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CREATE Common Ground: Fulton Book!
The CREATE Common Ground: Fulton book is available for purchase from lulu.com.
Check it out!
Posted on April 4, 2008
Summer Planning Internship
Summer Internship available for an urban planner. Check out our job listing.
Posted on April 2, 2008
2008 Placemakers!
Congratulations to CAAD students Victoria Wolfe, Tripp Parker, Webb White, Rob Toombs, Tim Cooke and Lindsay Atkins for their winning entry in the 2008 Placemakers Competition. This year, the competition was integrated in the curriculum of Michael Zebrowski's Materials class and Critz Campbell's 3-D Design class. Inter-disciplinary teams competed to design an installation during the Cotton District Arts Festival charged with creating a space for students, residents and visitors to interact. The winning group receives funds to construct their design and a cash prize. Check out their work at the Cotton District Arts Festival April 19, 2008 on University Drive.
Posted on March 28, 2008
WORKING TO PLAY:
DESIGN FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS CONFERENCE
The Working to Play: Design for Public Officials Conference is coming up! Scheduled for March 27, 2008 at Giles Hall on Mississippi State University's campus, the symposium will focus on improving the design and livability of Mississippi's towns and cities by giving public officials the tools to become advocates on good design, who are capable of leading their community through the design process while ensuring that all voices are heard. The 2nd Design for Public Officials Conference will focus on the economic and design importance of recreation, the arts, historic preservation and tourism in Mississippi communities. Click here for more information and registration.
Posted on January 14, 2008
Some advice for new urbanism.
04/21
A new era of urban parks.
04/14
Mixed-use big box retail.
04/ 9
Architecture and the ability to design public places.
03/31
An analysis of the future of the Mississippi
River.
03/24
Education as economic development.
03/19
The role of jobs in a sustainable future.
03/ 6
Archeologists unearth a plaza in Peru that may be the America's oldest urban site.
02/28
More analysis of the state of the Mississippi River Delta.
02/25
A proposed Mississippi River delta to protect against hurricane damage.
02/20
The end of the mall?
02/19
The top 50 green cities in the US. How does your hometown rank?
02/15
Women-only buses in Mexico.
02/12
Border disputes in Georgia and Tennessee are revisited in the light of water shortages.
02/11
Designing the happy city.
02/ 7
A debate about McMansions in the City Planning Commission.
02/ 6
Debating Detroit's redevelopment.
02/ 5
Events
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