• A landmark work of architecture and urbanism

    Space & Anti-Space: The Fabric of Place, City, and Architecture, a new book by Peterson and Littenberg, should be studied by anyone who loves architecture and the city.
    Space & Anti-Space is a cogent, stimulating, explication of forty years of ideas and competition-winning urban projects by CNU Athena Award winners Steven Peterson and Barbara Littenberg. Unlike many books on urbanism that favor either theory or practice, Space & Anti-Space is a compendium...Read more

  • CNU takes code reform to New Hampshire

    Following a recent code reform partnership with the State of Vermont culminating in a report and legislative initiatives , CNU has embarked on a similar project in New Hampshire, working with the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority. The first stakeholder meeting took place in early August. New...Read more

  • Portland zoning reform is designed to boost affordable housing

    The city's Residential Infill Project is designed to promote missing middle and workforce housing.
    The City of Portland, Oregon, adopted far-reaching zoning reform in mid-August that will boost missing-middle housing and affordability. The Sightline Institute didn't hold back its praise, calling it “The best low-density zoning reform in US history.” The city's Residential Infill Project will...Read more

  • A federal Highways to Boulevards program is the infrastructure project a healthy and equitable America needs

    Editor's note: Join us Tuesday, August 25th, for On the Park Bench: Equity-Driven Planning, a 2 p.m. (Eastern) webinar with Mitchell Silver, New York City Parks Commissioner, who will exhibit a variety of ways that equity, inclusivity, and diversity can enhance and enrich the urban realm. Register...Read more