• Chautauqua-like village proposed in California

    Esmeralda Land Company has options on a former lumber mill in Cloverdale, with plans for an educational and cultural community.
    A neighborhood-scale New Urbanist development is now seeking entitlement in Cloverdale, California. The most interesting aspect about the Esmeralda development is not the design philosophy, which is in line with long-time New Urbanist practice, but rather the community “software.” The project is...Read more

  • Offering experience, intelligence, and wisdom for climate action

    A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned and technically useful guide to taking action at the community level.
    As the authors of the Charter for the New Urbanism did decades ago, again CNU has produced an urgently needed document of great value. A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned manifesto that clearly connects the principles and practices of New Urbanism to...Read more

  • Cute infill houses are affordable without subsidy

    The Painted Babies show how well-designed micro-homes can make a statement at the right price.
    For a great example of Missing Middle housing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, here are four infill houses designed by Flintlock LAB. These units have been dubbed the “Painted Babies,” a takeoff on San Francisco’s famous “Painted Ladies,” the copiously photographed Victorian homes on a hill overlooking a...Read more

  • Duany’s 25 top American cities, and why the grid is key

    Most of these cities are built on a grid, an important point, according to the CNU founder and internationally known planner.
    Andres Duany has a personal list of the 25 best American cities (or city sectors). It’s a great list if you like urbanism and you want to explore places in the US that are really worth visiting. It includes cities of all sizes, from coast to coast. You can be sure that all are excellent places to...Read more