• Habersham marks 25 years of community building

    South Carolina development offers convincing lessons for how builders, developers, and architects can create a successful new town.
    Habersham, South Carolina, broke ground in 1998, after Robert Turner developed Newpoint in Beaufort and an affordable infill project in Port Royal—all located in the state’s Lowcountry. Habersham is a quarter century old and one of the best-known and most influential traditional neighborhood...Read more

  • 21st Century infill urbanism that looks historic

    Urban designers and architects are astounded by a charming, small, mid-block development in Charleston that is 2-4 stories tall yet is comparable to the gross density of Manhattan.
    Catfiddle Street in Charleston, South Carolina, is a remarkable development that most people would not believe has been recently built. It got a lot of attention on Twitter.com over the last few days because urbanists gathered in the city for several overlapping events. As architect Erik Bootsma...Read more

  • DC’s three waterfront developments

    Three landmark developments since the 1980s have transformed the city's relationship to the water.
    The Congress for the New Urbanism DC Chapter and the City Tavern Preservation Foundation collaborated to present a series of five lectures on the history and architecture of Georgetown and Washington, DC. The series commenced on September 7 and concluded on November 2. On October 19, the panel...Read more

  • Centerless village seeks developer of heart

    Aldea de Santa Fe, a new urban village in New Mexico, is fully built except for its mixed-use plaza. The time is ripe to complete this community.
    A new urban community has been built in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but it is still searching for its village center. Aldea de Santa Fe was created beginning in 2002. The 345-acre master-planned community took years in the planning and local government approval process, led by 14 property owners in the...Read more