Esmeralda Land Company has options on a former lumber mill in Cloverdale, with plans for an educational and cultural community.
A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned and technically useful guide to taking action at the community level.
The Painted Babies show how well-designed micro-homes can make a statement at the right price.
Most of these cities are built on a grid, an important point, according to the CNU founder and internationally known planner.
Medium-height, medium-scale buildings, slightly larger than typical Missing Middle housing, are the backbone of great neighborhoods. We need to emphasize this scale more.
The towns along 30A in Walton County, Florida, have inspired many New Urbanist emulators, including Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas. Cinnamon Shore is a series of walkable urban developments along State Highway 361 on Mustang Island and is not...
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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
Architect Patrick Pinnell featured in "sketch pad" column
Architect Patrick Pinnell, who recently moved his office to Chester, Connecticut, was featured in the “Sketch Pad” column of the April 6 New York...
Frank Greene, town architect since 2005 for the
Frank Greene, town architect since 2005 for the Rosemary Beach development in the Florida Panhandle, has a new firm, Element 5 Studio LLC, based in...
A proposal to build a Target in
A proposal to build a Target in north Milwaukee will test that city’s new standards for retail development. Developer Redmond Co. of Waukesha,...
The infill project Media Village combines
The infill project Media Village combines senior housing, ground-floor retail, and subterranean public parking on a 3-acre block in downtown Burbank...
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