The Railyard in Lexington, Kentucky, is a case study in how a novice developer can take a significant project from concept to construction.
Author's note: My first visit to the Pantheon was fifty years ago. In the decades since, I have returned many times, and with each visit this extraordinary work of architecture and urbanism continues to reveal something new. I have drawn and studied...
The requirement to be efficient and economical, and to minimize financial risk, has contributed to the character of the Charter Award Grand Prize-winning town of Seabrook.
A transformative transportation technology, eVTOLs, is coming soon, which is the reason behind The Village Project.
Cities should be designed around what is most permanent, especially streets, where the stakes of getting them right are highest.
The threat is not modern architecture. It is losing fine-grained urban structure while preserving enough historic vocabulary to make the loss look compatible.
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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
Sharing bikes, taming streets
In the past several months, I’ve ridden bicycles in two cities that are hundreds of miles from my New Haven home — thanks in both cases to “bike-...
Driving on the decline
The US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) and the Frontier Group have released a report showing that by 2011, the average American was driving 6...
Redmond Town Center, designed by LMN Architects, received
Redmond Town Center, designed by LMN Architects, received the International Council of Shopping Centers’ 10th Annual Award for Superior Achievement...
Reviving dead malls
The New Urbanism looks to defunct malls as possible sites for infill
development
Most cities have at least one “ghost” mall, a once-thriving...
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