S1: This is KPBS Midday Edition. I'm Andrew Bracken in for Jade Hindman. Ahead , we hear a conversation about the power of design to shape our lives and communities , from housing to transportation , ...

Charlotte celebrates winners of the 2025 Urban Design Awards, known as Urbies, highlighting the city's best architectural and ...

Designers: Alex San Diego, Mia Lehrer and Eden Ferry at Studio-MLA’s Boyle Heights office. (Photo by Thomas Wasper) Founded downtown in 1997, Studio-MLA temporarily resided in Koreatown before ...

Cities are never truly complete and done; instead they are always changing, always evolving. One positive change is the rise of regenerative cities—urban centers designed to have a restorative ...

This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aalto's regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in which he ...