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Architects versus Urban Planners at 11/17/2014 10:09 AM CST

Only architects know how to plan for the building process - yet for lack of a regional concept for building cities, architects have largely abandoned that power to urban planners who know little or nothing about the principles of building. Architects have excused themselves by pretending that urban planners are the experts. It reminds me of an article, "Architects Urged to Seize Power" May 16, 2007 By Charles Rosenblum.Architects will be able to regain the power of planning and designing cities once they understand a concept that satisfies State and Federal planning codes, i.e., a concept that is compatible with our unique system of government, "American Democracy" - which I have come to see to be a nationwide comprehensive plan to coordinate the process of building cities - Jefferson and Wright gave us a clue.

An office of County Architect is needed to enforce the Planning Code.You may know if you have seen the legend to Broadacre City that Frank LLoyd Wright listed an office of "County Architect" in order to carry out his concept for democratic cities. I did not see that until I had developed and championed the KYMAK concept for many years - I finally saw it only after I also came to understand the BAC concept. Then - that was about five years ago - I felt so bold as to announce that I was acting pro bono as "County Architect" to County Commissioners where I live and attend every public meeting, sitting with the County Engineers up front.

In Alabama where Dillon's Rule applies but because it is virtually ignored the Commissioners have assumed absolute power; however, where Counties have Home Rule as in another State (at the POB) I find the County is more open to consider the Concept. Dillon's rule will work but only if the State Legislature will assure that other elected officials of the County, especially the County Treasurer are fiscally or financially independent of the Commissioners. Absolute power causes the corruption that Thomas Jefferson saw to rest with County Commissioners in his day, hence to prevent this, Dillon's Rule became the order of the day and remains so in Alabama's State Constitution. So far, I am being practically or inadvertently or blissfully ignored because of probably unintentional if not willful ignorance (the "power of darkness") while everyone who knows what I am doing and can understand it with "rat-like perspicacity" goes around with their tail tucked between their legs, just as FLW noticed and rebuked Architects for in his Gold Medal acceptance speech - http://www.aia.org/practicing/akr/AIAB090272 - .

However surprisingly, I have found an ally in the Banking Industry who know a regional or nationwide comprehensive plan is needed; they are willing to trade stock with me if I can find just one County Commissioner or Mayor who can understand and agree to it (or maybe trust those who do). My stock will pay for an office of County Architect in every County Nationwide as well as essential buildings to get things started at the point of beginning (POB). As an alternative, the Bank can introduce the concept directly to developers when they borrow money. Developers are eager; this is in the works. Be prepared.The KYMAK concept of a comprehensive plan is applicable Nationwide. Excerpts from State and Federal Planning Codes are on my Site Selection page. Details and samples of implementation projects are on my Implementation page as followe:

Planning Code

-http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/KYMAKsiteselection.html Implementation

-http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/implementation.htmlCompute Coordinates

-http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Formulas.html

Sample coordinates -http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/projects.html

Architects and Civil Engineers once worked together as master city builders. Beginning early in the 20th Century, Urban Planning specialists have competed with architects. However, Urban Planners are only engaging in damage control. Without the architect's knowledge of good design and the principles of building, the urban planner can only repair the damage caused by the helter-skelter haphazard growth of cities that grow continuously without good design or defined limits. Politicians holding power and control have assumed the role of the architect and take for granted that continuous growth around a central core is the best way to go.

City Planners have turned a blind eye to master architect Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative machine-age linear Broadacre City concept.While admitting their own inability, this is what Planners, with an air of superiority, said of Wright,

"Technically speaking, Broadacres cannot be taken too seriously, certainly not as a replacement for the core of big cities. Mr. Wright's vision is oriented more toward suburban life, ... But planners should not expect too much of architectural city designs. The architects who fancy themselves planners have never evinced an equal concern with all elements of the big city. ... It will take a really creative planner not an architect to someday give us a complete and dynamic design for the future city." - On the contrary the modern linear streamlined Broadacre City, conceived about 1918 was and still is a genuine solution to the problems of planning for orderly development. Following parallel to the old land grant railroad corridors it eliminates dangerous and noisy railroad grade crossings. It has all the elements of urbanity to be found in the big centralized city except for the criminal element, the slums, the crowded conditions, the congested traffic, and the unreasonable noise. It expresses the highest ideals of American Democracy as defined by law (the will of the people). Only architects are educated to have the foresight needed to plan and design cities if they have not been co-opted by Urban Planners who are educated as specialist in damage control.