• Station Center Union City artwork

    Station Center

    Affordable Housing Hits on All Marks
    Union City is one of the farthest-flung BART stops in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one of the least developed. As part of a regional effort to focus transit-oriented development around transit stations, the city developed an ambitious plan to build a research development campus, market-rate...Read more
  • Plan El Paso El Paso plaza

    Plan El Paso

    Laying the Groundwork for a Healthier City and Region
    The City of El Paso grew up around rail and the streetcar but, like most American cities, it was remade for the automobile and sprawled far into the countryside in the 20th Century. Now, new developments are focused on people while the city is reoriented toward transit, walking, public places, and...Read more

  • Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor

    The Jury Chairman’s Test of Time Award is given to the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, a highly successful integration of transit-oriented development and neighborhood preservation along the MetroRail corridor serving the heart of Arlington County, VA. Early Charter Awards leaned heavily toward designed...Read more
  • Currie Calgary aerial

    Currie

    From Cowtown to World-Class Urbanism
    Nicknamed “Cowtown,” the city of Calgary historically served as the center of Canada’s cattle and meatpacking industries. In recent decades, a booming oil industry and the nation’s fastest-growing economy have swelled Calgary’s increasingly diverse population to more than a million people—demanding...Read more