• Mixed-use density in a suburban center

    Building density that supports walkable urban centers is a key strategy of new urbanists—but this goal is challenging in already built-out suburbs. Existing conditions, space constraints, zoning restrictions, and long approval processes often present obstacles. Despite those barriers, Arlington,...Read more

  • The father of Seaside’s landscape is honored

    Douglas Duany, whose ideas transformed Seaside from the beginning, was the winner of this year’s Seaside Prize.
    Three seminal events recently coincided in Seaside, Florida: The annual Seaside Prize (this year given to Douglas Duany), the annual meeting of the Florida chapter of CNU, and the 35 th anniversary of the firm that planned Seaside, Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ). Seaside itself is the project that...Read more

  • A mixed-use center for town and gown

    The redevelopment of a suburban commercial strip area across from UConn has made Mansfield, Connecticut, a better place.
    For a town with a major educational institution—the University of Connecticut—Mansfield was surprisingly short of urban amenities until a few years ago. “Mansfield,” noted Connecticut Magazine , “offered little more than a couple of fading strip malls and a dilapidated restaurant along the...Read more

  • Two simple SoCal housing solutions

    Beach density and climate action zones offer a proven, two-tier approach to fitting housing comfortably within our current lifestyle.
    California’s Bay Area housing disaster tells Southern Californians that our housing crisis will only get worse and doing nothing is both an irrational and irresponsible response. We are faced with deciding to have more neighbors or pay more taxes as we desperately need money to fix our city’s...Read more