• Landscape infrastructure shapes future investment

    In Charlottesville, Virginia, 12-acre linear park incorporates stormwater systems into community spaces that allow for new development.
    The Strategic Area Investment Plan of Charlottesville, Virginia, guides the redevelopment of a former industrial stream valley into a mixed-income, mixed-use urban area that remains connected to its riparian roots. A 12-acre linear ecological park incorporates new stormwater systems while creating...Read more

  • Pedestrian village in a natural landscape

    The project inverts the usual relationship between car and human in land development.
    Swann Wynd incorporates a range of housing types and uses along an emphatically pedestrian-oriented right-of-way that links a main street and an artists’ village that are a quarter-mile apart by automobile. The pedestrian way includes sections of path, a footbridge, and a street—but mostly it is...Read more

  • Making the case for New Urbanism

    Here are some ideas on telling the story of why walkable urbanism matters—from your perspective to a particular audience.
    New Urbanism is more than design and building, it also hinges on effective communications. Revitalizing a downtown, building a mixed-use neighborhood, or reforming zoning codes, for example, call for public support and approval. How you make the case for change is unique to you, but here are some...Read more

  • Reclaiming space for people

    Tactical Urbanism transformed one of the most automobile-oriened thouroughfares in Miami—and street life surged.
    A long-term plan to convert a series of parking lots to public spaces in the middle of Biscayne Boulevard in Miami was held up for years due to concerns about traffic and parking. The creative use of Tactical Urbanism is breaking the political deadlock for this important downtown thoroughfare—...Read more