CNU XII, June 24-27, 2004, Chicago brought a record 1375 attendees to Chicago for a Congress built around the theme, "Blocks, Streets, and Buildings Today: The New City Beautiful." A set of sessions explored different visions of urbanism that have shaped cities and towns for better or worse, or have the potential to do so in the future. Major plenary and related breakout sessions explored the Traditional City, the Modernist City, and the Sustainable City, while a final session debated the relevance of the City Beautiful movement in forging a contemporary urbanism that draws on the best elements of these major conceptions of the city. CNU XII paid particular attention to the smallest scale of the Charter--the street, block, and building. Sessions included expert practitioners and theorists from around the country and the world including Andres Duany, Barbara Littenberg, Robert Campbell, Ralph Johnson, Ann Beha, Howard Decker, and Herbert Dreiseitl. A participant summed up CNU XII aptly by saying, "It was intense, worthwhile, educational, and gives hope that things can change." View a PDF copy of the CNU XII Program for a list of speakers and sessions at CNU XII Chicago.

CNU XII

Blocks, Streets and Buildings Today:

The New City Beautiful

June 24-27, 2004

Chicago, Illinois

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Program & Schedule

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Session & Speaker Downloads

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periodically for new files.

• The Sustainable City - View PDF
  Doug Farr, President, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design
  
• Techniques for Sustainable Urbanism
  - View PDF
  Jim Patchett, Founder & President, Conservation Design Forum, Inc.
  
• Working with the Modernist Legacy
  - View PDFs
  Larry Beasley, Co-Director of Planning, City of Vancouver
  Peter Landon, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Ltd.
  
• Working
  with the Traditional City - View PDFs
• Alan Simpson, Head of Urban Renaissance, Yorkshire Forward/Victoria
  House
• Brian Evans, Partner, Gillespies LLP
• John Thompson, Chairman, John Thompson & Partners and Chairman,
  RIBA, Urbanism and Planning Group
• Dianne Legge Kemp, Principal, DLK Architecture Inc.
  

Chicago Executive Committee

Zachary Borders

Doug Farr, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design

Jacky Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council

Chicago Local Host Committee

Christina Anderson, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design

Alicia Mazur Berg, Columbia College

Kim Bolton, Metropolitan Planning Council

Andre Brumfield Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Joyce Coffee, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design

Mary E. Eysenbach, The City Parks Forum

Barbara Gordon, Chicago Architecture Foundation

Chris Hall, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Kevin Hardman, The Renaissance Companies

Beth Hardy, Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc.

Carolee Kokola, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design

Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics

Andrew J. Mooney, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Leslie Oberholtzer, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design

Lynn Osmond, Chicago Architecture Foundation

Kevin Pierce, Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design

Catherine Sanders, University of Illinois at Chicago, Urban Planning & Policy


Mary Ann Smith, Chicago City Council

Rebecca Stamey-White, Environmental Law and Policy Center

Emily Talen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ronald L. Thomas, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission

Mahender Vasandani, Land Vision, Inc.

David Watkins

Jason Westrope

Ruth Wuorenma, Neighborhood Capital Institute

Carol Wyant, Pathfinder Consulting

Margarite Wypychowski, Carolyn Grisko & Associates, Inc.