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| | PURL HOME PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Established by the College of Design, the Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory (PURL), opening fall 2005, will be an information-rich environment for researchers, decision makers, industry professionals, and students to debate, collaborate, and seek new solutions to the most pressing design problems facing cities today. |
 | | PURL will be a conduit through which applied research, public policy, and scholarly investigation can flow to create practical applications and implemented projects. |
 | | The eighth floor where studios and meeting space are located is lined with arched french doors and the ninth floor, once the apartment of the president of the old Valley National Bank, Walter Bimson, features a grassy terrace with spectacular views of the city. |
| www.asu.edu /caed/purl/index.htm (259 words) |
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