What Urban Designers and Landscape Architects Can Learn About Public Space From Cuba
04.08.2019
The lessons seem elemental, but are often ignored in our country.
The lessons seem elemental, but are often ignored in our country.
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The Missing Middle: Los Angeles Needs to Build Different Types of Housing
03.10.2019
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
An Amazon Correction: The City Won—and the Company Isn’t Going Anywhere
02.18.2019
Cancelling the construction of an anti-urban campus is not the same as pulling out of the city.
Cancelling the construction of an anti-urban campus is not the same as pulling out of the city.
Jeff Speck on Why Bikes Make Streets Safer for Everyone
01.21.2019
A talk with the author of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places.
A talk with the author of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places.
How to Solve Los Angeles’ Housing Crisis? With Urban Design Rapid Prototyping
10.15.2018
Could a European-style IBA work in LA?
Could a European-style IBA work in LA?
Cross-Country Redux: An Architect’s Inspiring—and Dispiriting—Drive Across America
07.18.2018
Forty years after making his first trip, the author revels in the landscape and despairs about what we’ve built on it.
Forty years after making his first trip, the author revels in the landscape and despairs about what we’ve built on it.
Three Foundational Errors in Architectural Thinking and How to Fix Them
07.16.2018
Ignoring our innate biological natures is a big mistake for designers.
Ignoring our innate biological natures is a big mistake for designers.
Urbanization, the African Child, and the Dying Culture of Play
07.08.2018
As the continent develops, places to play disappear.
As the continent develops, places to play disappear.
New York City’s Trash Problem Has a Design Solution
06.19.2018
A talk with Clare Miflin, one of the authors of NYC’s Zero Waste Design Guidelines.
A talk with Clare Miflin, one of the authors of NYC’s Zero Waste Design Guidelines.
Houston’s Road to Resilience Requires a Broad Holistic Plan
05.30.2018
The national media may have moved, but the city continues to recover from the effects of Hurricane Harvey
The national media may have moved, but the city continues to recover from the effects of Hurricane Harvey
Reconsidering Paradise: How Honolulu Became a Poster Child for American Autocentric Urbanism
05.09.2018
If you’re going to pave over paradise, at least do it well.
If you’re going to pave over paradise, at least do it well.
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk on Seaside, Miami, and Making Tall Buildings Good Neighbors
05.03.2018
A conversation with one of the founders of the Congress for New Urbanism.
A conversation with one of the founders of the Congress for New Urbanism.
How Biometrics Can Help Designers Build Better Places for People
04.05.2018
We have the science and technology available to create good design experiences for everyone.
We have the science and technology available to create good design experiences for everyone.
Why Christopher Hawthorne Left the LA Times For a Job at City Hall
03.20.2018
A talk with the city’s new Chief Design Officer
A talk with the city’s new Chief Design Officer
How Public Space Can Build Community and Rescue Democracy
03.06.2018
It’s increasingly under attack but more important than ever.
It’s increasingly under attack but more important than ever.
A Tale of Two Cities: Tourism and Imperialism in Sri Lanka
02.28.2018
Are authentic places even possible today?
Are authentic places even possible today?
A Seattleite Reflects on the City in the Age of Amazon
02.27.2018
A cautionary tale from an eyewitness of Jeff Bezos’s great urban invasion.
A cautionary tale from an eyewitness of Jeff Bezos’s great urban invasion.
Why the Tuileries in Paris are the Perfect Urban Landscape
02.07.2018
The Grand Couvert is sublime public space.
The Grand Couvert is sublime public space.
John King on San Francisco, Oakland, and the Challenge of Affordable Housing
01.18.2018
A conversation with the urban design critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.
A conversation with the urban design critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Cannabis, Urbanism and Storefront Ethics
01.03.2018
If pot stores are opposed on moral grounds, what about other legal but dubious establishments?
If pot stores are opposed on moral grounds, what about other legal but dubious establishments?
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