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.
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.
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
The Charter reexamined and reaffirmed
Discussion at CNU XIV’s closing session affirms membership’s respect for the Charter
After a one-year hiatus, the subject of supplementing the...
The majority of transit-oriented developments (TODs) are
The majority of transit-oriented developments (TODs) are built adjacent to rail lines, but the Twin Creeks project under construction in Central...
New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future
Edited by Tigran HaasRizzoli, 2008, 349 pp., $50 hardcover
Coffee Creek, a new urban neighborhood in Chesterton,
Coffee Creek, a new urban neighborhood in Chesterton, Indiana, is beginning to gather some construction momentum, nearly four years after the project...
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