washingtonpost.com - Shaping the CityShaping the CityRegarding the 180-Degree Turn From a 90-Degree Standard- April 23, 2005 Judging from contemporary architecture featured in the media, you might think that the 90-degree angle is passi. Among current architectural fads, non-orthogonal design -- shaping architectural mass, space and surface without using right angles -- is increasingly evident.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57729-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/colum... New Metro Station a Testament to Cooperation and Optimism- April 23, 2005 On this Thanksgiving weekend, let's thank the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, along with its public- and private-sector collaborators, for creating the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University Metro station, which opened last Saturday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15123-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Owner's Furnishing Choices Can Clash With Architect's Vision- April 23, 2005 In designing nontraditional houses, architects worry a lot about how their buildings and the spaces inside will look. But they sometimes have one more worry. How will the client, the owner of the house, furnish ithttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17768-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_business/column... Dreaming Up a House That Can Evolve With Its Occupants- April 23, 2005 Among life's certainties -- death, taxes, hitting every pothole, always being in the wrong supermarket checkout line -- is the agony of remodeling.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39050-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/column... Planned Waterfront Park in Georgetown Lacks Some Crucial Elements- April 23, 2005 Lots of attention has been focused on development of the Washington Nationals baseball stadium and surrounding area near South Capitol Street and the Anacostia River. But that attention is eclipsing news about the Potomac River waterfront in Georgetown and its impending transformation.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47399-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Smart Growth's Misunderstood Message- April 23, 2005 In the rancorous political environment of this year's presidential election campaign, American voters seem to be polarized as never before. In the environment of real estate development and land-use planning, opinions about "smart growth" are becoming just as polarized.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35871-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Balancing Private Property and Public Good- April 23, 2005 The domestic political landscape is increasingly altering the physical landscape, and the issue is all about ownership. In municipalities across the country, growing numbers of citizens and businesses want government to get out of the way of landowners who want to build houses on the land they own.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7880-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_business/columns... Sprawl Is Here to Stay as Long as Suburbs Represent the American Dream- April 23, 2005 During WAMU (88.5 FM) radio's Diane Rehm Show a couple of weeks ago, two callers from Ohio engaged in a heated debate about home building. One caller, a home builder, extolled the virtues of the marketplace and, after condemning the pejorative term "McMansions," defended the right of Americans to buy ever-larger homes in ever-more-remote subdivisions or to tear down houses in established neighborhoods to build bigger ones.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19190-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Future Growth Likely to Transcend Tabletop Solutions- April 23, 2005 There's good news and bad news concerning growth in the Washington area.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35576-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Where Energy and Real Estate Set the Agenda, Houston Gets Suggestions on How to Deal With Growth- April 23, 2005 Last year, the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Houston City Council offered me what I soon came to consider a "Mission Impossible" assignment. They asked me to lead a team of volunteer housing experts from across the country who would go to Houston to learn about the city and then recommend policies to deal with future housing needs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5780-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_business/column... |