• 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

  • French Garden City changes ugly to beautiful

    The New “Cité-Jardins”— Le Plessis-Robinson, France, turned dismal blocks of modernist apartments into a beautiful new urban center. Atelier Xavier Bohl won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in The Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.
    The New “Cité-Jardins”—the New Garden City—in Le Plessis-Robinson outside of Paris, France, is surely one of the most dramatic redevelopments in the history of New Urbanism. “This town did the impossible. It was able to transform itself from a gloomy, dispirited town dominated by concrete flats,...Read more

  • Cute cottages fit context, landscape, and budget

    South Street Cottages in Fayetteville, Arkansas, combine quality and design efficiency to make custom infill housing affordable. Range Co. won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in The Block, Street, and Building category.
    The South Street Cottages in Fayetteville, Arkansas, deliver small-scale, high-quality urban infill. By holistically developing and designing every detail of the neighborhood ensemble—from architecture and interiors to gardens and site planning—they blend quality and efficiency on a site just over...Read more