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Urban Design

• Congress for the New Urbanism
  Web site Resources include downloadable CNU reports.

• European Archive of Urban Public Space
  Documentation of "examples of some of the most significant projects of the regeneration of public space that has occurred in different European cities over the last twenty years."

  Geobase (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1980-. (Updated monthly)
  Database provides access to articles in geography and urban planning.

• HousingPrototypes.org
  Examples of international multi-family housing.

• New Urban News
• New Urban News
  HUNT FA-JOUR-4, HUNT JOUR-3
  "Connecting you to the latest developments in New Urbanism and Smart Growth." And their web site.

• Pittsburgh Department of City Planning

• Planning and Urban Design Standards. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 TH2031 .P55 2006
  

• Project for Public Spaces
  An organization "dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities." Web site includes a large image collection.

• Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 HT166 .T47 2003

• Urban Design (University of California)
  Extensive links and resources for urban design.

• Urban Land Institute
  • ULI Development Case Studies
    Profiles of "innovative and successful" development projects. Ask the Architecture Librarian about full access. Includes projects previously published in print under the name Project Reference File (see below).
  • Project Reference File. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, Vols. 8-27, 1978-1997.
    OFFSITE BY-REQUEST 711.4 U726P
  • ULI Development Handbook Series
    HUNT FA-REF-4 various
    Do a "Series" search in Cameo to find these titles.