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...
Amid a shift to a new website platform, CNU seeks to establish a comprehensive database of new urbanist developments to be used by academics, professionals, and students.

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Production builders commit to the New Urbanism

Working in traditional neighbor-hoods pushes two companies to build with an eye on the whole street and to collaborate more closely with planners and...

Portland pursues the ‘20-minute neighborhood’

The Office of Sustainable Development in Portland, Oregon, has decided that one of the best ways to cut down on greenhouse-gas emissions is by...

Fort Myers, Florida, voted to approved a downtown

Fort Myers, Florida, voted to approved a downtown revitalization plan by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ). The plan calls for medium sized...

Delray Beach looks up as townhouses sell and resell

Developer New Urban Communities looks to South Miami and the Chicago area next. Along-dormant section of Delray Beach, Florida, is begin-ning to...