United States
Scotland's Five Ugliest Buildings
A prominent architect calls for Scotland's ugliest buildings to be torn down.
Looking For Quality: Mapping People's Feelings In A Neighborhood
Surveying and mapping people's emotional response to their environment as they walk through the streets of their urban area.
Want Safer Buildings? Use 'Smart' Bricks
New 'smart bricks' are wired to signal buildings' structural problems.
How Safe Are SUVs?
New federal data illustrates the gap in safety between sport utility vehicles and passenger cars.
Prefab Housing Reinvented
Modernist, factory-built housing is inexpensive, stylish, eco-friendly, easy to construct, and is becoming popular.
Cities Choosing Greener Future
Several big cities across the nation are making serious commitments to sustainable energy.
Zoning Danger
In light of Hurricane Charley, should policymakers prohibit development on the riskiest lands?
Readers Respond To Sprawl Series
Readers respond to Washington Post's three-day article series on urban sprawl.
How Complex Is Your City?
A new study examines why it is so hard for so many of us to find our way around cities.
One Source Of Water, Two Uses
Believed to be the first of its kind in North America, a project in Toronto will use frigid water from deep in Lake Ontario to cool buildings downtown then treat it for drinking water.
The Geography Of Poverty And Service Provision
On average, poor populations in urban centers have greater spatial access to social services than poor populations living in suburban areas, according to a new Brookings report.
ASLA, National Trust Announce 2004 Landmark Award
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania will receive the 2004 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meet
Jane Jacobs Recognized As One Of The Greatest Innovators
Business Week profiles Jane Jacobs as one of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years.
A Word Accelerates Mountaintop Mining
By changing the word "waste" to "fill" in a regulation covering coal mining, Bush appointees have allowed an increase in the destruction of mountaintops in Appalachia.
Impact Of Global Warming
Amy Goodman interviews David Helvarg and George Monbiot about extreme weather and the effects of global warming.
Fix-it-First: A Common Sense Planning Approach
Newly conceptualized strategy to focus development expenditures into areas served by existing infrastructure and services shows promise by finding nexus between budget efficiency and quality of life and community development issues.
Schwarzenegger Signs Smart-Zoning Bill
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill that institutionalizes form-based zoning for the first time in California history.
Getting Creative With Concrete
Who knew that concrete could be translucent?
Bush Administration Policies Draining Wetlands
Environmental groups release a report that claims thousands of acres of wetlands have been drained by developers under a policy adopted by the Bush administration.
A Review Of Suburban Nation
A review of "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, published in 2001.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
