Baku
I have enjoyed travelling in the Caucasus region and sometimes visiting the city of Baku. I met two planners there who helped me to see the rich historic layers of the city, in Baku at a Crossroads for Planning magazine.
Masdar City combines ancient practice and modern technology
Masdar City in Abu Dhabi is a very interesting attempt to build a low-carbon sustainable city in the Middle East. Far from creating a sudden Utopia, the planners are gradually assembling the elements of the city and learning a lot along the way. Their “greenprint” for...Frontier of form-based codes
Planning codes are interesting when applied in regional schemes, so I wrote this article for the APA Regional newsletter, Frontier of form-based codes. Whether the ‘floating zone’ towns and villages ever get built as planned is another story.Let It Flow
My first published article was about the Coffee Creek conservation development in Indiana. Let It Flow appeared in Urban Land, June 2000 issue. The year before, my last in graduate studies, a fellowship from the Urban Land Institute gave me an opportunity to write for...Books
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