• Hunters View San Francisco skyline in background

    Hunters View

    Yesterday a Danger Zone — Today, Pure San Francisco
    By any measure, San Francisco ranks among the world’s most beautiful cities. Yet for years, in a sector that tourists never see, 50 barracks-style buildings constructed in 1943 housed 264 families in poverty and fear. Now, a new project is helping the community at Hunters View write a brighter...Read more
  • Guadalupe Hirian Hondarribia Aerial

    Guadalupe Hirian

    New town of timeless urbanism
    In Guadalupe Hirian, a historic fort near the France-Spain border forms the site of a proposed new town—an extension of the City of Hondarribia. This outstanding student plan explores how to establish a town that responds to local history and builds on sound urban practices. The overall plan of...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