Seabrook, Washington, has created a model for Transect-based town design in an economically challenged region. Seabrook Land Company and Qamar & Associates won the 2026 Charter Award Grand Prize in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor...
15 winning projects embody and advance the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism for the 26th year.
To build more affordable 'missing middle' housing, changing zoning laws is not enough. We need small multifamily buildings to be regulated under the residential code.
Allowing more single-stair buildings in the US will positively affect quality of life, public health, infill flexibility, family-friendly units, costs, and even climate adaptation.
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.

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Parking requirements cut in new Philly code

The old Philadelphia zoning code required one parking space per unit in multifamily residential projects — the new code adopted last week requires...

Human Transit

How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

What the doctors prescribe

In the 24 chapters of Making Healthy Places, some four dozen contributors offer information and advice on a wide variety of health and planning...

The National Charrette Institute is offering toolkits in

The National Charrette Institute is offering toolkits in CD-ROM format based on the NCI Charrette Planner and the NCI Complete Charrette Manager...