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Carbon Fiber: Will It Transform Architecture?
Carbon fiber is five times stronger than steel. It could be used to create safer "woven" skycrapers. Is it the material of the future?
Commuter Chaos In Ontario
Continued growth will lengthen time travelling to work, chew up farmland.
How To Ease Congestion: An Ambitious National Plan Proposed
Traffic planners release a proposal to ease traffic congestion in Atlanta, Dallas-Forth Worth, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington.
WTC Plan: Soaring Spire Over 'Sacred Ground'
The design, building the world's tallest tower, embodies a determination to rise beyond 9/11.
Readers Respond To WTC Design Decision
Readers from around the world respond to the selection of the Libeskind design for Ground Zero.
HOT Congestion Insurance
Imagine if you had guaranteed access to a free-flowing lane of traffic--regardless of the time of day.
Downtown Living: A Green Choice?
Living in a downtown condominium is an environmentally-friendly choice.
What Ever Happened To The Office Space?
The issue of how much office space to build has been put on the back burner. But is this good for lower Manhattan?
Report: Convert Carpool Lanes To Tolls
Converting the Bay Area's carpool lanes to toll lanes could generate more than $427 million a year for transportation projects and cut congestion.
Libeskind's WTC Design Study Text
The complete text of Daniel Libeskind's statement on his team's proposal which was chosen as the winner in the WTC design competition.
Ten Imperiled American Landscapes
Scenic America's publishes it's annual list of the 10 most threatened scenic landscapes.
How The Ground Zero Plans Changed
After being selected, the Ground Zero design competition finalists extensively changed their designs to make them more realistic.
Sprawl And Human Rights
An article in Metropolis Magazine links sprawl with human rights abuses in an analysis of development on the West Bank.
Why Libeskind Won
Why was the design by Daniel Libeskind selected for Ground Zero?
Pit As Memorial?
Berlin-based Daniel Libeskind's design will leave a deep pit as a memorial.
The Power Of The Libeskind Design
The design by Studio Daniel Libeskind is powerful because it reveals and honors the foundation of the city.
Eisenman Says His Team Doomed By New Urbanists
Architect Peter Eisenman says his plan did not win public endorsement because it took a direct stand against New Urbanism.
German Architect Wins Ground Zero Design Competition
German architect Daniel Libeskind's design has been chosen for Ground Zero but the plan will continue to be debated and refined.
Plan For WTC Site Selected
Daniel Libeskind's designs for the WTC are selected. The new design will be taller than the Twin Towers.
Counting The Homeless
Some say it can't be done, but New York City is going to try anway.
Ada County Highway District
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
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
