United States
Kunstler: The Cargo Cult
James Howard Kunstler on the impact of big retailers on communities.
Blacks Now Returning To South From All Other Regions
The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-2000.
Expiring Tax Credits Could Benefit Investors
Could a wave of expiring tax credits projects represent new opportunities for apartment building investors?
Pritzker Winner Zaha Hadid Profiled
The Financial Times profiles Zaha Hadid, who was awarded the Pritzker prize, architecture's most prestigious award.
The Silent Edge
Gertrude Jekyll's "wide wood path" informs a new burial ground at historic Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Return of the 'Publiksquare'
Urbanization? Keep it in the court...house square, that is.
Wal-Mart's $1 Billion Subsidy
A subsidy watchdog group details how Wal-Mart has received over $1 billion in government subsidies.
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation publishes its 2004 list of America's 11 most endangered historic places.
We Know Where You Live
The benefits and privacy concerns of "databasification".
Home, Version 2.0
Experimental homes are testing the limits of technology. Your future home may use technology to watch you live.
How Much Room For Green When Building The American Dream?
Green space is losing the battle to sprawl.
Be Carbon-Neutral
It's the latest hip trend in the entertainment world: carbon neutrality.
Reverse Migration
In a "full sacle reversal" Black Americans are leaving major cities and moving to the South.
Refilling Big Boxes
NPR's Anne Hawke reports on the problems faced by communities left with empty big boxes.
National Parks Fast Falling Into Disrepair
Insufficient funding has meant aging facilities, overgrown trails, and a decline in crucial staff members.
Britian's New Infatuation With Skyscrapers
After a generation of concern about tall buildings, the British have rediscovered the skyscraper -- for better or worse.
Kunstler: Eyesore Of The Month
James Howard Kunstler nominates a prominent architect's latest project as the "Eyesore of the Month."
The Case For Accessory Apartments
Studies show that accessory apartments could provide very large numbers of affordable rental units in good neighborhoods, without subsidy or rent controls.
Why Gas Should Cost More
William Rees argues that to avoid a possibly unprecedented human crisis in coming decades, people should be urging their governments to allow the price of oil and natural gas to rise even higher than they are now.
China's Fatal Attraction With Cars
A whole generation of new, novice drivers in China is hitting the streets. They are called benbenzu, but nicknamed 'road killers.'
Pagination
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