In this interview, Rodrigo Borges Santana , president of the state Green Party and member of the Goiás city council in Brazil, discusses the complex nuances of establishing a thriving ecotourist industry while making sure to keep local interests at the forefront of social... View full entry

In the late 1990s, New York City invested $39 million to build a ballpark for a minor league team on the Coney Island boardwalk, yet the resulting financial success of the Brooklyn Cyclones has yet to translate into the hoped-for economic revitalization of the infamous neighborhood, once a... View full entry

The New York Times considers the fate of various utopian and grandiose plans proposed over the course of New York City's History. View full entry

urbicide: a concerted and preemptive military strategy designed to undermine the urban foundations for independence; destroy networks of resistance; and separate settlers and occupiers from immobilized colonized populations while demolishing their infrastructures of survival. By Stephan Kipfer... View full entry

This month more than 100 architects, planners, civil servants and developers gathered at the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) in London to hear the outline of the new vision, and the radical manifesto by Riba's outspoken president, George Ferguson . View full entry

The New York Yankees are reportedly in talks with the city over a proposal to replace Yankee Stadium with a new $700-million "retro-style" ballpark across the street, to be built almost entirely without public funds (although it seems the city would pick up the tab for infrastructure and... View full entry

For those people not quite ready to embrace "Smart Growth" : a new intiative from the Schwarzenegger adminstration View full entry

Am Johal describes the systematic displacement of Bedouin villages in Israel which sit under chemical plants and future plans for hippodromes. View full entry

Barcelona's municipal architect Joseph Acebillo talks about the sprawl that is eating away at Jerusalem. From Haaretz.com View full entry

In the latest issue of the Architect's Newspaper, Laura Wolf-Powers reports on the varying visions and the political maneuvering at play in the effort to develop Manhattan's Far West Side. Previously on Archinect:Planning Group Opposes Jets Stadium for West Side of Manhattan View full entry

Arcaid gallery of the Barcelona Forum + see the interesting icon article on the H+dM Forum main building View full entry

Another bonus for Millenium Park (see here) is the 400-space, heated indoor bicycle parking facility. | image | site | npr View full entry

A new plan that aims to reconcile those eager to bring experimental modern architecture into the historical center of St. Petersburg and those who would like the heart of the city to be preserved was proposed Monday. From the St. Petersburg Times View full entry

Croat Gov commits 300 million to Serb home reconstruction to gain EU acceptance. View full entry

Today, as part of the Democratic National Convention ceremonies, Boston saw the dedication of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the immense linear park that is planned to take the place of the old elevated Central Artery highway. The Boston Globe reports on the preparations and the ceremony itself (... View full entry