• Competition reveals practical single-stair designs

    CNU Mid-Atlantic’s Baltimore Single-Stair Design Competition shows the value of single-stair types in mid-rise buildings on infill sites, but more work needs to be done.
    Note: The results of this competition will be presented at CNU 33 in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday, June 13, at 2:30 p.m. On a sweltering Saturday evening in Downtown Baltimore, over thirty built environment enthusiasts gathered for an event dedicated to building code reform, the awards...Read more

  • Bringing a street and public space to life

    Revitalization of Westminster Street in Providence, RI, balances development and preservation to build economic and social life downtown. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in the Block, Street and Building category.
    Until the middle of the 20th Century, Providence’s downtown was one of the most important economic and cultural centers of the Northeast, but it suffered a series of calamities starting with a severe 1938 hurricane, followed by suburban flight and the city’s deindustrialization. While many...Read more

  • A Main Street model for New York State

    Eastdale Main Street Village in Poughkeepsie, New York, establishes a new growth pattern on a low-density strip corridor. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Block, Street, and Building category.
    Eastdale Main Street Village in Poughkeepsie is one of the first new urban projects of village scale and character in Upstate New York, providing a model for developers elsewhere in slow-growing parts of the state. Main Street spans State Route 44, the Dutchess Turnpike, which has been subject to...Read more

  • A creek, boulevard, and urban destination

    Cherry Creek and Speer Boulevard Vision and Feasibility Study in Denver, CO aims to restore a stream and the urban fabric along a traffic corridor. HDR won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
    A study of Cherry Creek and Speer Boulevard reimagines 92 acres of urban corridor adjacent to downtown Denver, Colorado. The corridor includes a heavily traveled thoroughfare and a channelized creek that separate Lower Downtown (LoDo) from the Auraria Higher Education Campus (HEC) to the west,...Read more