Landscape Architecture
British Government Rejects Big Box Sprawl
Ikea's plans for a megastore are blocked.
Creative Stealth
Can landscape architects really camouflage the ubiquitous cell tower?
Battery Park Landscaping To Be Reimagined
Centuries after the Dutch created New York's Battery, a Dutchman is asked to give Battery Park a needed makeover.
Documenting The Urban Forest
For two decades David Paul Bayles has been recording pictures -- beautiful, sad, and humorous -- of trees in the city.
Prominent Planners Search For Their Roots
On a visit to designed to help their Upstate New York hometown find its future, prominent planners discover their own past.
Artificial Islands: An Israeli Alternative To Settlements?
Israel considers creating pricey artificial islands for residential, tourism and business uses.
Remembering Ira Yellin
Yellin, one of Los Angeles' most respected and successful urban developers, has passed away.
Renewal Sought For Historic Mexico City District
City trust and private developer are working to revive an area of Spanish-colonial housing.
Attack Of The Giant Billboards
Important buildings in Poland's cities are being covered up by giant billboards.
Combining Architecture And Nature
How can nature be more an intergral part of architecture?
Ikea Builds Russia's Biggest Mega-mall
Russia's biggest mall is being constructed on the Moscow outskirts by Ikea.
Tourism Planning In Spain - Past & Future
The BBC's Madrid correspondent meets Pedro Zaragoza, the man credited with starting mass tourism on Spain's Mediterranean coast.
Green Groups Scare Away Dracula Theme Park
Opposition from environmental groups has prompted the Romanian government to abandon plans for a Dracula theme park in the Transylvanian town of Sighisoara.
Designing For Security
The American Planning Association, the American Institute of Architects and American Society of Landscape Architectshave formed a coalition to advocate the need to balance security and aesthetics.
City Restores Olmsted's Legacy
A million-dollar project will restore Frederick Law Olmsted's parkway system in Buffalo, NY,
Would You Live Next To A Nimby?
Are Nimby's good for planning or not? BBC Online gives a UK perspective.
The Future Of Los Angeles: Hopeless
At a forum in Los Angeles, architect Frank Gehry says he has given up on Los Angeles.
Backyard Nature Is Expensive
The Wall Street Journal investigates what it takes to create a 'natural' backyard.
New Theme Park Opens In Bangladesh
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, gets a multiple-million dollar theme park.
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.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
