Philip Langdon
Philip Langdon writes on design and community from New Haven, Connecticut. His most recent book is Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All.
Scott Merrill: from ‘town architect’ at Seaside to winner of the Seaside Prize
A designer of beautiful, subtly surprising buildings that stand up to rough weather will be honored by the Seaside Institute.
How urbanism, density, and spatial enclosure are related
Dhiru Thadani and Matt Bell, along with the CNU-DC Chapter board, orchestrated the recent Council on “Density Without Urbanism/Urbanism Without Density.” They see the event as the beginning of a series of CNU discussions on density and urbanism. “We...
When is density good, and when is it harmful to cities?
Providing density that supports a high quality of life requires a love for cities, putting ‘urbanism’ front and center, according to noted urban designers.