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Arcosanti
An experimental town in the desert of Arizona, built to embody Paolo Soleri's concept of arcology - the fusion of architecture with ecology. Theory, worksops, events, images, visitor information.
http://www.arcosanti.org/ |
Auroville Center for Urban Research
Presents workshops, studies, and investigations with practical implementations at the emerging city of Auroville, India.
http://www.auroville.info/ACUR/ |
Charlestown at Buildout - Modeling Development and Conservation
Reports and maps from university thesis project to study growth in an area undergoing rapid residential development, and help formulate policies for growth management. Focus is the town of Charlestown in southern Rhode Island, USA.
http://envstudies.brown.edu/thesis/2001/amengual/ |
Disney's Celebration
Essays, links, and photos about the Florida planned community developed by the Walt Disney Corporation.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html |
Dos Lagos
An introduction to the mixed use planned community in the City of Corona, California. Gives visitors background and up to date information about the progress of the project.
http://www.doslagos.net/ |
Harmony
A residential and retirement urban design community situated between Charleston and Myrtle Beach SC near historic Georgetown, South Carolina.
http://www.harmonysc.com/ |
Kakigawa - Pools of Meaning
A project by Mirjam Struppek and Arika Adachi based on an entry in the competition 'Semiotic Fields and Attractors: the rediscovery of the Kaki River in Nagaoka, Japan.'
http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/Kaki_Home.html |
Letchworth Garden City
Guided tour, history, news, and links for the town founded by Ebenezer Howard.
http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/ |
Limiting Urban Futures
An attack on the future-scenario style of urban planning. In urban futures scenarios, the range of 'acceptable' future cities is made visible. The Amsterdam (Netherlands) study TVA is used as an example of how such studies limit urban futures.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/few.futures.html |
Orenco Station
Promotional information about planned community in the Portland, Oregon, area. Named 'America's Community of the Year' in 1998 by the National Association of Home Builders, and considered a good example of 'new urbanism.'
http://www.orencostation.com/home.htm |
Phalen Corridor Initiative
A public-private partnership redeveloping a rail corridor in Saint Paul, Minnesota's East Side.
http://www.phalencorridor.org/ |
Proyecto Cities
Collective effort, focusing on some 20 cities located in five continents, to identify the competitive advantages of each, and to present the principal urban innovations that they are developing, especially those that impact on the physical form of the city and the structure of the metropolitan region.
http://www.fundacion-metropoli.org/ |
Radburn
New town in Fairlawn, New Jersey designed in 1929.
http://www.radburn.org/ |
The Seaside Institute
Organization researching and advocating for use of traditional community qualities in new developments.
http://www.theseasideinstitute.org/ |
Urban Development of Wolfsburg
The City of Wolfsburg in Germany is a typical example of planned urban development. Four different development stages are illustrated.
http://www.wolfsburg-staedtebau.de/index_e.htm |
Urban Ways
Includes a brief description of a method of providing more vegetation in high-density city centers.
http://www.urban-ways.co.uk/ |
Victory City
A modernist utopian design for a city of the future.
http://www.victorycities.com/ |
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