
Forget her non-black dress, or the fact that her hard hat doesn't match her shoes. Can a doll really change the way girls think about their future?

L.A.'s new stadium will be named Farmers Field. What better opportunity to create a massive urban agriculture project for the city?

In the final piece of our series, we report on the proposed ideas for an underserved urban neighborhood and show how designers can get involved.

In the second part of our series, we share the process and tools that helped a group of designers create ideas for an underserved urban community.

How can design help create change in New York City's Brownsville neighborhood? The first in our three-part series on The Design Difference.

A map that placed crosshairs over Gabrielle Giffords's Congressional district raises issues about inflammatory political rhetoric.

OK Go marched 8.5 miles through Los Angeles for a new video, and they're hoping you'll do the same in your city.

A team of journalists and designers is producing a newspaper inside the New Museum. It explores concepts about local information and public space.

The pro bono design program desigNYC wraps up its first year and is looking for a new crop of designers and nonprofits.
We matched six design teams with six urban problems and held an event where they presented their solutions to the city. Here's a recap of the evening.
The recently-launched website is a way to bring legendary salons held in the modern house to an even wider audience.

Ben Critton asks why popular films insist that a preference for modern architecture signifies something cold dubious about your character.

Mad Men actor Vincent Kartheiser rides public transit in Los Angeles and does not own a car. Why don't more eco-minded celebrities take the bus?
Hypothetical Development places architectural renderings for imaginary, never-gonna-happen places on vacant, dilapidated buildings in New Orleans.
Metropolis wants you to redesign a building to have zero environmental impact. The winning idea could be used in 9,600 structures.
Let's turn this sudden interest in urban planning into a call to get involved at the neighborhood scale. As an architecture and urbanism writer...