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Michael Wolf Photos of Hong Kong high-rises that appear both claustrophobic and stunning.
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A Berlin Neighborhood Clamps Down on Fancy Apartments
No second bathrooms, no fireplaces or under-floor heating, no new balconies and no reserved parking places.
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Postcard
The World's Weirdest New Hotel Rooms
Chocolate, ice, and other strange spots to rest your weary head.
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Urban Wonk
As Important As It Is, LEED Can Be So Embarrassing
A new certified LEED-platinum building may not be all that green, if you consider its outlandish size and challenging climate setting.
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A Sanitized Version of Urban Life in Guatemala's Capital
Critics worry Paseo Cayalá is a high-end refuge that will allow the wealthy to ignore the rest of the city.
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'My Brooklyn' Tells a Story of Gentrification and Loss
The documentary takes aim at developers and city officials who smilingly insist that "change is good."
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This Is What the Typical American Home Looks Like Now
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and central air.
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Urban Wonk
Beware the Comeback of Rent Control
There's very little evidence that rent stabilization protects poor or vulnerable renters.
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Urban Wonk
Will Climate Change Alter the Geography of New York's Public Housing?
In the aftermath of Sandy, New Yorkers suddenly remembered that many of the city's housing projects are placed along the water.
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Videos
Denver's Innovative Strategy to Give Public Housing Residents What They Want
The Housing Authority is using a cultural audit to redevelop the city's outdated South Lincoln Homes, not far from downtown.
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Maps
Mapping Brooklyn's Spiky Gentrification
Property values have soared in some neighborhoods. But other parts of the borough have been largely excluded from the boom.
