• Visions Lafayette Lafayette architecturally intriguing facades

    Visions for Lafayette

    Ideas for a Healthy Community and Medical Complex
    Among all types of development, new hospital districts are, ironically, among the least walkable places in America—despite the positive health affects of walking. University of Notre Dame Urban Design students from the class of 2013 provided a vision for building an urban neighborhood around a...Read more

  • South Main

    An inspiring town extension
    Outside Buena Vista, Colorado, on the site of a former garbage dump, forty acres of riverfront land sat vacant for years. It took two nature-loving developers—risk-takers with a background as competitive kayakers—to see what it could become. Following a public design charrette run by Dover, Kohl...Read more

  • Village of Providence

    Expanding options for a car-oriented suburban area
    Since the 1940s, Huntsville has grown to a city of more than 180,000 people from a sleepy rural town. Due to prevailing development patterns during the city’s growth spurt, most residents have little choice but to drive. The Village of Providence has converted a five-lane arterial thoroughfare in...Read more

  • Brush Park Parcels

    A Brush with destiny
    In Detroit, the neighborhood of Brush Park stands between three of the city’s fastest revitalizing areas: Midtown, Eastern Market, and the Central Business District. All three have roared back to life in recent years, but Brush Park—just a five-minute walk from major cultural assets, pro sports...Read more