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July 29, 2008
Urban Market Thriving

The Urban Market, once on life support, is alive and well in downtown Dallas.
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July 22, 2008
Urban Garden Prototype

Can urban areas grow their own food?
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July 17, 2008
Guerilla Gardening

Under the cover of darkness vigilantes start planting.
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July 02, 2008
The Metropolitan Era

Cities and their surrounding suburbs are the new building blocks of an economy both global and local.
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June 25, 2008
Will Gas Prices Makes Suburban Life Impractical?

"Many low-density suburbs and McMansion subdivisions, including some that are lovely and affluent today, may become what inner cities became in the 1960s and '70s - slums characterized by poverty, crime and decay," said Christopher Leinberger, an urban land use expert
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June 13, 2008
Instant City: Rethinking Democratic Space

What happens when "instant" communities erupt like crowds at a sporting event or refugee camps after a disaster?
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June 06, 2008
Rawabi

Planned Palestinian City in West Bank Faces Hurdles
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May 22, 2008
Senior Cohousing in Dallas - Wildflower Village

Instead of following the trend of many empty nesters moving back to the urban core, or buying into development driven planned communities, some are looking to shape their own retirement experience.
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May 15, 2008
Construction Begins On First TOD in Austin, TX

High Street Residential (a division of the Trammell Crow Company) has begun construction on the Midtown Commons project.
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May 14, 2008
ULI: Mass Transit is Answer to North Texas

"Money alone � whether it comes from tolls, taxes or both � won't solve traffic problems in North Texas, and it won't be enough to repair America's aging infrastructure." - ULI
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May 13, 2008
International Design Awards Recognize Innovative Design

The "Land and Sea" competition from IDA selected ZM Architecture and their "Lillies" project as the winners of the professional architecture category.
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May 03, 2008
Atlantic Station helps Family Slash Carbon Footprint

"Atlanta resident Malaika Taylor used to live the typical suburban life � the kind that helps make America the world's top contributor to climate change. But four years ago, fed up with commuting, Taylor and her 11-year old daughter, Maya, moved from the suburbs to the city..."
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March 17, 2008
Dell at CES Show

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) showcases many new and emerging technologies. This year the main focus of the show clearly centered on green and sustainable technologies and what companies were doing to embrace this in both their consumer electronics and their facilities operations.
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February 07, 2008
Triumph in the Tenderloin

In a tough San Francisco neighborhood, the working poor get a handsome courtyard and a sunny roof space for their own plots. This article, that was published by Landscape Architecture, in Feb 01, 2008, looks at how landscape architects have combined green roofs, public spaces and affordable housing to address the chronic homelessness in San Francisco's �infamous Tenderloin district�.
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January 31, 2008
Vickery Meadow TOD Studio

The Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington has a Graduate design studio focusing on redevelopment opportunities for North Dallas.
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January 30, 2008
A Shelter Is Built Green, to Heal Inside and Out

Oakland to open GREEN Homeless Shelter. "The facility, Crossroads, which will accommodate 125 residents, may be the only �green� homeless shelter built from the ground up. It has a solar-paneled roof, hydronic heating, artful but practical ceiling fans, nontoxic paint, windows that can be opened to let in fresh air, and desks and bureaus made from pressed wheat."
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January 29, 2008
�Green� Buildings Don�t Have to Be New

This article from The New York Times looks at renovation of older buildings to achieve greater energy efficiency, and how this trend has seen a rise in popularity in recent years.
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January 19, 2008
SYSTM Explores WIRED Living Homes Exhibit in L.A.

The Revision3 podcast SYSTM this week takes a tour of the construction of the technological and sustainable innovation being implemented at WIRED Magazine's Living Home Exhibit in Los Angeles.
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January 17, 2008
The Revolution Will Not Be Designed

"As we look beyond housing solutions to urban poverty, good design is enjoying a second coming as the cure for what ails us."
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January 11, 2008
Nanosolar Ships First Panels

Nanosolar, a company with the stated mission of reducing the cost of solar technology, ships their first panels.
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CURRENT NEWS

July 29, 2008
Urban Market Thriving

The Urban Market, once on life support, is alive and well in downtown Dallas.
Read More

July 22, 2008
Urban Garden Prototype

Can urban areas grow their own food?
Read More

July 17, 2008
Guerilla Gardening

Under the cover of darkness vigilantes start planting.
Read More

July 02, 2008
The Metropolitan Era

Cities and their surrounding suburbs are the new building blocks of an economy b
Read More