• Not quite urban, an ‘intentional neighborhood’ breaks ground

    Polestar Village brings a health and wellness focus to Radburn-like community that is centered on a community garden.
    Today I highlight a project that is not New Urbanism. It is a hybrid between NU and conventional design. Polestar Village , scheduled to break ground in February in Fort Collins, Colorado, is described as “semi-urban.” “We call it an ‘Intentional Neighborhood’ and it will include a walkable Village...Read more

  • A European feel in Oklahoma

    The trend of inner-block development is very cool. This sweet little project, called Townsend in Edmond, Oklahoma, is breaking ground with two live-work units, 18 townhouses, and 13,000 square feet of commercial space on about an acre. Austin Tunnell, founder of Building Culture & Apollo, which...Read more

  • Nearly one in five is interested in car-free living

    Authors of an academic survey recommend zoning and parking reform, as well as investing in alternative transportation, to enable car-free living.
    In a first-of-its-kind national survey , 18 percent of US adults express interest in “car-free” living, and an additional 40 percent are open to the idea. That is in addition to 10 percent of US households that currently live without a car. The research is conducted by the planning and economics...Read more

  • Traditional design enhances the public realm

    The General Assembly Building in Richmond is typical of the architecture of the late Robert A.M. Stern, adding a new iconic building to an important urban site.
    The recent General Assembly Building (GAB) in Richmond, Virginia, is a great example of the unique work of Robert A.M. Stern, the influential traditional architect who died Thanksgiving Day. The Urban Guild recognized the building, located on Richmond’s historic Capitol Square, for Design...Read more