Planning & Design
The New Art of Creating Calm Places
Design elements can create more hospitable places for people with heightened sensitivity.
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ULX: Next-Generation Housing for Seniors
Ten communities bring contemporary design approaches to housing for seniors.
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How to Build Livability—and Value—on a Deep, Narrow Infill Lot
A tall mixed-use tower without parking replaces a small Philadelphia parking lot, while its multimodal urban passageway connects two streets.
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Eight Open Spaces Chosen as Finalists for the 2020 ULI Urban Open Space Award
ULI will announce the winner(s) by October, and the jury will allocate a prize purse of $10,000 to one or more winning project teams.
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Ten Finalists Announced for 2020 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence
April 27, 2020ULI has announced 10 finalists in the inaugural 2020 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence, a regional extension of the ULI Global Awards for Excellence dating back to 1979, for projects that exemplify best land use practices from across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.
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Team Representing Columbia University and Pratt Institute Wins 2020 ULI Hines Student Competition with Plan to Redevelop Miami Site
April 13, 2020A redevelopment plan for a Miami site presented by a team comprising students from Columbia University and Pratt Institute has taken top honors in the 2020 ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition.
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ULX: Life Sciences Buildings
March 9, 2020Ten research and education facilities make connections with nature, existing campuses, and communities.
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Best Practices for Prioritizing People: Four Projects on Three Continents
February 26, 2020With the challenges of technology, mobility, sustainability, and social inclusion, the public and private sectors are working together successfully to build thriving places. Reinventing underused urban spaces to prioritize people is the way. A panel at ULI Europe’s 2020 conference in Amsterdam, moderated by Marilyn Jordan Taylor, professor of architecture and urban design at the University of Pennsylvania and a former ULI global chair, discussed four successful projects around the globe.
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Four Teams Advance to Final Round in ULI Hines Student Competition
February 19, 2020Four teams have been selected as the finalists for the 18th annual ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, which challenges graduate students to devise a comprehensive design and development plan for a site in an urban area.
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Signs of Good Times
January 27, 2020A wayfinding project enhances identity in Mount Prospect, Illinois.