The Railyard in Lexington, Kentucky, is a case study in how a novice developer can take a significant project from concept to construction.
Author's note: My first visit to the Pantheon was fifty years ago. In the decades since, I have returned many times, and with each visit this extraordinary work of architecture and urbanism continues to reveal something new. I have drawn and studied...
The requirement to be efficient and economical, and to minimize financial risk, has contributed to the character of the Charter Award Grand Prize-winning town of Seabrook.
A transformative transportation technology, eVTOLs, is coming soon, which is the reason behind The Village Project.
Cities should be designed around what is most permanent, especially streets, where the stakes of getting them right are highest.
The threat is not modern architecture. It is losing fine-grained urban structure while preserving enough historic vocabulary to make the loss look compatible.
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Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
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How to build inexpensively, in a Jamaican way
Some of the British press reported that the work in Jamaica by the Prince’s Foundation would produce “a little slice of Poundbury” in a blighted...
Joseph Barnes, former town architect at Disney’s Celebration,
Joseph Barnes, former town architect at Disney’s Celebration, was hired as vice president and general manager overseeing day-to-day operations at I’...
Ohio city approves downtown form-based code
Dublin, Ohio adopts a progressive form-based code to regulate growth along the city's Bridge Street Corridor.
Southside in Greensboro to break ground
Southside, a new urbanist redevelopment of a Victorian neighborhood in Greensboro, North Carolina, is now cleared to break ground in early spring of...
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