United States
Monumental Row In Atlanta
Designer fears that World Athletes Monument will be damaged by proposal.
A Plan To End Sprawl In Southern Ontario
Ontario considers legislation to control sprawl and channel development towards urban centers.
The Phaidon Atlas Reviewed
The newly-published Phaidon Atlas reviews 1,052 buildings, includes 7,000 images, and weighs in at 824 pages.
Your Field Guide To Sprawl
Frustrated by the lack of a vocabulary to describe types of growth, Dolores Hayden has delivered the definitive work on the subject.
ASLA Announces Professional Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2004 Professional Awards. (Includes project profiles and photos.)
The Housing Bubble Is About To Burst
Business Week evaluates the the impact of rising mortgage rates on the housing bubble -- and arrives at dire conclusions.
U-Turn On 'Roadless' Policy
Bush administration announces it will reverse one of the "most sweeping land preservation measures in decades".
Urban Information Technology Centers
A new report compares the economic performance and industrial composition of the nation's technology centers.
Retail Anthropologist Examines Mall Life
Author Paco Underhill's new book looks at the effects of psychology on the shopping experience.
First Open Source GIS Conference A Success
Photos and reports from the first North American Open Source Geographic Information Systems Conference.
Don't Give Away Highway Lanes To Carpools
We can no longer afford to give away highway lanes to carpools and low-emission vehicles, writes Ken Orski.
Replacing Low-Income Transit Subsidies With Cars
A proposal to provide energy efficient cars for all travel by low-income transit riders for less than the cost of transit subsidies is further refined.
A Movie About Gentrification
A film by Jim McKay explores issues of gentrification, race, and stereotypes.
Index of Destination Stewardship
National Geographic Traveler reports on the reactions by communities to it's first-ever 'Index of Destination Stewardship'.
The Past And Future Of Gentrification
Exploring the origins of both the term and the concept, Prof. Chris Hamnett explores how the equally loved and hated trend has "remade the social structure of the post-industrial city."
Super Sized 'Eco-Freindly' May Do More Harm Than Good
Large houses built with green building methods may be more environmentally damaging than smaller houses that are less green.
Builders Focus On Non-Nuclear Families
As demographics change, builders change housing products to focus on rapidly increasing one and two-person 'non-nuclear' families.
No Difference Between Los Angeles And New York
New York City and Los Angeles once represented the extremes of American culture. Now they've become equally bland, writes Patrick Moore.
Skyscrapers Threaten Cologne Cathedral
Due to new high-rise projects along the Rhine, UNESCO says the 'visual impact' of the church is under attack. Mayor Fritz Schramma rejected the decision, claiming the right to development in his downtown.
The Psychology Of Airport Terminal Design
Alex McDowell was asked by Steven Spielberg to build the set for the movie, "The Terminal", and built a 'fantasy terminal' in just eight months.
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
