Building the new New Orleans, block by block
MIT urbanist’s new book shows how active neighborhood communities helped revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina.
Designing healthy cities
A joint initiative of SA+P's new Center for Advanced Urbanism and the American Institute of Architects
Building a better big box
MIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.
Creating tomorrow's home: 'Soft' but resilient
MIT-led team’s award-winning housing design unveiled as part of 21st-century model for sustainable urban development
Researchers awarded $3.7 million for research on sustainable development of Kuwait’s built environment
Grant sponsored through the Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment
SA+P news digest goes mobile
School of Architecture + Planning unveils new app for smartphones and digital tablets
Visiting artists enrich life at MIT
Visiting artists share their work in architecture, planning, visual literacy and filmmaking.
MIT’s Great Dome is reborn
The dome’s ingeniously engineered oculus is reopened, letting natural light flood the rotunda of the Barker Library reading room.
SA+P faculty, alumni make their mark in TED
A collection of TEDTalks videos featuring researchers and innovators with ties to MIT's School of Architecture + Planning.
Embracing change and innovation at DUSP
A chat with Eran Ben-Joseph, the new head of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
Tweeting the city
In 2012, the School of Architecture + Planning conducted a series of real-time interactive forums on urban issues.
The right’s resistance to regulation
Book details how conservatives have changed the terms of the environmental debate in recent decades.
