• The ‘Jacobs Curve’ and gentrification

    While gentrification is sometimes villainized, the "Jacob's Curve" suggests that there is an optimum level of reinvestment in neighborhoods that creates more diversity of place. The drawing, by planner and researcher Michael Mehaffy, is named after Jane Jacobs, who argued for revitalization in ways...Read more

  • An innovative missing middle design

    Mews homes are an affordable and flexible model for mid-block family housing.
    Note: Missing middle housing will be a topic at many sessions in CNU 26.Savannah , May 15-19. The Mews Homes are a prime example of what architect Daniel Parolek calls “missing middle housing”—a range of multi-unit or clustered housing types, compatible in scale with detached single-family homes,...Read more

  • The Swiss Army knife house

    The Side Hustle House has been designed to supplement primary income and evolve as household needs change.
    Note: Missing middle housing will be a topic at many sessions in CNU 26.Savannah , May 15-19. High housing costs and lack of new market rate workforce housing development has led to a serious dearth of housing options for young professionals and families on Cape Cod in southeastern Massachusetts...Read more

  • Using software to measure the UrbanFootprint

    A new urban tool is designed help cities, planners, and developers with scenario planning.
    Peter Calthorpe and his partner Joe DiStefano have a venture-capital funded startup designed to provide municipalities, non-governmental organizations, developers, and design and planning firms with a powerful cloud-based software tool for planning walkable, transit-served communities. Fast Company...Read more