Urban Development

Planetizen Podcast, 18 November 2006 - Enrique Peñalosa Discusses The Importance Of Public Spaces

November 18, 2006 - Planetizen

With suburban living getting more and more expensive, Business Week compiles a list of places where buying a single family house in a good neighborhood isn't a dream.

November 17, 2006 - Business Week

With Downtown Austin exploding with new mixed-use development, the redevelopment of a low-income apartment complex into a new mixed-use project has affordable-housing advocates worried that the city's supply of below-market-rate housing is vanishing.

November 16, 2006 - Austin American-Statesman

A new proposal would make Washington D.C. the first major city in the country to require most large scale construction to follow green building standards.

November 16, 2006 - The Washington Post

Critics oppose a major development including a resort, golf course, and housing, on the lower slopes of Palm Spring's Mt. San Jacinto.

November 15, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

The appeal of Clarendon, Virginia, a homey neighborhood outside Washington, D.C., is threatening to wipe out its quirky character with a wave of upscale chain retailers, high-end restaurants, and luxury condominiums.

November 15, 2006 - The Washington Post

With development encroaching on mountains, Indian lands, and protected species' habitats, projections are that the city will run out of room to grow.

November 15, 2006 - USA Today

Wal-Mart issues a one-year progress report on its experimental eco-store in Aurora, Colorado.

November 15, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

The Oakland A's sign a deal with the technology company Cisco to replace the Oakland Coleseum for a high-tech new ballpark which will set the standard for future stadiums.

November 14, 2006 - CNN

The idea of mixed-use public libraries with housing on top is catching on in New York City and elsewhere.

November 13, 2006 - The New York Times

After 100 years, progress marches on to bulldoze the suburban St. Louis neighborhood of Hadley Township.

November 13, 2006 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

These renderings for a new project in Denmark show how towers and open space combine to promote mass transit and reject old-fashioned ideas about monolithic design.

November 13, 2006 - Streetsblog

The University of Minnesota has announced plans to make use of 7,800 acres of open land by creating a utopian community laboratory, with housing for 20,000-30,000 people and an integration of agriculture, commercial space, public transit and open space.

November 13, 2006 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune

The Solaire, the first residential high-rise to earn “LEED Gold” status, is not just a premier environmentally friendly building—it’s also a big moneymaker.

November 12, 2006 - The Globe and Mail

New development plans for the city center of the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik have city officials and residents looking optimistically towards a rebirth of a declining local economy.

November 12, 2006 - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Residents in some of Mumbai's state-built housing complexes have agreed to solicit bids for redevelopment of the nearly half-century old housing, called Middle Income Group residential colonies. Residents and the building community alike are excited about the redevelopment.

November 11, 2006 - The Times Of India

The Tokyo suburb of Kakamura has shown great appeal to expatriates because of its availability of space and proximity to scenic natural resources -- attributes that sharply contrast the dense and bustling big city one hour away.

November 11, 2006 - International Herald Tribune

With cities increasingly only building luxury homes for the rich or affordable housing for the poor, a prefab housing development in East New York provides a model building middle-income homes.

November 10, 2006 - Metropolis Magazine

Responding to increasing cancellations and growing inventory, national home builders are being forced to slow production and lay off workers.

November 10, 2006 - The Miami Herald

In Baltimore, a recent report has called for increasing housing density and decreasing building restrictions to reduce the gap between the need for and the availability of affordable housing.

November 10, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun