An analysis of the Miami 21 zoning code, a bold policy move that bets on urbanism, shows that its focus on walkability drives higher demand for neighborhood living.
In other housing news, Oregon’s new model code, a village of tiny homes for the formerly homeless in Austin, and urban cohousing near Chicago.
A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.
A postcard sketch competition asked Urban Guild members to draw some ideas in a few minutes during an evening gathering at the Guild Summit in Chattanooga in late October. The members include architects, urban designers, and other urbanists.
I have been working on a Climate Action Handbook for CNU, which we plan to have published and printed by CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas, but in doing so, I took a break from Public Square for a month and a half. There's a backlog of stories, some of...
Four decades of public-nonprofit-private partnership in New Urbanism has produced a city in balance, moving forward.
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
Hightstown: A New Vision For The Lakefront
LRK recently helped facilitate a public input process and developed a vision plan for Downtown Hightstown. The aim of the plan is to create an...
Middleton Hills recently planted its central wetlands park,
Middleton Hills recently planted its central wetlands park, which will be a major amenity for the 149-acre TND in Madison, Wisconsin. Most of the...
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has begun awarding grants of up to $400,000 to communities that try to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity...
Leon Krier and Andres Duany are
Leon Krier and Andres Duany are teaching a design studio at Yale University this semester. Students will travel to study the transects in 20 cities...
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