• 21st Century infill urbanism that looks historic

    Urban designers and architects are astounded by a charming, small, mid-block development in Charleston that is 2-4 stories tall yet is comparable to the gross density of Manhattan.
    Catfiddle Street in Charleston, South Carolina, is a remarkable development that most people would not believe has been recently built. It got a lot of attention on Twitter.com over the last few days because urbanists gathered in the city for several overlapping events. As architect Erik Bootsma...Read more

  • DC’s three waterfront developments

    Three landmark developments since the 1980s have transformed the city's relationship to the water.
    The Congress for the New Urbanism DC Chapter and the City Tavern Preservation Foundation collaborated to present a series of five lectures on the history and architecture of Georgetown and Washington, DC. The series commenced on September 7 and concluded on November 2. On October 19, the panel...Read more

  • Centerless village seeks developer of heart

    Aldea de Santa Fe, a new urban village in New Mexico, is fully built except for its mixed-use plaza. The time is ripe to complete this community.
    A new urban community has been built in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but it is still searching for its village center. Aldea de Santa Fe was created beginning in 2002. The 345-acre master-planned community took years in the planning and local government approval process, led by 14 property owners in the...Read more

  • Reuse of buildings celebrates architecture and public space

    Adaptive reuse of building ensemble in Providence, Rhode Island, restores significant mixed-use structures, improves public space, and provides contextual architecture in a historic downtown.
    Providence, Rhode Island, has a history typical of a US East Coast city. “Providence’s pre-war building stock was of a particularly fine quality, built on a fine-grained network of streets and blocks,” notes Union Studio, an architecture firm based there. After World War II, the downtown was hit by...Read more