At Thesen Islands, Chis Mulder ’80 created new, advanced standards and measurements for development. By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Visionary, “green,” award-winning land development projects created by Chris Mulder, an Outstanding Alumnus of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, and colleagues at his South Africa-based firm, CMAI…
Bush School students are assisting Mexico City’s newly established planning institute with increasing citizen participation in urban planning. (Bush School) By Grace Cantu, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service Nine students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University are assisting…
People stand in a flooded neighborhood as Texas moved toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture City planning staff in Norfolk, Va., a coastal city of 243,000,…
Population densities in urban areas worldwide will continue to drop until 2050 with significant consequences for energy use in buildings, according to a study by an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers that includes a Texas A&M professor. Burak Güneralp, research assistant professor in the Department of Geography,…