Roger Lewis

Climate, topography and geophysical factors have influenced the design of structures worldwide.

Market forces, construction and land costs, and a lack of subsidies have left few options.

Escalating costs impose a heavy burden on middle-class households.

Shaping the City | Transportation, housing and education are the obvious challenges, but some are not so easily predicted.

The 1967 multi-jurisdictional compact that governs the system is basically flawed.

Both quality of life and the real estate market in the D.C. area depend greatly on reliable regional mobility.

SHAPING THE CITY | While public policies, laws and regulations prescribe everything from building height limits to number of off-street parking spaces, here’s why they often remain silent on the size of the units.

SHAPING THE CITY | The high-density, mixed-use developments are not just popular with urban planners -- residents are yearning for them.

California buildings awarded for innovation.

Capitol Crossing and Burnham Place are among the proposed developments.