Architecture
The Value Of Good Design
Good design creates value – in products, buildings, even cities. Smart City Radio investigates.
Boston's City Hall Plaza: Another Plan
Boston's City Hall Plaza -- which looks a big like a Wal-Mart parking lot -- has been the subject of numerous plans. Could this one be for real?
BedZed: London's 'Radical Housing Experiment'
The BedZed housing development, the first of its kind in the world, promises a new way of life.
NYC To Change Codes For Skyscrapers
New York City's sweeping plan to change building codes for high-rises is an indication of how the Sept 11th attacks could transform the nation's skyscrapers.
Lesson From WTC Rebuidling: Architecture Matters!
Although development in the U.S. typically treats architecture as an afterthought, writes John King, the WTC is proving that architecture matters.
Philadelphia Needs More Shade Trees
To cool off Philadelphia, more shade trees are needed.
The Changing Shape Of Churches
Newer churches in Canadan are larger and less ornate and adopt a "participatory method" of church design.
WTC: Looking For More Architects And Planners
The process for designing the World Trade Center redevelopment will broaden to include smaller design firms and foreign teams
Committing Urban Principles To Stone
Do today's city dwellers have the confidence to carve their highest principles in stone?
Anti-terror Urban Design
Architects and planners are figuring out how to design terror-reistant structures without creating a fortress mentality.
WTC Re-design Needs Bold Strokes, Not Banality
Paul Goldberger questions the rationales behind the proposed WTC re-designs unveiled last week.
Maya Lin Discusses Ground Zero
Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Memorial, reluctantly offer her thoughts about Ground Zero.
D.C's Largest Building A 'Wonder Of Architecture'
The new Washington Convention Center, ten years in the making, will be completed in March 2003.
How To Bring Density To Pleasant Neighborhoods?
Architecture Week reviews Southern California housing projects by Elizabeth Moule and Stefanos Polyzoides.
WTC Plans: A Conversation
Reactions by architects to a petition about the future of Ground Zero.
The Benefits Of Courtyards
Courtyards make a lot of sense. So why aren't they popular in the U.S.?
Bold Vision Needed For WTC Redevelopment
Readers respond to the plans for redevelopment at World Trade Center site.
The Great Yellow Debate
Community's design review committee demands that homeowners of a yellow house repaint it beige. This has sparked a heated public debate over the color "yellow" and homeowners' rights.
Great Architects, Great Clients
To create great architecture, you need great clients with a vision.
WTC: The Memorial And The Mall
Will Disney-style Urbanism infect the World Trade Center site?
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.
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
