WCD : News http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_landing.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:38:43 +0100 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=96 \"Those who fail to understand these new trends will miss opportunities...\" 02/08/2010 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=95 Smaller stores in urban neighborhoods. 01/21/2010 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=94 The problems and possibilities of the Dallas Arts District 11/09/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=93 WCD is featured on the Multihousing World News Website. 10/22/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=92 The District is pulling up parking lots and putting in meters. 10/20/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=91 Can Cars Share Space With Bicyclists & Pedestrians? 10/16/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=90 The boldest move by a US city to remake its transportation system... 10/12/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=89 Cohousing originated in Denmark in the early 1970s as a way of fostering community on a small scale, usually 15 to 30 households. 10/02/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=88 Are Forcing Changes in Apartment Development? 08/10/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=87 Budget saving reconfigurations plan for the future. 08/06/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=86 Sustainability through unique space utilization. 07/29/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=85 TOD to become more of HUD priority? 07/24/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=84 Why Street Design Matters 07/23/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=83 The collective think tank of design. 07/21/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=82 Revised Ordinances May Help Enliven Urban Mixed-Use 07/14/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=81 Plastic Circuits to Make Tougher, Greener Computers 07/13/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=80 Flushing out the impostors. 07/08/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=79 Put Transit Where the People Are... 07/07/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=78 International Green Construction Code 07/03/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=77 \"Each case is a laboratory for the next case.\" 07/01/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=76 Inside Urban Green presents an excellent urban farm story. 06/30/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=75 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 06/29/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=74 October 2009 Dallas takes step toward 2030 goal. 06/19/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=73 Ok, suburbia is unsustainable, now what? 06/18/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=72 The latest trend in green roofs- rooftop gardening. 06/17/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=71 In a down economy, urban renewal a bright spot... 06/15/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=70 Communities aren\'t just where you live... 06/11/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=68 Volunteers to grow organic produce on surplus county land. 06/09/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=69 \"A way of allowing people to stay...but enjoy a more engaged...lifestyle.\" 06/04/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=66 Historic Highland Park mall was purchased by a consortium of residents. 06/03/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=67 Three top designs will be used to influence the future design. 05/28/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=65 A video on the changing urban landscape of Detroit, MI 04/15/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=64 Going to be in New York? Dig vertical gardens? Have I got the place for you... 04/13/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=63 The project will be one of four featured at Development Workshop 02/20/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=62 \"Community development can grow from the belief that the community itself has or is able to develop solutions to the issues it faces.\" 02/16/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=61 Affordable Housing Finance Article - February 2009 02/10/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=59 Sustainable City Block to Rise out of Parking Lot Behind Dallas City Hall. 01/19/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=60 The Wall paper house offers cheap dry home for the poor and displaced. 01/19/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=58 This paper by EDAW investigates city smart water management techniques. 01/12/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=57 America\'s boutique architecture firms mix avant-garde designs with local color. 01/08/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=56 People in 46 American metropolitan areas breathe air that exceeds federal soot levels, according to new figures from the Environmental Protection Agency. 01/03/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=53 A new bike lane was implemented in Brooklyn this fall that has removed stop signs and, according to residents, made their street unsafe. 01/02/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=54 New York Magazine\'s list of reasons to love New York includes a praise to the city\'s streets and their recent renovation into pedestrian- and bike-friendly thoroughfares. 01/02/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=55 Seattle has been allowing developers to build higher buildings in exchange for contributing to a fund for affordable housing. But with few units built, officials are hoping to rewrite the legislation to remove restrictions and get more housing built. 01/02/2009 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=50 On Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas, Renzo Piano presented his plan for expanding Louis Kahn\'s 36 year old masterpiece, the Kimbell Art Museum. 11/22/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=51 An influx of Europeans are calling the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn their new home. With housing costs much lower here than Manhattan and the wide acceptance of various nationalities, these recent immigrants are finding this neighborhood to be a true community. 11/21/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=49 As President-elect Barack Obama calls Chicago home and he will take a piece of the \"Windy City\" with him as he makes his way to Washington. Alex Kotlowitz, an author living in Chicago, describes \"There is a really strong sense of self in Chicago: Poeple aren\'t defined by wealth or by work or accomplishments, but rather who they are. Obama seems so comfortable in his skin and with who he is. That\'s so Chicago.\" 11/20/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=52 USGBC announced that the building costs for a green building is 2.5 percent more than a regular building, however, experts also state the payback averages five to eight years. Is building green worth it? 11/20/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=48 \"Green Community\", on exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. until October 2009, features JHP\'s work at Atlantic Station, a mixed use Whole Community in Atlanta\'s vibrant Midtown Area. The exhibition explores the idea that \"the health of our communities, our planet, and ourselves depend on how we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings.\" 11/16/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=47 The Urban Market, once on life support, is alive and well in downtown Dallas. 07/29/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=46 Can urban areas grow their own food? 07/22/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=45 Under the cover of darkness vigilantes start planting. 07/17/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=44 Cities and their surrounding suburbs are the new building blocks of an economy both global and local. 07/02/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=43 \"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 06/25/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=42 What happens when \"instant\" communities erupt like crowds at a sporting event or refugee camps after a disaster? 06/13/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=41 Planned Palestinian City in West Bank Faces Hurdles 06/06/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=40 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. 05/22/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=38 High Street Residential (a division of the Trammell Crow Company) has begun construction on the Midtown Commons project. 05/15/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=39 \"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 05/14/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=37 The \"Land and Sea\" competition from IDA selected ZM Architecture and their \"Lillies\" project as the winners of the professional architecture category. 05/13/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=36 \"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...\" 05/03/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=35 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. 03/17/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=34 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”. 02/07/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=26 The Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington has a Graduate design studio focusing on redevelopment opportunities for North Dallas. 01/31/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=31 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.\" 01/30/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=30 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. 01/29/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=25 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. 01/19/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=29 \"As we look beyond housing solutions to urban poverty, good design is enjoying a second coming as the cure for what ails us.\" 01/17/2008 http://wholecommunitydesign.com/newsLinks/newsLinks_article.php?id=24 Nanosolar, a company with the stated mission of reducing the cost of solar technology, ships their first panels. 01/11/2008