• Charter Awards 2022: Bringing people together

    New Urbanism has always been about the architecture of community—that phrase was in the subtitle of Peter Katz’s seminal 1994 book that helped launch this movement. The architecture of community has a double meaning—first, it refers to a scale of design that is larger than one building, a...Read more

  • Plans for a sustainable village center and neighborhood

    South Hill village in Ithaca, New York, combines walkable greenfield development with suburban retrofit to offer a new model for growth.
    A design team presented a plan for a new village center and neighborhood just south of Ithaca, New York, on October 27. If implemented as envisioned, this project could be a model for sustainable suburban growth in Upstate New York. The design focuses development on South Hill, one of three hills...Read more

  • Urbanists designing new village in New York State

    An urban design team is working in Ithaca, New York, this week to plan a new village center on a substantial site south of the City, which has been my home for the past 24 years. While Ithaca has benefited from infill New Urbanism in recent years, this is the first project to seriously tackle new...Read more

  • Tree canopies make us safe; Here’s how to grow them throughout cities

    A few days ago, I explained how planting street trees adapts to and mitigates climate change. Trees also bestow health, safety, and economic benefits. In other words: they are a “wonder drug” for cities. Trees are low tech, and are adored across the political spectrum. They can be planted through...Read more