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...
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...
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
The fruits of Celebration
When Disney started developing Celebration, it called on nationally known architects to design many of the downtown buildings. At Baldwin Park, by...
The Board of Supervisors in Albemarle County, Virginia,
The Board of Supervisors in Albemarle County, Virginia, has unanimously adopted The Neighborhood Model, a framework for development in designated...
The new American Dream
In a New York Times blog, Allison Arieff describes sprawl as a vicious cycle that generates homes ever further away from jobs, creating more traffic...
UDA @ 50 – Democracy in Action
This year marks the 50th anniversary Urban Design Associates (UDA), founded in 1964 by David Lewis, FAIA and Ray Gindroz, FAIA. UDA has prepared a...
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