Design Feast

Cyburbia “Established in 1994, is the Internet's oldest portal and social networking site for urban planners and others interested in cities and the built environment. Includes a very active message board, image hosting gallery, syndicated feeds of hundreds of planning-related weblogs, and selective directory of Internet resources relevant to planning and urbanism. Maintained by its founder, Dan Tasman AICP.”

Added July 2, 2006

Carfree.com “The web site that goes with the book. Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles.”

Added November 16, 2003

Urban Design in Wikipedia

Added December 30, 2005

Association for Community Design “ACD's goal is sustaining a multi-disciplinary, community-building tool for civic improvement associations and community development corporations serving the economically distressed neighborhoods of the nation”

Added February 10, 2003

Center for Understanding the Built Environment “CUBE brings together educators with community partners to effect change which will lead to a quality built and natural environment, one and interdependent.”

Added January 3, 2002

Congress for the New Urbanism “CNU is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that was founded in 1993. We work with architects, developers, planners, and others involved in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism. These principles include coherent regional planning, walkable neighborhoods, and attractive, accommodating civic spaces.”

Added February 7, 2003

Creative Spaces “CS is about creative community involvement in urban design. The aim of the Creative Spaces website is to hand on the principles of the Architecture Foundation Roadshow project that has been evolved over the past two years. It sets out the guidelines that this experience has taught us to follow for a worthwhile, open and imaginative process to be developed.”

Added February 6, 2003

Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies “It has become clear, especially after 9/11, that there is a renewal of awareness as to the critical impact of built form, how it is experienced, mediated, remembered and imagined on the quality of our daily lives.”

Added May 30, 2005

Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design “A non-profit organization that fosters, examines, and evaluates a dialogue not only about the city of Los Angeles, but also about architecture and urbanism as a public concern.”

Added February 7, 2003

Project for Public Spaces “PPS' mission—to create and sustain public places that build communities—is achieved through programs in parks, plazas and central squares; transportation; public buildings and architecture and public markets.”

Added February 6, 2003

The Urban Design Project “UPD is a university center devoted to service, teaching and research in the pursuit of a critical practice of urban design. It was founded in 1990 by Professor Robert G. Shibley, and is located in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York.”

Added February 6, 2003

Urban Design Group “Urban Design is now a major issue and planning guidance emphasizes its environmental importance. (more) The various professional institutes recognise the contribution that urban design can make in creating civilized places and the Urban Design Group was originally established to provide a forum to consider ways in which this could be achieved.”

Added February 6, 2003

Urban Ecology “UE believes that vibrant, successful cities are not only possible but necessary for the health of society and our planet. We plan and design cities that sustain the people, natural resources, and economy necessary for everyone to thrive.”

Added February 6, 2003

Urban Land Institute “ULI's mission is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment.”

Added January 3, 2002

Van Alen Institute “The integrity of the public realm—from the waterfront to streets and parks to schools and housing—is profoundly challenged. To meet that challenge, the Institute identifies critical issues that confront the public realm, organizes the tools and public private partnerships to respond to these issues, and develops and communicates solutions through its programs.”

Added February 7, 2003

Ordinance.com “Developed in conjunction with site plan design professionals, the ordinance.com website is a direct result of the frustration that you have experienced in working with paper copies of zoning and planning ordinances. The site is designed to be used by professionals submitting site plan and subdivision review documents on behalf of their clients. Attorneys, now key members of most design teams, are included in the term

Added February 6, 2003

Resource for Urban Design Information “RUDI aims to contribute to improvements in our towns and cities through disseminating knowledge of and information about making better places.”

Added March 2, 2011

City Journal

Added February 6, 2003

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Added January 30, 2008

The View From the Ground

Added July 26, 2004