Time is a factor in urban design. Projects sometimes take decades to materialize. Some never make it. This monograph features three decades of urban design projects at Johnson Fain varying in type and ...

The urban design category of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards honors products, packaging, and built projects designed to eliminate waste and reuse resources. This year’s winner, HDR and ...

The design of District West is predicated on the idea of a central cultural core, enlivened by the river flowing through it, that stitches the surrounding urban fabric together. Drawing from the few ...

Nestled in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Public School 41 differs from its neighboring buildings in a way that’s both profound and only visible from above. Unlike the flat, gray roofs adorning ...

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science A pair of new studies by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth ...

Of the 121,603 licensed architects in the United States, only 2,492 (2%) are Black. But that doesn’t mean they’re not making a huge impact on urban design. Black architects have been innovators in the ...

Tierras Temporary Housing Units in Palenque, Mexico, by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Image Courtesy of International Union of Architects (UIA) The third cycle launched in July 2025, and regional ...

Azza Kamal wears many hats — besides teaching sustainable planning and urban design in CU Boulder’s Environmental Design (ENVD) department, she is an urbanist, policy researcher, and licensed ...