• Civano New Town

    Vision of a 'solar village' realized by New Urbanism
    Beautiful to look at, culturally sensitive, and measurably sustainable, Civano New Town in Tucson, Arizona, was ahead of its time. Planned in 1996, Civano set a standard for what was then a radical idea—combining New Urbanism and green design. Due to economic and ownership circumstances, only one...Read more

  • Collection 14

    Contextual design and preservation on DC commercial corridor
    Collection 14 is a nearly block-length building that incorporates historic main street buildings on the commercial 14th Street corridor in Washington DC. Some developments wipe out existing urban fabric, others preserve facades—but this surgical approach to infill preserves whole buildings and adds...Read more

  • Beach Town, Las Catalinas

    The 21-acre Beach Town in Las Catalinas, Costa Rica, combines the intricate urbanism of a European hill town with the architecture of Latin America and the development programming and process of a US new urbanist neighborhood. The first neighborhood to be built in Las Catalinas, Beach Town is a...Read more

  • Seaside civic realm

    Seaside, Florida
    Successional development does not only refer to buildings, according to architect Dhiru Thadani, as Seaside, Florida, makes a case that the civic realm can be steadily improved to respond to changing circumstances and present-day needs. In recent years, these improvements have included: Seaside’s...Read more