Three cottage court designs demonstrate the versatility of this housing type, even within the same neighborhood development and under the same design team. Now becoming legalized more widely, the cottage court offer a housing toolkit of exceptional...
A report from Massachusetts quantifies the significant potential of legalizing four- to six-story single-stair buildings.
A town near me is looking to build a mixed-use waterfront village—a street plan could be the key to achieving that goal.
Today, just for fun, I offer a slight twist on an age-old question.
The question above was posed on an urbanist listserve, and this was my answer: Because chickens can't drive.
Stroads are dangerous and unpleasant; no proverbial chicken would...
The historic urban crime reduction, if long term, will have significant ramifications for the housing market and urbanism.
The movement has been heavily influenced by art, as Volume 2 of The Art of the New Urbanism makes clear.
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Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
'Complete Streets' leader moves on
Across the US, more than 400 Complete Streets policies have been adopted—by governments in nearly every state. Barbara McCann, who founded the...
A study in Galway, Ireland
A study in Galway, Ireland, one of the fastest-growing places in Europe, shows that “residents living in walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods are more...
Micro-lofts march across North America
Many cities have recently welcomed mini-apartments. Among them are these:
Hot, Flat, and Crowded Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America
By Thomas L. FriedmanFarrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008, 438 pp., $27.95 hardcoverThomas Friedman is a powerhouse author — someone who apparently only...
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