The Sacramento Citywide Missing Middle Strategy uses a sliding-scale FAR system to spur affordable housing development. Opticos Design won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in the Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category.
Belle Gardens uses creative design of small apartment buildings to provide affordable homeownership in a rowhouse neighborhood in Brooklyn. David Cunningham Architecture Planning won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in The Block, Street, and Building...
The Northern South Park Neighborhood Plan and Code is providing desperately needed affordable housing in Jackson, Wyoming. Opticos Design won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in The Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.
The New “Cité-Jardins”— Le Plessis-Robinson, France, turned dismal blocks of modernist apartments into a beautiful new urban center. Atelier Xavier Bohl won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in The Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.
John McCurdy, director of community development for the city of Rogers, describes the pressure felt by CNU 34's host region to absorb growth, maintain character, and provide a better way of life for residents. The answer? The hard work of New...
The 1907 Block in Rogers, Arkansas, catalyzed the redevelopment of downtown and established the city as a culinary hub. High Street Real Estate & Development won a 2026 CNU Charter Award in The Block, Street, and Building category.
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
Markham, Ontario, plans neighborhoods on a large scale
In Canada’s foremost laboratory for the New Urbanism, planners knit together many projects to create a ring of interconnected neighborhoods around...
Charter of the New Urbanism book released
New edition now available, with 62 new commentaries
Suburban infill adds small-lot housing, connects to nature
Prior to the crash, New Urban Builders specialized in nicely designed and constructed production housing in a traditional neighborhood development (...
New urbanism adds to housing value, study says
Better internal connectivity, smaller blocks, and pedestrian accessibility to shops and other commercial uses are reasons why buyers are willing to...
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