This structural brick masonry ADU demonstrates the feasibility of this technique, and it is gorgeous.
The Razorback Greenway is already influencing growth in Northwest Arkansas, but this may be only the beginning. Other regions are taking similar steps.
An academic survey of a Florida traditional neighborhood development shows higher social engagement and better health outcomes.
Carmel, Indiana, has been called the “roundabout city.” It has also built a major downtown from scratch in the last quarter-century. These two facts are related.
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.

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Developers are increasingly replacing the skin on

Developers are increasingly replacing the skin on dull postwar office buildings and converting the interiors to condominium apartments to meet...

A newly produced 30-minute DVD helps builders and

A newly produced 30-minute DVD helps builders and developers in new urban communities learn about cohousing. The DVD features Nevada City Cohousing...

Making big boxes more civil

A street grid adds a human-scale element, enhances transit access, and creates the potential for urban-style redevelopment in two recent Colorado...

Middletown, Delaware, recently revised its zoning and subdivision

Middletown, Delaware, recently revised its zoning and subdivision ordinances based on their concept of “mobility first.” Complimentary changes were...