Planning & Design
Six Developments Selected as Winners of Urban Land Institute’s 2023 Global Awards for Excellence
Six impressive developments from around the world have been selected as winners of the 2023 ULI Global Awards for Excellence. This year’s winners include two from North America, two from Europe, and two from Asia Pacific.
Read More
The New Town Movement: Three Towns that Helped Build Los Angeles, and What They Teach Us about Building Cities
New towns and master-planned communities played a major role in the growth of the Los Angeles metropolitan area throughout the 20th century. With the invention of mass-produced housing in the 1940s—a factory in the field, as exemplified by Levittown in New York—Los Angeles developed rapidly after large ranches such as Palos Verdes and Bixby Ranch were master-planned for housing and neighborhood amenities.
Read More
The Future of Entertainment and Creative Production Space
As modern soundstage developments rise in Hollywood and emerging film markets elsewhere around the country, also in the works are closely related production facilities that, likewise, tap into the future of entertainment and creative production space. In the heart of Hollywood, the global architecture firm HKS is designing CMNTY Culture Campus
Read More
Soundstage Design Is Getting Modern and Vertical in New Streaming Era
Hollywood and the film industry has changed dramatically over the last several decades, especially in recent years with the rise of streaming networks.
Read More
Recent Articles
ULI Tampa Bay: Expanding the Canvas for Inclusive Real Estate Transformation
September 26, 2023ULI Tampa Bay has proudly secured its position as the latest addition to the global cohort of ULI national and district councils participating in Art in Place, an 18-month ULI program designed to bridge the gap between artists, developers, and local communities
UL10: Geothermal Energy
September 25, 2023Ten developments take advantage of the environmental and operational benefits of geothermal energy.
Caoyang Park: Creating a World-Class Linear Park in Shanghai
September 22, 2023亚太卓越2023年变成一个ward. Caoyang Park is located in a residential neighborhood in the Putuo District of Shanghai along what used to be a freight railway track that went into disuse and gradually transformed into a local farmers’ market. This nearly one-kilometer-long (0.62 miles) and 10 to 15-meter-wide (32.8-49.2 ft) strip of land now serves a fresh, innovative function. Following the market’s closure in 2019, this space has been reimagined into a vibrant, multi-tiered, mixed-use park with a strong emphasis on pedestrian accessibility and community engagement.
Celebrating ULI Visionaries: Jeanne Gang
July 14, 2023In September 2022, ULI honored architect Jeanne Gang with the ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development. Gang is the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, an architecture and urban design practice based in Chicago, with offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Paris.
Ten Developments Selected as Winners of the 2023 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence
July 13, 2023Ten developments from across North America have been selected as winners of the 2023 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. This year, 68 projects and programs from across the Americas region were submitted for the competition.
Planning Great Cities for the People and the Planet of the Future
July 12, 2023As the world’s population continues to grow, there will be a need for increased urbanization to accommodate more people. The question is how and when should urban planners decide to regenerate, when to expand and when to create new cities, for sustainable growth and development of future cities, since each approach comes with its benefits and its drawbacks.