urban design

The Farmers' Market, Reimagined as a Neighborhood Food Truck

As the local food trend grows, so does consumer demand for farmers' markets. But as it stands, farmers' markets are mostly the domain of middle and upper-class neighborhoods. GOOD and The Architect's Newspaper aim to change that ...READ»

A Second Act for Second Life, as an Urban Planning Tool

Second Life's passe right? Maybe not. Two MacArthur-grant geniuses use it to help average citizens design their own communities.READ»

Fast Cities: Cleveland

One of America's most blighted cities, hard hit by rustification and foreclosure, is also home to one of its loveliest urban initiatives, a plan to create acres of tree nurseries, oases of native plants, and community gardens with bees and chickens.READ»

• Fast Cities 2009

Asian Designers Are Schooling American Architects--Here's How

Renowned Asian designers now helm two of the U.S.'s traditionally Eurocentric architecture schools. Here's what they're teaching the new generation of American architects.READ»