The mass-timber Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas, is built into the street grid with a regional bike-ped trail through the middle.
An innovative plan in Northwest Arkansas would convert a commuter campus to a 24-hour college community.
The plan for a city of 400,000 leads to the same outcomes as The Original Green, concludes urbanist Steve Mouzon.
The first CNU 2026 Legacy Project creates a plan for a mixed-use village in growing Northwest Arkansas.
A Toolkit of the Vermont “Homes for All” initiative, a Charter Award-winning project in 2025, addresses regulatory barriers. Now, the state is creating a catalog of homes for manufactured missing-middle housing.
Don’t accept a one-size-fits-all street design for your city or town, or a highway design for your Main Street. Street designs that fit the context lead to better neighborhoods and communities.
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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
Versatile Katrina Cottage — a dozen types
The Katrina Cottage is one of the most versatile ideas that have come out of the new urbanist Gulf Coast charrettes.
In the most frequently chosen scenario, the average
In the most frequently chosen scenario, the average size of the single family lot would decrease from 0.32 acre to 0.29 acre in 2020. Homes would be...
Southern Village high in sales, low in school buses
A traditional neighborhood development (TND) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, provides evidence that a walkable community can be popular and have a...
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