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Explore - Urban Planning
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The Self-Sufficient City
In modern home design, going green is no longer the exception but the norm. While we've summited this hill, there's still an ominous mountain before us: off-the-grid cities. For the third Advanced...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.01.09 -
The PUMP
For much of its length, the 8.5-mile Major Deegan Expressway, located in the Bronx (and named for architect William F. Deegan), obstructs the Harlem River waterfront, an uninviting jumble of...
06.10.10 -
The People's Park
An amorphous profession, landscape architecture embraces everything from civic plazas, highways, and landfill reclamations to the front lawn. Here we profile two practitioners, Walter Hood and...
written by: Deborah Bishop02.27.09 -
The Office of Jerome King Architecture and Planning
At OJK Architecture and Planning, architecture involves a delicate blend of art and science. The design team strives to create spaces which are beautiful, technically excellent, and relate well to...
04.22.09 -
The Mosque
The Mosque. Political, Architectural and Social Transformations, compiled and edited by Dutchmen Ergün Erkoçu (an architect) and Cihan Bugdaci (a real estate developer) and out this...
written by: Aaron Britt04.22.09 -
The High Line Opens
Amidst much anticipated celebration, the High Line on the west side of Manhattan has finally opened. A formerly-abandoned 1930s elevated rail structure, the High Line has been transformed over the...
written by: Tiffany Chu06.09.09 -
The Green Roadway
“It’s a billboard of hope for our children,” declares Gene Fein, a Malibu, California–based inventor who is marketing a suite of technologies, dubbed the Green Roadway,...
06.10.10 -
The Color of Palo Alto
Sam Yates will paint the town Palo Alto, once he figures out what color that is.
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Jamie Kripke04.27.09 -
Structured Play
Two of the country’s most creative and thoughtful playground designers—architect Richard Dattner and landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg—spent countless hours observing how...
written by: Deborah Bishop01.01.09 -
Street Value Book
Dwell Creative Director Kyle Blue recently introduced me to the diverse and inspiring work of the New York-based graphic design firm Project Projects. So I was excited to get my hands on one of...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.26.10 -
Steel Life
Edge Studio's apartment building with its glass-and-steel facade is a glowing example of the urban renaissance that's gripping Steel City.
written by: William Lambphotos by: Roger Davies07.21.09 -
Situated Technologies: Toward the Sentient City
This exhibition is a critical exploration of the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing, architecture and the city. It will imagine alternative trajectories for how various mobile,...
07.22.09 -
Site Design Group
SITE Design Group, Inc., one of the most recognized names in Skatepark Planning, Design & Development, is a consulting firm specializing in skatepark planning, design and construction services....
02.25.09 -
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
"One of the good things about doing decent public design in a prominent place is that people look at it and say: Why can’t we have that everywhere?”
written by: Alec Appelbaum11.02.09 -
Simon Ewings of Snøhetta at Stanford
Snøhetta project manager and senior architect Simon Ewings will speak at Standford on Thursday, October 6. The lecture outlines research projects that Snøhetta is involved in and...
09.19.11 -
Seattle's Next-Wave Design Firm?
A year and a half ago, while on sabbatical from Olson Kundig Architects, Kevin Scott conceived of Röllerhaus Pictureworks & Design Co. A mix of design firm, artist/designer collective, and...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.07.12 -
San Francisco's New Bus Shelters
Though they're not exactly the hottest design news in town, my daily walk to work up Sansome Street from the Montgomery BART stop has gained two attractive new bits of infrastructure in the past...
written by: Aaron Britt04.22.10 -
Robert Hammond: Chance Encounters
Robert Hammond has just returned from a year in Rome. While there he created an urban experiment called Chance Encounter on the Tiber, involving 100 chairs in public spaces in Italy. Now back in...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer12.13.10 -
Reminder: Reburbia Ends Friday!
If you haven't yet submitted your entries to the Reburbia competition, time is running out! This Friday, July 31, is the last day for submissions, so get your rendering juices flowing. The...
written by: Sarah Rich07.20.09 -
Reburbia Winners Announced!
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2009 Reburbia Competition, sponsored jointly by Dwell and Inhabitat. The competition challenged architects, designers and concerned citizens to come...
written by: Sarah Rich08.19.09
