Architecture

The American Home Grows Out And Up

The 2000 Census data shows how US homes have changed drastically in the last 60 years.

February 5, 2003 - The New York Times

WTC Competition: The Final Round

What makes the leading two design for the World Trade Center site competition popular?

February 5, 2003 - Newsweek

Two Plans May Be WTC Design Finalists

Two designs are reportedly finalists in the challenge to rebuild the former site of the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, New York.

February 5, 2003 - BBC News

The World's New Tallest Building

The Shanghai World Financial Center, already under construction, will top Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.

February 4, 2003 - Newsday

WTC Owner Rejects All Eight Plans

Larry Silverstein rejects the eight proposed designs, saying the plans as presented do not meet the site's requirements. (Includes a copy of the rejection letter.)

February 4, 2003 - Newsday

Rem Koolhaas' Junkspace

If space-junk is the human debris that litters the universe, junk-space is the residue mankind leaves on the planet.

February 4, 2003 - Bridge The Gap

Celebration Frays Around The Edges

Who would have thought that rot on the trim of Celebration houses would result in a feature length expose in the Orlando Sentinel...

February 4, 2003 - The Orlando Sentinel

New Urbanist Techniques Help Revitalize Fort Pierce

City Director of Development Ramon Trias employed New Urban principles to help revitalize this port town.

February 4, 2003 - Fort Pierce Tribune

Are New Urbanists Suburban Separatists?

Mixed use projects can revitalize a city, but not all cities see the light.

February 3, 2003 - KCRW

Civil Engineers Compete With Architects

Civil engineers are stepping into the limelight and competing with architects.

February 2, 2003 - The New York Times

'Blue Shirt' Might Stay In Closet

At a time when northern cities want to shed their "rust-belt" image as manufacturing centers, a piece of proposed public art in Milwaukee reinforces that very notion. But it might not do so for much longer.

January 30, 2003 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cash Collides With Taste

A major benefactor clashes with art museum.

January 30, 2003 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

After 9-11, New Safety Measures For Skyscrapers

One of the first skyscrapers to be designed after 9-11, the 7 World Trade Center building uses new safety measures.

January 30, 2003 - The New York Times

Tadao Ando's Work Of Art

The new building for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has created a small tourist boom.

January 30, 2003 - The New York Times

Buffalo Commons, East?

A new film from director Richard Linklater offers a daring vision for the World Trade Center memorial: A 16-acre park full of free-roaming bison.

January 30, 2003 - Salon

The Favored WTC Design: A New Horror?

New York Post real estate columnist Steve Cuozzo offers a scathing and gutsy indictment of the the 'Libeskind Express' proposal for the World Trade Center.

January 29, 2003 - New York Post

Cities In The Sky

Are the proposals for the World Trade Center really preview of master plans for our 21st-century cities?

January 28, 2003 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Narrow Base Of The New Urbanists

Michael Pyatok argues that CNU members too often serve clients who co-opt New Urbanism by simply repackaging suburban sprawl in more seductive "urbane" clothing.

January 27, 2003 - Planners Network

An Alternative To New Urbanism?

Responding to a PLANetizen Op-Ed by members of the Pro-Urb listserv, Richard Carson proposes an alternative to New Urbanism -- the Golden Mean.

January 27, 2003 - Planetizen

Towards Green Architecture

An exhibition explores the future for sustainable architecture.

January 26, 2003 - The Washington Post

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.