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.
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
Environments I. The retrofit of suburbia; B. The shopping mall
Real estate development’s most tediously repeated truism is that the three most important factors in property value are location, location, and...
Jim Jacoby, a developer who made millions building
Jim Jacoby, a developer who made millions building Wal-Marts on greenfield sites, has made a 180-degree turn in terms of environmental sustainability...
F. Barton Harvey, former chairman and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners Inc., is the recipient of the 2008 J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in...
The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream
By Christopher B. LeinbergerIsland Press, 2007, 224 pp., $25.95 hardcover.
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