DPZ Charlotte - Publications

Civic By Design: John Nolen's Lessons and the New Urbanism, Thomas E. Low with Thomas Hanchett
"Light Imprint: Integrating Sustainability with New Urbanism," Thomas E. Low, CNU Council Report VII on Green Architecture and Urbanism
Light Imprint Handbook: Integrating Sustainability and Community Design , Thomas E. Low with the Light Imprint Team: Nora Black, Monica Carney, Andres Duany, Patrick Kelly, Lauren Kelly, Guy Pearlman, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Georgio Tachiev

"Replanning Mississippi's Coast in Six Days: The Mississippi Renewal Forum," Thomas E. Low, cover article in AIA North Carolina Architext (Winter 2005)

"Harrisburg downtown an example for others," Thomas E. Low, Business Forum, The Charlotte Observer (May, 2004)

The New Civic Art (2003) Robert Alminana, Andrés Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (with early Twentieth century shopping center illustrations by Tom Low)
"Recipe for slow growth," Thomas E. Low, The Herald Weekly (Huntersville, NC; November 30, 2003)
"Slow Food Slow Urbanism," Thomas E. Low, Terrain.org, (June 2003)
"Bravo, Presto Bar & Grill: More 'liner buildings' could be just what uptown Charlotte needs," Thomas E. Low. Forum, The Charlotte Observer

Barrett, Mark (interviews Thomas E. Low), "Planners rediscover a pioneer." Asheville Citizen-Times and Citizen-Times.com (Asheville, NC; 26 October 2008)
Spanberg, Erik (interview with Thomas E. Low), "Keep Charlotte Starched launch being ironed out." Charlotte Business Journal and charlottebusinessjournal.com (Week of October 24, 2008)
Quirk, Bea (interview with Thomas E. Low), "Zoning change may spark building of live-work units." Charlotte Business Journal and charlottebusinessjournal.com (Week of August 29, 2008)
Mize, Richard, "New Town: Session to plan Eufaula lake community." Business, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK; July 15, 2008)
"Design strategy cuts development costs naturally." The Green Book, Charlotte Business Journal and charlottebusinessjournal.com (Week of April 18, 2008)
Cahn, Martin L., "Camden gears up for 'vision plan' development." Chronicle-Independent (Camden, SC; March 5, 2008)
Langdon, Philip (telephone interviews including Thomas E. Low), "New urbanists step up their progress toward 'green' design," New Urban News (January/February 2008)

Mobley, Chuck (interviews Thomas E. Low), "Lecture next week to accent Daffin Park centennial salute," Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com (Savannah, GA; 15 September 2007)
Langdon, Philip (telephone interview of Thomas E. Low), "Natural drainage systems can cut NU's development costs," New Urban News (January/February 2007)

Langdon, Philip (telephone interview of Thomas E. Low), "New Urbanism moves toward 'low-impact' infrastructure," New Urban News (December 2006)
Rabil, Sarah, "Latta's growing pains: when an old neighborhood tries a new look." Business, The Charlotte Observer (July 16, 2006)
Bird, Julie (telephone interview of Thomas E. Low), "New-style neighborhoods gain footing in Cabarrus." Charlotte Business Journal and charlottebusinessjournal.com (Week of July 7, 2006)
"Wal-Mart commits to charrette in Mississippi," site plan illustration by Thomas E. Low, New Urban News (March 2006)
Cranford, Steve (interview profiling Thomas E. Low), "Mixed use can improve quality of life, Charlotte architect says." The Triad Business Journal and triad.bizjournals.com (January 20-26, 2006)
"Woodsong: About Us—The People," New Urbanist, sustainable community in Shallotte, North Carolina, villageofwoodsong.com

Mitchell, Tucker (interview with Thomas E. Low), "Could Village Wal-Mart be Katrina's legacy?" The Herald (Huntersville, NC; November 18, 2005)
Wilkinson, Jeff, "How six projects and twenty people are changing Columbia." The State and www.thestate.com (Columbia, SC; October 23, 2005)
"Master plan would provide city needed focus, direction." Editorial, The State (Columbia, SC; October 23, 2005)
Peres, Mark, "Q & A with Tom Low, AIA." Charlotte viewpoint: an independent opinion magazine, www.CharlotteViewPoint.org (July 2005)
Wilkinson, Jeff, "Building our city: an opportunity that will never come again." The State and www.thestate.com (Columbia, SC; May 15, 2005)
Ward, Eric Kenneth, "Political Asylum: Competing priorities test consensus on State hospital redevelopment plan." Free Time: Columbia's Free Weekly and www.free-times.com (Columbia, SC; May 11-17, 2005)

Williams-Tracy, Laura (interview with Thomas E. Low), "Battling the bottleneck." Charlotte Business Journal and charlottebusinessjournal.com (Week of July 9, 2004)
Newsom, Mary (interview with Thomas E. Low), "Urban Outlook: Locust looks ahead." Opinion, The Charlotte Observer (June 5, 2004)
"An exciting new vision for Locust." The Weekly Post, Newspaper for Stanly County and Southern Cabarrus County (May 26, 2004
Steuteville, Robert, "Sandy Point: New model proposed for waterfront town." New Urban News (June 2004)

Traveling exhibit "John Nolen: Neighborhood Maker," created by Tom Low and Tom Hanchett of the Levine Museum of the New South. Exhibited at Queens University and the University YMCA. Supported by Crosland, Incorporated, and the John Nolen Research Fund of Cornell University Library. 3/3/2006 through 5/14/2006

Two Whimsical Exhibits: Chair Exhibit, Seaside, Florida; and Birdhouse Competition, McCall Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC. Images from the exhibits.