• Form-based codes rise again

    There are now 738 codes that meet the criteria for form-based codes, according to Emily Talen, Hazel Borys, and Matt Lambert, the team that keeps tracks of these codes on a website called The Codes Study . Of those codes, 439 are adopted. It's been a couple of years since the last update, when The...Read more

  • Street trees, a planetary prescription

    “The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe,” according to a July 4 article by the Associated Press . Street trees may be the most effective of all, because of their multiple beneficial impacts. In addition to sequestering CO2—...Read more

  • Drawing is worth a thousand words

    Nuanced pencil drawings help to graphically explain how a design works holistically. Drawing by hand can be more informative on the design intent and typically elevates the design quality. Hand drawing can even be therapeutic for the designer and the observer. Here is a master plan detail and...Read more

  • A Week of Love and Struggle

    At CNU 27.Louisville, New Urbanists got a little verklempt
    It's not as if Congresses past have been devoid of emotion and humanity, but CNU 27 and its host city, Louisville, seemed to bring out the feeling in all of us. Urbanists are such romantics. Romantics with a practical vision for positive change. #CNU27 #louisville #incrementaldevelopment pic...Read more