New mixed-use development at Nansledan, Newquay in Cornwall UK is socially conscious and environmentally sustainable. ADAM Architecture won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2026 CNU Charter Awards.
Basalt Downtown Streetscape & River Park has renewed a struggling historic Colorado mining town. Connect One Design won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2026 CNU Charter Awards.
A Pew report came out last year on housing construction and rents that is worth commenting on, because it addresses the most common complaint about new housing: That it drives up living costs.
People see new, expensive housing that is...
Plan Bentonville creates a framework for fiscally sustainable growth in a fast-growing region. DPZ CoDesign won a Merit Award in the Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category of the 2026 CNU Charter Awards.
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...
Features
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.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
Determination prevails
After a decade, Joel Embry is finally seeing his dream of building a walkable town becoming a reality.
Challenges such as financing and approvals...
Buffalo views code reform as economic development
The lake-belt city, having lost more than half its population since the middle of the last century, seeks to make development easier and better.
Madison, Wisconsin, has adopted an ordinance that requires
Madison, Wisconsin, has adopted an ordinance that requires developers of projects of 10 or more housing units to set aside 15 percent of the units...
Paul Ostergaard, a principal in Urban Design Associates,
Paul Ostergaard, a principal in Urban Design Associates, will produce a pattern book containing controls and standards for Storrs Center, a mixed-use...
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