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Architecture critic John King laments the could-have-been: a beautiful Toyo Ito museum designed for UC Berkeley and killed for financial reasons. And yet the un-built project represents a new connection between town and gown, says King.
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Building/Design
California
A New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a private developer, who plans to build a basketball arena in Brooklyn, validating the state's use of eminent domain on his behalf. A local group says the fight is just beginning.
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Building/Design
New York
Despite gains in the 1990s, the last decade has seen jumps in poverty in rural areas, where rates continue to exceed the national average.
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Building/Design
United States
With 100 percent subsidies, transit agencies could drop the pretense of being businesses and serve many more people -- or so proponents say. Agencies aren't so sure.
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Building/Design
United States
Boston's Big Dig was supposed to result in a series of glorious, connected public spaces. Two years after the project's completion, the state is finally making the connections a reality.
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Building/Design
Massachusetts
The World Bank recently released its 10-year strategy for addressing urban issues, focusing specifically on slum areas. Next American City 's Josh Leon takes a look at the plan and finds much to be desired.
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Building/Design
So says Mayor Fortin of Victoria, British Columbia about Dockside Green, a new waterfront development in his city. A new documentary talks to the Mayor, architect Franc D'Ambrosio, and Smart Growth BC c-founder Deborah Curran about the project.
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Building/Design
On a recent walking tour of Pasadena, California, noted architect Léon Krier didn't mince words over his disapproval of the cityscape and modernism in general.
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Building/Design
California
As cities grow, aging sewer systems are having trouble keeping up with increasing amounts of waste. Often, the result is sewer system overflows that end up directly in waterways.
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Building/Design
New York
United States
San Antonio is wrapping up a month-long experiment that has offered free Wi-Fi internet access on some of its buses.
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Building/Design
Texas
NASA scientists are floating the idea that turning deserts on the equator into lush forests could single-handedly end global warming.
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Building/Design
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
Australia
Queens and Brooklyn homeowners may soon be prohibited from converting front yards into parking pads if a set of regulations is approved. The loss of street parking from new curb cuts was cited as a reason, along with aesthetics.
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Building/Design
New York
As reported here, many boomburbs have ceased growing, if only temporarily. Streetsblog notes that experts are suggesting that in order to maintain their economic viability, these fast growing communities will have to, gasp, become more urban in form
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Building/Design
Usa Today
Robert Riley
United States
Nevada
Walkable, transit-accessible neighborhoods do more than just lower greenhouse gas emissions of their residents - they save them money too, states a new report, "Windfall for All", from the Bay Area's TransForm, a coalition of over 100 non-profits.
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Building/Design
California
Energy Efficiency
A group called New Yorkers for Safe Transit has called attention to the continual problem of female subway riders being ogled, groped, flashed, harassed and attacked.
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Building/Design
New York
Miles Kemp presents a slideshow on SEED exploring the emerging field of interactive architecture -- and the tiny robots that are enabling spaces and structures to adapt in real-time.
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Building/Design
Filmmakers are calling on state officials in Michigan to extend the state's grant program that provides up to 42% of production costs simply for filming in Michigan.
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Building/Design
Michigan
This essay from Places offers five simple ways to make the world a better place -- and they're all related to the built environment.
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Building/Design
Planners in San Francisco are proposing a 145-acre "transit center district" that would dramatically reshape the city's skyline.
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Building/Design
Richard Land
California
Le Corbusier's influence as an architect has spanned generations. Theodore Dalrymple argues he is more appropriately classified as a totalitarian.
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