Wilson Quarterly Explores the Challenges [ Earthtimes ] Jul 7, 2008  Urbanist Witold Rybczynski explains why one plausible solution to the housing crisis -- building smaller houses on smaller lots -- isn't as simple as it ... Read More ...

PREFAB 4th of July Housing Beyond Border [ Inhabitat ] Jul 4, 2008  With so much focus on the US Government militarizing the US/Mexico border right now, it can be easy to miss the new types of migrant urbanism cropping up in ... Read More ...

Paris to scrap ban on high-rise tower bl [ AFP ] Jul 8, 2008  Public consultations will begin in January to measure support for each of the projects, according to city councillor for urbanism Anne Hidalgo. ... Read More ...

Tough, green and beautiful [ The Huntsville Times ] Jul 6, 2008  In a region that boasts some of the most groundbreaking architecture in the country - Seaside's pedestrian-friendly New Urbanism was once revolutionary ... Read More ...

Walking Takes America by Storm [ The Green Guide ] Jul 7, 2008  Christopher B. Leinberger, director of the graduate real estate program at the University of Michigan and author of The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a ... Read More ...

Mayor Dave's weekly whereabouts Johnson [ Isthmus Daily Page ] Jul 7, 2008  I really wish the city would focus on these neighborhood districts, which are still around. These are real neighborhoods. This is the original new urbanism. ... Read More ...

Contemporary Art in [ World Architecture News ] Jul 7, 2008  Paris-based architect and urbanist Odile Decq was commissioned with the redevelopment and expansion of the Roman Museum of Contemporary Art in 2001 by Rome ... Read More ...

City opens door for urban village [ Lethbridge Herald ] Jul 8, 2008  Gary Weikum, community planning manager, told council Monday that while the need to end urban sprawl may be more pressing as time goes by, ... Read More ...

New urbanism proponent puts best foot fo [ MiamiHerald.com ] Jun 21, 2008  BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI Victor Dover is a prominent urban planner. A comment from his son led him to reshape himself as a triathalon athlete. ... Read More ...

'New urbanist' project avoids foreclosur [ Atlanta Journal Constitution ] Jun 12, 2008  The award-winning Atlanta-based builder has presented the new subdivision near Norcross' historic downtown square as an example of 'new urbanist' planning, ... Read More ...

Rosemary Beach, Fla., is a laid-back enc [ Atlanta Journal Constitution ] Jul 7, 2008  Many may know Seaside as the set of 'The Truman Show,' with its new urbanist style of cookie-cutter beach homes and uniformity. But the town named for the ... Read More ...

The anatomy of Sam Sullivan's downfall [ Canada.com ] Jun 14, 2008  'I loved him because he seemed to want to learn,' remembers Abraham Rogatnick, the city's venerable architecture historian and urbanist, who became one of ... Read More ...

'Arc d'Atlanta' ... or a new bit of kits [ Christian Science Monitor ] Jul 6, 2008  A massive 'new urbanist' development called Atlantic Station was looking for a centerpiece, and with lots of deliberation, the National Monuments Foundation ... Read More ...

Spatial dimension of organised retail [ Economic Times ] Jul 1, 2008  New urbanism, neo-traditional cities, and transit-oriented development are a bunch of movements advocating mixed land use, high density residential use, ... Read More ...

Prague zoning revamp to boost developmen [ Prague Daily Monitor ] Jul 8, 2008  ... near the Prague centre can hardly resist the pressure of investors whose bravado is equal to the amount of money they have,' says urbanist Ivan Lejčar. ... Read More ...

Rockefeller Foundation Supports Dramatic [ AScribe ] Jun 26, 2008  The Rockefeller Foundation's Jane Jacobs Medal, named in honor of the author, urbanist, and Rockefeller Fellow, recognizes and rewards two New Yorkers every ... Read More ...

Property Owners Side with Developer in I [ Ozarks First ] Jul 8, 2008  It was blighted a few years ago so that Hagerman New Urbanism could develop it. But the city says the project isn't moving along and wanted to buy the land ... Read More ...

The car is still king in Westboro [ Ottawa Citizen ] Jul 1, 2008  Even back then -- before greater Westboro and Wellington West had become the city's poster children for New Urbanism -- the neighbourhood was a walking ... Read More ...