Design Standards

Austin's new commercial design standards are ready for prime time

"...to make that happen, with a set of commercial design standards that they'll consider on first reading this week...."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...a slow, gradual face-lift by enacting a set of design standards for all new commercial construction in Austin. The..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Design: Standard by Standard

"...The proposed commercial design standards ordinance addresses 10 design areas, as listed below...."

April 1, 2005 News Feature

Design for Living

Keen direction and outstanding performances bring us into Noël Coward's Thirties dandyism

"...Design for LivingRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

"...We invited design and planning professionals (and city representatives) to take a..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Council Preview: Rewriting the Historic Zoning Standards

Stemming the flow of tax abatements to owners wanting historic zoning

"...– Item 65, amending the city's historic landmark zoning standards – may be quieter than the Hustle first suspected...."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Painting by Numbers

Design standards turn out to be (maybe) more than just skin-deep

"...effort to create new (or, more properly, any) commercial design standards in Austin has been treated too often like..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Big-Box Big Deal

Little things mean a lot, but design standards aren't simply superficial

"...burning rubber on the third big-box front – imposing design standards on large-scale commercial development, an effort championed by..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

McCracken leads charge for a prettier Austin

"...A proposed set of design standards for Austin's commercial strips, two years in the..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Lee Leffingwell Makes a Splash

Council member named Conservationist of the Year

"...only one part of Leffingwell's comprehensive system of recommendations, designed to cut Austin's water usage by 10% in 10..."

April 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Mixed Use Meeting Tonight

"...of several inform meetings regarding the recently passed Commercial Design Standards Ordinance, and its centerpiece, the Vertical Mixed Use..."

Dec. 13, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...of a developer-funded HNA attorney and urban planner ROMA Design Group in crafting the final agreement. "You need to..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Going Vertical

The new VMU zoning could transform your neighborhood – and you have 90 days to help decide how

"...cool. Think of it this way: Vertical is to well-designed density as horizontal is to ugly sprawl. VMU is..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Northcross Neighbors to Wal-Mart: You don't want us as enemies

"Responsible" development sought for flagging mall

"...city of Austin initiatives: their neighborhood plans, the Commercial Design Standards, and a commitment to community input. RG4N members..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...shops, cafes, and small offices and follow the city's design standards for good urban form and streetscapes. Projects must..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Citizen passion against city-approved site plan for redeveloping Northcross Mall continues to run hot and deep

"...the best practices nationally and the city's own new design standards. Austinites have drunk the Kool-Aid that Austin is..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Design standards sought to upgrade Austin's chain-retail sprawl

"...have to look like a Wal-Mart if the city's design standards dictate otherwise?..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...(Thursday) will consider an item directing staff to "develop design standards for commercial and retail developments" and identifying commercial..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan

"...seen is the need to explicitly require stronger urban design plans for these massive (10 acres and more) mixed-use..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Goodie Basket Development

The Grayco South Shore PUD proposal adds public benefits for height

"...Can it be? Austin's urban design and planning processes actually seem to be working, at..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Animal Shelter Lawsuit

Citizen groups sue city, allege 'conspiratorial strategy' to keep animal shelter relocation decision away from public scrutiny

"...required to conform to council policy for good urban design and planning, such as the Design Standards developed by..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...will be remembered as the year Austin raised its standards for the public benefits we expect from the private..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...will be remembered as the year Austin raised its standards for the public benefits we expect from the private..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of Rachel Proctor May's feature on the proposed commercial design standards may have gotten the impression that I oppose..."

April 8, 2005 Column

Blizzard Clarifies His Position

"...of Rachel Proctor May’s feature on the proposed commercial design standards may have gotten the impression that I oppose..."

April 6, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

The city tries to upgrade its commercial design building standards

"...effort to put together a comprehensive set of commercial design standards for our fair (or maybe not-so-fair) city. The..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...Accidents happen. Articles, and the way they look, are designed. But then, everything on this planet that doesn't occur..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis

Austin welcomes the Congress for the New Urbanism XVI

"...held wide. "We believe that community, economics, environment, and design need to be addressed simultaneously through urban design and..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...ROMA Design Group, the city's favored urban planners, duly labored with..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Big-Box Breakdown

Impact? What impact? The city's slothful retail strategy.

"...aquifer, and we're gonna make them pretty with new design standards, so what else can we do, the city..."

July 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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