property to attract new residential and commercial development, and is even luring the city's sports teams and the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.
The Great Mall Of Asia
At over 4 million square feet, Manila's new mega-mall is part commercial palace and social square.
Mini-Me McMansions: The Modern Day Playhouse
Sales of high-priced playhouses that replicate real-life homes are increasing.
Racheting Up San Francisco's Skyline
Planners and local officials want to see the city's height restrictions lifted and the city's skyline accentuated with new high-rise buildings.
The Neighborhood With The Best Food
Forget good housing or easy access to transit -- one New York writer chose to move to the Queen's neighborhood of Jackson Heights for its incredible selection of food.
Will 2007 Be The Year Of The Green Building?
With the increasing adoption of eco-friendly design and construction practices, green building is becoming all the rage.
Northern Virginia Counties Move To Slow Growth
Anti-growth sentiment has led to new building moratoriums in the suburbs around Washington D.C., but they only serve to drive up home prices and keep out middle income families.
Marketing Downtown Living In Pittsburgh
The city has several new high-rise condo projects on the way, but with prices out of reach of many workers, some wonder if there's enough of a market to bring more people downtown.
San Francisco's Successful Freeway Replacement Story
John King, urban design critic for the SF Chronicle, concludes that the replacement of a 1959 freeway in the heart of San Francisco with an elaborate boulevard is an urban success story, and so does the APA.
Historical Society's Renovation Plans Rile Neighborhood
A major plan to renovate the New-York Historical Society has antagonized neighbors and preservationists in this upper west-side neighborhood, as the Society's plan also includes a 23-story apartment tower in a low rise neighborhood.
The Proliferation Of Drug Store Chains
One commentator from Upstate New York ponders the increasing phenomenon of competing drug store chains popping up on the corners of suburban intersections.
Austin Hopes For Consensus Plan Around Downtown Redevelopment
With a flurry of residential and mixed-use development planned for the city's downtown, local officials hope to create a comprehensive vision that all stakeholders in the area can support.
Half A Billion Dollars For A Trailer Park
Residents of Briny Breeze, a 43-acre incorporated town of trailer homes the hugs the Atlantic Ocean between Miami and Palm Beach, are considering accepting an offer of $510 million from a developer.
Florida Watershed Plan Steadies Growth Boundary
A broad and controversial watershed protection plan for Florida's Miami-Dade County was released recently. It calls for a time extension on the county's urban development boundary to 2025 to help protect the area's water quality.
Politics Allows Sensitive Lands To Receive Federal Flood Insurance
A Reagan-era "free market approach to conservation" that would deny federal flood insurance to sensitive lands is being undermined through the political process. Congress has granted two exceptions to the law for coastal areas in Georgia and Florida.
Los Angeles' Most Horrendous McMansion of 2006?
Curbed Los Angeles names its hysterical 2006 winners for "The NIMBY Award", "Dumbest Planning Scheme", "Broker Boys & Babes Awards", and our favorites, the "Most Horrendous McMansion of the Year" and the "Worst Garagemahal."
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.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
