MidCity District in Huntsville, Alabama, is an exemplary model for suburban retrofit. Urban Design Associates won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2026 CNU Charter Awards.
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.
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
A run-down alley is transformed with micro-shops
The conversion of an alley to utilitarian shopfronts is "dragging civilization westward a block" in downtown Ithaca, the developer says.
Study of TNDs’ impact on values raises eyebrows
A study in the winter issue of the Journal of American Planning Association (JAPA) tried to determine the effect that three different kinds of...
CNU 19 nearly ready to Go
Madison, Wisconsin, beckons brightly over the course of June 1-June 4 this year, as CNU 19: Growing Local heads to town.
The first three homes at Brytan, a new
The first three homes at Brytan, a new 150-acre traditional neighborhood in Gainesville, Florida, have earned LEED Silver status by the US Green...
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