Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference in New Orleans, November 10–12

In AIA Puts Together Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference in New Orleans, November 10–12, the AIA discusses its upcoming rebuilding conference for the State of Louisiana. Say what you will about the new urbanists, they understand that this is about creating livable communities. Too often, architecture is about creating buildings as art objects completely disconnected from their surroundings (cf. David Sucher's "Three Rules").

Where would you rather live?

Peter B. Lewis Building, West View, Case Western Reserve University.

Rowhouses in Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Photo: www.beyonddc.com

Royal Street, Garden District, New Orleans.

For more information on revitalization planning in Louisiana, click here, and here for the Mississippi Renewal project conducted by the Congress for the New Urbanism.