United States
The Earthship Has Landed
The U.K. is the first country in Europe to grant full planning approval for Earthship dwellings.
Friday Funny: Stoner Architect Drafts All-Foyer Mansion
The stunning design for an all-foyer mansion attracts national attention, but the work of stoner architects is tragically underfunded.
Submit Your WTC Design
It's official: Ground Zero design study underway, and architects and planners around the world are (finally) invited.
Manufactured Homes Gaining Mainstream Acceptance?
Manufactured homes have generally had the allure of affordability. Now, as the aesthetic appeal improves, will public acceptance follow?
2 Million Petition For Sustainable Energy
Technologies such as solar home systems, micro hydroelectricity generators, small wind turbines, wave energy and biogas are viable energy alternatives.
Digitizing Sanborn Maps For Research
D-Lib Magazine documents attempts to digitize Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps™ for research by planner, demographers and others.
How To Manage Sprawl
This article discusses the current trend of increasing urban populations and how to resolve the issues they create.
Debunking The Claims Of Transit Critics
Sam Zimmerman argues transit opponents have been using "irrelevant or half-true claims."
Suburban Assault Vehicle
These converted SUVs feature 50-caliber machine guns or a 40mm grenade launcher and armor plating.
GIS Becomes Mainstream
In the last three years, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become a mainstream technology in the enterprise, says CIO Magazine.
Architecture And Politics
Architecture is inseparable from politics.
A 'Batty' Idea To Save Sick Forests
Mississippi State University researchers use bats to assess the health of a forest.
Fading Italian City Reinvents Itself As Technology Haven
A 13th-century Italian village on the verge of extinction invests in technology to redesign itself as an Internet haven.
'Sweeping' Redesign To Revitalize Toronto Neighborhood.
The City of Toronto, Canada, is proposing to revitalize a multicultural neighborhoood.
Requiring Architects To Design Apartment Buildings
Faced with a proliferation of appalling apartment buildings, New South Wales mandates that architects design the buildings.
Conservation Dollars Into Smart Growth Opportunities
A new report shows that states can link their investments in open space with practical measures to shape economic development.
Rural Smart Growth Strategies
A new report illustrates promising rural growth strategies that revitalize small towns.
Future Of The Department Store
For more than 30 years, the mall industry has depended on department stores -- which are now struggling against discounters and specialty stores.
The Value Of Good Design
Good design creates value – in products, buildings, even cities. Smart City Radio investigates.
Real Estate Investment In Latin America
Promising returns from real estate investments in Latin American arepossible, if risks Are understood.
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.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
