Please join us!

for the 48th IMCL Conference, October 17-21, 2010 at the Dock Street Theater in Charleston, SC, where we shall together continue to influence city making & planning policies.

“Congratulations for your extraordinary and successful effort. The Conference holds a magnifying glass to the world’s best cities, revealing why, and how they work.”

Benjamin Thompson, FAIA AIA Gold Medalist

Documentation Sets

3 new sets available:

#55 – Planning the Healthy City
#56 – Planning Child-Friendly Neighborhoods and Cities
#57 – Sustainability Issues Shape Planning

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Publications

Articles

from the IMCL Council

The IMCL Council makes available the following articles that present the ideas of the IMCL Conferences.

47th Conference in Portland - Report

Read a summary of papers presented at the 47th Conference in Portland, OR.

2009 Urban Plazas Award

presented to
City of Portland Parks & Recreation; Peter Walker & Partners

Livable Cities is Gaining Momentum

We have reached a major turning point in city-making! It has now become clear to everyone that the old practices of sprawling development have helped bring about not only an ecological crisis, but a health crisis as well. Our auto-oriented planning has promoted an epidemic of obesity, with its attendant chronic illnesses—and disintegration of community, accompanied by increased personal stress.

Child-Friendly Communities

Neighborhoods, Towns, & Cities

2008 Mixed-Use Design Award

presented to
Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP

2008 Mixed-Use Design Commendations

presented to
Runberg Architecture Group
Weber & Thompson

2007 Mixed-Use Design Award

presented to
Anderson Pacific LLC

2007 Mixed-Use Design Commendations

Henry L. Lennard, social psychologist, medical sociologist and urban scholar died in Venice, Italy, Thursday June 23rd, shortly after being admitted to hospital. He was 81.

Principles of True Urbanism

Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Henry L. Lennard