Witold Rybczynski

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One explanation of America's housing market collapse is that too many people bought too much house. The solution: build more affordable houses. Here's what stands in the way. 

Why Can't We Build An Affordable House?

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Americans like their cities spacious. Will concerns about costs and the environment push them to rein in sprawl? 

Dense, Denser, Densest

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A better approach to shaping the places in which we live has emerged just as Americans responding to the rising cost of energy begin to crowd into older suburbs and cities.