• Wheeler District gets rolling

    A large new urban project on a former airport near downtown Oklahoma City, the Wheeler District is off to a strong start.
    A charrette more than four years ago envisioned a new neighborhood on a 135-acre vacant tract on the Oklahoma River, surrounded to the south by existing neighborhoods. One mile from downtown on a former airport, the neighborhood was christened the Wheeler District, after a historical figure in the...Read more

  • Walkable Glenwood Park nears completion

    The new neighborhood by the Atlanta Beltline offers a well-designed, robust mix of housing, uses, and public spaces.
    One of the last parcels is being developed in Glenwood Park, one of the more successful new urban neighborhoods to be built in the last two decades. Curbed Atlanta published a piece about the four-story mixed-use building on the corner of Faith Avenue and Bill Kennedy Way in Atlanta, and it seems...Read more

  • New sustainable city underway in Angola

    Caio Verde, in the province of Cabinda, Angola, Africa, combines "an outstanding urban plan with a stunning natural environment," according to the 2006 Charter Award.
    Editor's note: After more than a decade, it's good to get news of a large-scale Charter Award winning project in another part of the world under construction. This interview originally appeared in Bizcommunity.com. Caio Verde is a new sustainable city currently under development in the Angolan...Read more

  • New Urbanism's future in Utah

    The rules and parameters for growth need to change, but developers also have a responsibility—to not hide behind a rear view image of the market.
    I have been a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) for over 15 years. In fact, one could argue I have been affiliated with CNU for my entire professional career. CNU has certainly shaped my thinking for longer than my awareness of CNU as an organization. I have allowed that influence...Read more