A quarter century after the iconic Los Angeles development was launched, a community survey shows high levels of resident satisfaction.
Land use has a profound and largely unacknowledged role in the death and injury of pedestrians and bicyclists, according to researchers. There are two answers—but one is far superior.
Project 3500 pre-designs and pre-permits thousands of affordable housing units on city-owned land.
Here are the remarks of CNU President Mallory Baches at the opening keynote of CNU34 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 13.
Places shape people and determine health outcomes. Those who shape the public realm are health practitioners, and this needs to be more widely understood.
CNU is on the last day of its annual Congress, CNU 34, which is taking place in Northwest Arkansas (NWA) this year. One of the fastest-growing regions in the US, NWA's economy is driven by its status as home to major corporations, including Walmart...
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Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
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Doucette Homes’ Civano Sol development at Civano in
Doucette Homes’ Civano Sol development at Civano in Tucson, Arizona, won a Gold Nugget 2004 Award of Merit from the Pacific Coast Builders Conference...
In praise of community design
Community by Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities joins a long list of books extolling the virtues of mixed-use, pedestrian-...
CNU call for academic papers
The Congress for the New Urbanism is asking for submissions of academic papers for CNU 19 in Madison, Wisconsin.
A new firm, DPZ-Pacific, has been formed
A new firm, DPZ-Pacific, has been formed by former Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) director Demetri Baches, and three former DPZ staffers:...
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