• Agricultural Urbanism takes shape

    The British Columbia town of Southlands combines New Urbanism with a connection to farming.
    The concept of Agricultural Urbanism was articulated for 530 acres in Tsawassen, British Columbia, in 2008. The plan was formed in a charrette just as the Great Recession hit the brakes on the worldwide economy. Designed around preserving most of the land for food production, this large new town...Read more

  • Addison Circle expanded with TOD

    A $500 million transit-oriented development will connect to the well-known new urban development as DART moves forward with a rail corridor.
    An early and influential new urbanist project, Addison Circle in Addison, Texas, is being expanded. The commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield was engaged this week by the Town of Addison to solicit proposals for a $500 million transit-oriented development (TOD) adjacent to Addison...Read more

  • Applying the CNU Charter to large redevelopments

    The Minnesota capital has major redevelopments underway, using principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota, is using principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism to design and develop two of the city’s most significant, large-scale projects of the coming decade. Planners at CNU 28.A Virtual Gathering discussed ongoing redevelopment of the 122-acre former Ford factory site in the...Read more

  • Why we need ‘plug and play urbanism’

    New Urbanism needs an optimum combination of standardization and customization, drawing lessons from other industries—and from natural systems.
    Imagine that it’s 1983, and you are in the very young business of cellular telephones. The only unit available is the massive Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, a brick-like object that costs $4,000, takes ten hours to charge, and provides just 30 minutes of talk time—IF you happen to be in the very few areas...Read more