This blog post was authored by Jeff Kuhnhenn, AIA, LEED AP, Director of Architectural Design, Gresham Smith. Over the past 40 years, there has been a slow but radical realignment in how designers and ...

The two-mile stretch of Kinsman Rd. between East 55th and 93rd St. is heavily shared by vehicle traffic, bicyclists and pedestrians. Safety is an issue. But a proposed study will help develop a plan ...

After the flood of 2008, the Cedar Rapids City Council held a series of open houses in the Neighborhood Planning Process, asking residents to provide feedback on what they hope for in both the ...

Launched in 2006 by LA planning director Gail Goldberg, the Urban Design Studio was created to address the city’s lack of urban design standards and to create a more pedestrian-friendly city. The ...

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said: “the only constant in life is change.” Nowhere is that more evident than in our cities. Pick just about any city, and it will seem both familiar and new at the ...

Given how important they are, we know remarkably little about how cities actually work. Learning how to magnify the best aspects of city life–creativity, innovation, cultural fusion–while mitigating ...

A large oak tree is known as “Chuck Norris” at Harwood Park on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Dallas. Well-planned urban parks, like the ones here in Dallas, encourage sustainable urban design principles, ...

Urban resilience and sustainability (URS) is a new kind of professional practice that incorporates the principles of sustainable development. It emerged as a distinct field about 15 years ago, circa ...

Metro Manila’s urban landscape is often dominated by concrete, but Mapúa University is helping to change that by providing a ...

Heading home from Santa Rosa a few weeks ago, I was surprised to find that I had to wait 15 minutes to exit Highway 101 in downtown Windsor. For those of us living in Windsor, traffic jams happen ...