• Reclaiming a Main Street as a walkable center for growth

    A CNU Legacy Project shows how a historic Main Street can be reclaimed for pedestrian activity and a center for new growth that preserves the countryside in a fast-growing region, Northwest Arkansas.
    Cave Springs, Arkansas, is a City by jurisdiction but a village in physical terms, surrounded by suburbanizing countryside. It is close to the airport in Northwest Arkansas, one of the fastest-growing regions in the US, which is why Cave Springs is experiencing tremendous pressure for growth. The...Read more

  • 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

  • Neighborhood combines affordable housing with design excellence

    Village of Heulebrug, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, challenges the status quo of architecture and affordable housing, influencing City policy. DPZ CoDesign won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2026 CNU Charter Awards.
    The Village of Heulebrug is a 66-acre urban village, an extension of the City of Knokke-Heist, Belgium, that delivers social and affordable housing along with exceptionally competent vernacular architecture. DPZ CoDesign was recognized by the 2026 CNU Charter Awards jury. This village takes the...Read more

  • A town extension for the ages

    New mixed-use development at Nansledan, Newquay in Cornwall UK is socially conscious and environmentally sustainable. ADAM Architecture won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2026 CNU Charter Awards.
    Nansledan is an extension of the town of Newquay in Cornwall, UK, restoring a sustainable, efficient pattern of growth, in keeping with the original settlement. Newquay refers to a “new quay” that was built on the north Cornwall coast in 1439—so the town of 24,000 people has sustained itself for...Read more