Current Courses
Study of the City 176b: Introduction to Study of the City
Yale College
Taught in various forms since 1967, this course is an Examination of forces shaping American cities and strategies for dealing with them. Topics include housing, commercial development, parks, zoning, urban renewal, landmark preservation, new towns, and suburbs. The course includes games, simulated problems, field work, lectures, and discussion.
Architecture 4021a: Introduction to Planning and Development
Yale School of Architecture
This course demonstrates the ways in which financial and political feasibility determine the design of buildings and the character of the built environment. Students propose projects and then adjust them to the conflicting interest of financial institutions, real estate developers, civic organizations, community groups, public officials, and the widest variety of participants in the planning process. Subjects covered include housing, commercial development, zoning, historic preservation, parks and public open space, suburban subdivisions, planned communities, and comprehensive plans.
Architecture 4211b: Intermediate Planning and Development
Yale School of Architecture
This seminar examines the interaction of property development and planning with local market conditions, financing alternatives, government policy, and the political context at the community level. During the first part of the term, students learn how to analyze a specific neighborhood (in New York City) by using fundamental planning techniques and examining national trends within that neighborhood. Topics include housing, retail, and office development; zoning; historic preservation; transportation; business improvement districts; and building re-use and rehabilitation. In the second part of the term students prepare recommendations for that neighborhood that will meet the conflicting interests of the financial institutions, real estate developers, civic organizations, community groups, public officials and a wide variety of participants in the planning and development process. The end product is a printed book presenting the results of their work.
Architecture 4234b: Residential Design, Development, and Management
Yale School of Architecture
This course is intended to develop familiarity with the fundamental building blocks of American multifamily residential buildings and single-family houses. Specific attention will be given to a critical and in-depth review of housing types and their development in both urban and suburban environments, and to the exploration of the architectural, social financial, legal, and market implications for the creation of housing.
Yale College
Taught in various forms since 1967, this course is an Examination of forces shaping American cities and strategies for dealing with them. Topics include housing, commercial development, parks, zoning, urban renewal, landmark preservation, new towns, and suburbs. The course includes games, simulated problems, field work, lectures, and discussion.
Architecture 4021a: Introduction to Planning and Development
Yale School of Architecture
This course demonstrates the ways in which financial and political feasibility determine the design of buildings and the character of the built environment. Students propose projects and then adjust them to the conflicting interest of financial institutions, real estate developers, civic organizations, community groups, public officials, and the widest variety of participants in the planning process. Subjects covered include housing, commercial development, zoning, historic preservation, parks and public open space, suburban subdivisions, planned communities, and comprehensive plans.
Architecture 4211b: Intermediate Planning and Development
Yale School of Architecture
This seminar examines the interaction of property development and planning with local market conditions, financing alternatives, government policy, and the political context at the community level. During the first part of the term, students learn how to analyze a specific neighborhood (in New York City) by using fundamental planning techniques and examining national trends within that neighborhood. Topics include housing, retail, and office development; zoning; historic preservation; transportation; business improvement districts; and building re-use and rehabilitation. In the second part of the term students prepare recommendations for that neighborhood that will meet the conflicting interests of the financial institutions, real estate developers, civic organizations, community groups, public officials and a wide variety of participants in the planning and development process. The end product is a printed book presenting the results of their work.
Architecture 4234b: Residential Design, Development, and Management
Yale School of Architecture
This course is intended to develop familiarity with the fundamental building blocks of American multifamily residential buildings and single-family houses. Specific attention will be given to a critical and in-depth review of housing types and their development in both urban and suburban environments, and to the exploration of the architectural, social financial, legal, and market implications for the creation of housing.
Past Courses
- What Makes a Great City 2018 (Yale Alumni Course)
- Bass Fellowship Advanced Design Studio 2013 (School of Architecture)
- Case Studies in Urban Development (School of Architecture)
- Housing Studio (School of Architecture)
- Community Renaissance Fellows Program (H.U.D. Grant Program)
- American Parks Movement (Yale College)
- Case Studies in City Development: Real Estate and the Public Interest (School of Architecture)
- Housing and Community Development (Seminar)
- Urban Development (School of Management)
- Neighborhood Preservation: NYC - A Case Study (Seminar)
- Urban Planning Studio with Christopher Tunnard (School of Architecture)
- American Cities and City Planning
- Principles and Practices of City Planning (Graduate Dept. of City Planning)
- Urban Planning (Summer Course)
- Community Development Planning (Seminar)
- Neighborhood Planning (Seminar)
- New York City: Decentralized Government and Neighborhood Planning
- New York City: Case Study in Urban Government (Including Internship in NYC)
- Planning in New York City