• Heart of Lake Xiamen aerial

    Heart of Lake

    An Elegant, Thoughtful Community Rises in China
    Slated to have its eight phases of construction complete in 2018, Heart of Lake is a New Urbanist community being built from the ground-up in the temperate coastal city of Xiamen, China. One of the four “Special Economic Zones” opened to foreign investment and trade during China’s economic reform...Read more
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    Bagby Street

    Sustainability and Style Meet on Houston Street
    This street revitalization effort utilized aggressive low impact development (LID) strategies to improve stormwater quality, offset carbon emissions and redefine a previously auto-dominated commuter thoroughfare as a livable center with significant improvements to the pedestrian environment. The...Read more
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    Kendall Square

    60’s Urban Renewal Becomes Effective Urban Infill
    Sandwiched between a major research university and a network of diverse neighborhoods, Kendall Square is an undistinguished cluster of office space intended to meet the demand for high tech jobs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As has been the case for many medium-sized towns, the tech boom in...Read more
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    Tactical Urbanism Hamilton

    Energy and Effort Bring About Local Change
    With a population of over half a million, Hamilton is the third largest metropolitan area in Ontario and the ninth largest in Canada. However, in a recent attempt to remedy an ever-climbing rate of pedestrian and cyclist deaths, two dedicated groups joined forces with members of the community to...Read more