• Achieving quality in affordable housing design

    Note: CNU and Public Square are closed the week of June 5, following a successful CNU 31 in Charlotte. Too often affordable housing looks like affordable housing, with mediocre-to-poor materials and details on the outside. In and around Providence, Rhode Island, Union Studio has been designing...Read more

  • Freeway ramp becomes park, connecting city to its river

    Albany Skyway in Albany, New York, reclaims an "ugly chunk of highway" to reconnect downtown with the Hudson riverfront via a new linear park. Stantec Consulting Services won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.
    Note: CNU and Public Square are closed the week of June 5, following a successful CNU 31 in Charlotte Cities across America have been damaged and disfigured by urban freeways—and the recently completed Albany Skyway shows how they can begin to heal. The $15 million Skyway—converting an Interstate...Read more

  • Affordable live-work housing for artists

    Pullman Artspace Lofts in Chicago, Illinois, provide affordable housing in live-work spaces for artists in an underserved community. Stantec Architecture Inc. won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Block, Street, and Building category.
    Note: CNU and Public Square are closed the week of June 5, following a successful CNU 31 in Charlotte. When neighborhoods revitalize, full-time artists are often squeezed out by skyrocketing rents. The goal of Pullman Artspace Lofts in the historic Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side of...Read more

  • A civic monument to the enslaved

    Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is a civic tribute to slaves who laid the foundations of one of America’s oldest colleges. Baskervill won a CNU 2023 Charter Award in the Block, Street, and Building category.
    A dynamic, compelling civic monument that recognizes past harms, Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is imbued with deep meaning. The memorial evokes a brick fireplace, a symbol of both community and the center of domestic enslavement, on an important...Read more