• Abstracts sought for IMCL

    International Making Cities Livable is calling for abstracts for two 2024 conferences—one in Newport, Rhode Island, and the other in Cortona, Italy.
    Following the 2023 conference in Poundbury, Dorchester and London, UK, the International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) announced two 2024 conferences in Newport, Rhode Island, (April 28-30) and Cortona, Italy (October 1-5). IMCL is calling for 300-word abstracts for papers for both conferences. “As...Read more

  • Insights from the 2024 Charter Awards jury chair

    Matthew Bell is the 2024 Charter Awards jury chair. A focus of this year’s jury will be on walkable mixed-use urbanism and high-quality design.
    Note: I sat down with 2024 Charter Awards Jury Chair Matthew Bell to discuss his New Urbanist background and experience with CNU’s Charter Awards. The conversation has been edited for clarity. Learn more about the 2024 Charter Awards application here . Matthew Bell came to New Urbanism from an...Read more

  • CNU launches Charter amendment process

    CNU is launching a formal process to amend the Charter of the New Urbanism, it was announced in an On the Park Bench webinar . The CNU board will accept proposals for amending the Charter in October and November, 2023. Any CNU member can propose an amendment. Amendments will be voted on during the...Read more

  • Video: 27 Charter of the New Urbanism principles

    CNU is celebrating its 30 th anniversary in 2023—a generation after the organization founders met in Alexandria, Virginia, and began to outline a new philosophy of city building. Writing the Charter of the New Urbanism required three years and three congresses, where the three scales of the New...Read more