• Turning a bridge into a civic amenity

    Hybrid Bridge turns utilitarian infrastructure into a compelling, multifunctional civic space. The Addis Ababa River City Research Project of Tulane’s architectural school won a Student Merit Award from the 2026 Charter Award jury.
    Hybrid Bridge proposes a multilevel, mixed-use bridge across the Upper Kebena River in the Kazanchis neighborhood of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The seven-acre academic project includes a public market, residential uses, and connections to the riverfront from the surrounding neighborhoods...Read more

  • At CNU 34, we’re standing up an aspirational transit system for Northwest Arkansas

    CNU 34 is the first Congress with two cities as venues, and we have created a bus transit system between the locations. Find out how it works.
    At CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas, you’ll see a rapidly growing, polycentric region that is reprogramming its growth toward Charter- and transect-based urbanism. The region’s transit system will also need to reprogram, to support the denser, walkable, mixed-use growth that the region and the economy...Read more

  • New Urbanism and Its Influences in Northwest Arkansas

    We created a Google map —and a drawn illustration above—of places in Northwest Arkansas (NWA) that have either shaped or been shaped by our movement that prioritizes walkability, human-scale design, and compact, mixed-use development. The map was created in honor of CNU 34 , being held in Northwest...Read more

  • Organizing regional growth around a bike-ped trail

    The Razorback Greenway Corridor Plan turns a multi-city trail into an armature for regional growth. Field Operations and Blockwright won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in the Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category.
    The Razorback Greenway Corridor Plan transforms a 40-mile multi-city trail into the organizing regional framework for development in fast-growing Northwest Arkansas. The Greenway, built over the last 10 years, links seven cities and is one of the most important regional bike-ped trails in the US...Read more