Cities have long equated brightness with safety. From sodium vapour lamps to high-efficiency LEDs, the evolution of urban ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York. A ...

Introduction : The parking garage : Design and evolution of a modern urban form -- 1. A time of excitement: a new building form : The horse, the car, and the parking garage ; The car, the city, and ...

From the perspective of complex systems, a new study reveals the universality, specificity, and explanatory power of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last month, the Department of City Planning reassigned the central design division that used zoning tools to manage public spaces and craft neighborhood character. Critics say the move will ...