This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. Architect Cecil Baker remembers exactly when he knew it was time to quit the Philadelphia Civic Design Review committee. “The straw that broke the camel’s ...

A new report, Cities Safer by Design, from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, offers guidance for designing safer streets and communities that can reduce traffic fatalities and improve people’s ...

The university recognizes the importance of reestablishing the consistency of planning and design principles exemplified in the Old Campus, and has formulated campus guidelines to serve as a framework ...

William & Mary is dedicated to ensuring a high level of commitment to preserving the character of its campus as expressed in the architecture of its buildings and grounds. The university’s 2015 Master ...

Jordan Kravitz’s article “Architects call on the Facility Guidelines Institute and AIA to recognize standardized healthcare design recommendations for abortion procedures” contains a number of ...

People are the reason excellent health care design matters — whether they are working or seeking care. “When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” This ...

Museums, archives, and art storage facilities require special design consideration for a number of reasons, most notably that the value of the building’s contents often exceeds the value of the ...

(Boston)—Advances in technology, the evolution of patient- and-family centered care, and infection control challenges—evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic—highlight the possibilities and challenges ...

Downtown Nashville can often feel like a tourist playground full of expensive parking, loud nightlife and party buses. But the new Downtown Code Design Guidelines envision a different downtown: one ...

In a recent announcement, the Federal Aviation Administration released new design guidelines for vertiports and vertistops—infrastructure to support electric aircraft that take off and land vertically ...