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