Housing

Prince Charles And New Urbanism

Prince Charles granted CBS News' Steve Kroft an interview featuring the village of Poundbury - a New Urbanist enclave that demonstrates real-world implementation of a walkable community.

November 2, 2005 - CBS News

The Desert House: The Latest In Steel Prefab Homes

FabPreFab magazine interviews the architects at Marmol Radziner Prefab about their new steel homes product line, called The Desert House. [Includees photos]

October 29, 2005 - Fab PreFab

Living in Prospect: 10 Years of New Urbanism

Prospect, CO, a community with a "daring palette", completes a decade into its test of New Urbanism.

October 27, 2005 - The Denver Post

Hip Ranches? Not in the Northeast

In the Northeast, where land costs are high and expectations are high, the most cost-effective way to build is to build up.

October 25, 2005 - The Boston Globe

Suburban-Style Development Going Strong at 45

Philadelphia's Yorktown neighborhood, once an experiment in marketing to middle-class African Americans, continues to mean home to its residents as it nears the half-century mark.

October 21, 2005 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Battling Density In Beerline

One of Milwaukee's most successful brownfield reclamation projects is now facing the questions of how much housing is too much, and how dense is too dense.

October 21, 2005 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Age Of The Big Builders

How large publicly traded builders are turning the American home into a corporate product.

October 19, 2005 - The New York Times Magazine

Is Zoning Replacing Planning?

A new piece of legislation going before voters in New York would limit the amount of development in many low-density neighborhoods, and encourage planning over upzoning to encourage development.

October 19, 2005 - The Gotham Gazette

Homes For Salton Sea?

The Salton Sea Test Base could be used to build over 200,000 houses -- provided the area is fit for human habitation.

October 18, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

The Effect Of Sprawl Controls On Home Prices, House Size

A graduate student and a professor of public policy and administration examine the relationship of concentrating population in the urban center and home prices.

October 14, 2005 - Sacramento Business Journal

Are Gated Communities Really Safer?

Study finds gated communities are not much more secure than ungated subdivisions.

October 14, 2005 - The Orlando Sentinel

Homes Of The 27-Wealthiest Americans

From the garish to the sublime, from Palm Beach to Arkansas, the homes of the world's richest people offer something for everyone. [Includes a slide show.]

October 13, 2005 - Forbes

Mechanizing The Manufactured Modern House

Thus far, modern architecture hasn't taken advantage of modern prefab technology -- but an architect in Missouri is looking to change that with a low-cost, modern manufactured house.

October 11, 2005 - The New Yorker

Oregon's Growth Boundaries: Constitutionality and Policy

Is Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program -- the most stringent anti-sprawl measure adopted by any U.S. state -- constitutional? Has it saved Portland from effects of sprawl?

October 10, 2005 - Utah Law Review, Social Science Research Network

Our Own Private Idahos

October 10, 2005 - Sriram Khé

Illegal Duplexes Create Headaches For Boise City Planners

Boise planners work on emergency ordinance to address substandard lots; infill task force created to work on standards for in-fill development.

October 9, 2005 - The Idaho Statesman

FEMA Scuttles Evacuee Housing Plan

New Orleans city officials are outraged over FEMA's about-face that would have provided housing for over 6,000 displaced workers.

October 7, 2005 - The Wall Street Journal

The End Of McMansions?

The cost of maintaining and furnishing large houses, cost of fuel, interest rates, and land prices may be causing a "downsizing" trend in house sizes across the nation.

October 4, 2005 - The New York Times

Balancing Housing Growth with Rural Preservation

Scott Wolf, executive director of Grow Smart Rhode Island, proposes a "bold" strategy for maintaining Rhode Island's rural communities.

October 1, 2005 - The Providence Journal

British Suburban Development Officially Discouraged

A new exhibition on the history of the suburb is opening at Middlesex University in October. Suburbia has become a serious topic in the UK, and suburban traits 'appear to be something to be ashamed of.'

September 30, 2005 - The Guardian

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.