'Design Waller Creek: A Competition'

Winning design for Waller Creek Conservancy's contest creates civic spaces amid greenery

"...its report on the finalists, the jury lauded the design's "depth of understanding as to how people would use..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

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

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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

New Urban Sagas

Mueller Mutation

"...stuff. The New Mueller will, rather, be the largest urban development project in the history of this city, aiming..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown by Design

Downtown design guidelines provide a blueprint for the future of the central city.

"...a charge to the city's long-in-place but largely dormant Design Commission to "prepare draft design guidelines for the city's..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Urban Removal?

East 11th and 12th Get Plowed

"...ARA board to acquire the land, as well as design and carry out a master plan for the area...."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...pioneer to Austin. We're speaking, of course, of the urban pioneers – ditching their houses in the 'burbs with..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Three True Tales of Urban Infill

Believe It, or Not...

"...who is charmed almost totally by the serendipitous, a designed city sounds as appealing as military barracks. Or Lakeway...."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Developing Stories

The Concordia redevelopment highlights the need for the city to do more than plan from the dais

"...controversial individual projects. That's a weak substitute for comprehensive urban planning, but doin' it at the dais is a..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

What can the City of Brotherly Love teach Austin?

"...Austin is finally getting serious about urban planning. Last week at City Council, a fresh comprehensive..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...won in 2012 from the Depart­ment of Housing and Urban Develop­ment's Sustainable Communities program – will result in a..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Chronicle states that it supports pedestrian development, urban infrastructure, and not building over the watershed. This project..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

A Walk Through the New Colony Park

New neighborhood master plan unveiled

"...residents indicated their preferences for the neighborhood's composition and design...."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Colony Park: Finding a Middle Way

City planners struggle to find the 'just right' in a new mixed-use development

"...residents of northeast Austin told planners last week what designs were "just right" for Colony Park. "Block length" was..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Our Bodies, Our Cars

Time to walk the walk on making cities healthy

"...Frank, captured the nut of the argument at New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places, the 18th national conference of..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beside the Point

The downtown plan moves forward, but the direction is a little uncertain

"...such as layout, development, and financing but also the urban aesthete's concerns of design and the new buzzword de..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Final Plan for Colony Park

Master plan revealed at Family Fun Fest

"...by Farr Associates of Chicago, along with the local Urban Design Group and extensive community input. While children from..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Then There's This: A Farr Vision For Colony Park

Chosen consultant vows to 'plan with the whole person in mind'

"...money on the Farr firm and its local partner Urban Design Group to create a vision for a sustainable,..."

July 12, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...approves rezoning of the site to Downtown Mixed-Use, Central Urban Redevelopment overlay. DMU-CURe allows building heights of 120 feet..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

The council approves on first reading an East Austin apartment complex 500 feet away from a plant where toxic chemicals are stored, but some council members are promising to scuttle the project if it comes back for final approval.

"...manufacturing plants. The developer's engineering consultant, John Noell of Urban Design Group, argued that the apartments would provide a..."

June 30, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...others depend on the Chronicle to find listings for groups that are too small or have too small of..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

News Roundup: Petitions, Put-Downs, and Peeling Out

Council keeps its eyes on the road

"...In this week's news roundup: a mysterious group seeks signatures to withdraw Council Member Ann Kitchen for..."

Feb. 1, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Developing Stories: The Norwood Posse Wants You!

Travis Heights neighbors have revived the Norwood House restoration effort – are they too late?

"...– the once-glorious 1922 Norwood House. Now a nonprofit group dedicated to restoring the historic home that sits on..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

What Should Happen Along Waller Creek?

Public Planning Workshop May 13

"...on the Waller Creek District Master Plan and the urban designers want to hear from you...."

May 12, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

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

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

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...Drawn by the promise of a "New Urbanist" neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories

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

"...– Peter Calthorpe, The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, 1993..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...For its relevance to the high-rise development pressures and urban-planning issues once again shaping up on Town Lake's central..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Walking on Water

A roundup of Lady Bird Lake planning efforts that are all wet

"...It's been a banner year for urban design and planning projects in Austin. With so much..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...signed off on a deal negotiated between an investment group seeking to redevelop Concordia University's 22-acre central campus and..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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