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Bridging the gap: How early architect involvement can revolutionize a city’s capital improvement plans

Capital Improvement Plans (CIPs) typically span three to five years and outline future city projects and their costs. While they set the stage, the design and construction of these projects often extend beyond the CIP window, leading to a disconnect between the initial budget and evolving project scope. This can result in financial shortfalls, forcing cities to cut back on critical project features.

Designers

The growing moral responsibility of designing for shade

Elliot Glassman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, CPHD, Building Performance Leader, CannonDesign, makes the argument for architects to consider better shade solutions through these four strategies.

Multifamily Housing

Nation's leading multifamily developer expands into infrastructure

Greystar's strategy for infrastructure is driven by the shifting landscape of today's cities—primarily in the increased digitization, urbanization, and transitions to clean energy.

Urban Planning

New York City begins first large-scale porous pavement installation

New York City is installing its first large-scale porous pavement installation along seven miles of roadway in Brooklyn. The project will keep 35 million gallons of stormwater out of the combined sewer system each year, according to a news release.

Augmented Reality | Jul 15, 2016

Pokémon Go is helping people discover their cities

While catching them all may be the main goal, the wildly popular mobile game is also leading people to trek to unexplored corners of their cities

Urban Planning | Jul 13, 2016

'Shore to Core' competitions envision future waterfront cities

Design and research teams will use West Palm Beach, Fla., as their model.

Urban Planning | Jul 7, 2016

Y Combinator project would build new city using new technology, urban policies

Zoning, property rights, building codes all could be re-imagined.

Urban Planning | Jun 15, 2016

Swedish ‘Timber Town’ proposal from C.F. Møller provides a unique blend of nature and city

The development acts as a transition area between a traditional urban landscape and parklands.

Movers+Shapers | Jun 10, 2016

URBAN EVANGELIST: Bruce Katz sees America humming again, city by city

Katz, best known as Co-director of the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy program, believes that cities are dynamic networks of like-minded public and private interests that have the potential to generate economic growth.

Urban Planning | Jun 9, 2016

Triptyque Architecture designs air-cleansing hanging highway garden in São Paulo

The garden would filter as much as 20% of CO₂ emissions while also providing a place for cultural events and community activities.

Urban Planning | May 31, 2016

Vancouver park board approves final design for urban park

The green space is intended to be a recreation area for a busy part of downtown.

Urban Planning | May 31, 2016

The entire Swedish city of Kiruna is being relocated to prevent it from collapsing into underground iron mines

Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, and its 20,000 residents will be moved two miles to the east by 2040.

Urban Planning | May 23, 2016

Developer acquires 62 acres of vacant land in Chicago

Related Midwest will turn the strip that connects the South Loop to Chinatown into a neighborhood with homes, stores, and offices.

Urban Planning | CallisonRTKL | May 20, 2016

Why people are the most important factor in urban regeneration

What makes large-scale urban regeneration projects successful? CallisonRTKL's Edgar Kiviet explores how cities, particularly those in Eastern Europe, are undergoing a transformation.