10 Ways to Make Struggling Downtowns Thrive
01.30.2023
Many of them are easy and low-cost.
Many of them are easy and low-cost.
urban planning
How Atlantic Yards Failed to Deliver Affordable Homeownership (With a Hakeem Jeffries Cameo)
01.10.2023
A project that has “promised much and delivered little.”
A project that has “promised much and delivered little.”
Hobson’s Choice: Princeton University Forsakes Its Architectural Roots
12.13.2022
Caving to a wealthy donor, the school proposes an out of scale insertion into its historic core.
Caving to a wealthy donor, the school proposes an out of scale insertion into its historic core.
Rebuilding and Destigmatizing Rome’s Quarticciolo Neighborhood
12.12.2022
How an urban design student helped lead a community regeneration project.
How an urban design student helped lead a community regeneration project.
Activating the Edges: How to Create Lively, Active Streets
09.14.2022
Advice from David Baker Architects on how to create vibrant, pedestrian-friendly buildings and developments.
Advice from David Baker Architects on how to create vibrant, pedestrian-friendly buildings and developments.
15 Years Later and What Do You Get? A Lot More Cars and a Planet in Flames
08.23.2022
The (renewed) case for congestion pricing in New York City.
The (renewed) case for congestion pricing in New York City.
The Global City and the (de)Evolution of the Public Realm
08.17.2022
How Sydney is grappling with the question: whose city is it?
How Sydney is grappling with the question: whose city is it?
The Claiborne Expressway: David Waggonner on New Orleans’ “Hulking Mess”
08.08.2022
The architect has a long history with that troubled road.
The architect has a long history with that troubled road.
How the Power of Place Shapes Cities
07.26.2022
Better cities emerge when the people who shape them think more broadly about the places they are creating.
Better cities emerge when the people who shape them think more broadly about the places they are creating.
How Design Can Help Ensure All Communities Benefit From Climate Adaptation
07.18.2022
Two Arup designers on equitable decarbonization.
Two Arup designers on equitable decarbonization.
M. Nolan Gray on Why We Should Scrap Zoning
06.22.2022
A talk with the author of Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It.
A talk with the author of Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It.
William H. Whyte: Still Relevant After All These Years
03.21.2022
A new biography about the brilliant urbanist reveals why his radical vision is as necessary today as it was in the second half of the 20th century.
A new biography about the brilliant urbanist reveals why his radical vision is as necessary today as it was in the second half of the 20th century.
What’s the Matter with American Cities?
02.07.2022
European urban conditions have been improving, but their U.S. counterparts remain mired in dysfunction.
European urban conditions have been improving, but their U.S. counterparts remain mired in dysfunction.
Mapping Improvisation: The Role of Call and Response in Urban Planning
01.04.2022
How the Battle of the Grid played out in New Orleans and New York.
How the Battle of the Grid played out in New Orleans and New York.
Confessions of a Recovering Traffic Engineer
10.18.2021
A new book on misguided assumptions of the people who design our roads.
A new book on misguided assumptions of the people who design our roads.
When “Displacement” Isn’t a Dirty Word
09.28.2021
Helping to redefine through design that often loaded term.
Helping to redefine through design that often loaded term.
David Waggonner on New Orleans and the Way Forward After Ida
09.23.2021
The architect on the issues that challenge his city—and almost every other U.S. city as well.
The architect on the issues that challenge his city—and almost every other U.S. city as well.
The Elemental Romance of Public Space and Water
09.14.2021
What is it about water that draws us so instinctually toward it?
What is it about water that draws us so instinctually toward it?
How Relevant is New Urbanism in an Age of Climate Change, Racial Inequity, and Housing Scarcity?
08.31.2021
A talk with Rick Cole, the new executive director of the CNU.
A talk with Rick Cole, the new executive director of the CNU.
Lessons From Louisiana: Learning to Live With Water
07.21.2021
Some guiding principles for living in a world of sea level rise.
Some guiding principles for living in a world of sea level rise.
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