Polestar Village brings a health and wellness focus to Radburn-like community that is centered on a community garden.
The trend of inner-block development is very cool. This sweet little project, called Townsend in Edmond, Oklahoma, is breaking ground with two live-work units, 18 townhouses, and 13,000 square feet of commercial space on about an acre.
Authors of an academic survey recommend zoning and parking reform, as well as investing in alternative transportation, to enable car-free living.
The General Assembly Building in Richmond is typical of the architecture of the late Robert A.M. Stern, adding a new iconic building to an important urban site.
A relatively small number of locations account for a large share of pedestrian mortality; we know what to do, so let's do something about it.
The most-read pieces in Public Square: A CNU Journal say a lot about the topics capturing the attention of urbanists today. These include retrofitting suburbs, a proposed new city, density, fighting loneliness, turning a mall into a town center, and...
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 Dwelling Complex: I. The Ancillary Unit: A. Horizontally Separated Types
The previous Technical Page discussed the garage with respect to its use as park-
ing, while arguing that its full potential lay as the principal...
Sierra Club endorses specific new urbanist projects
The Sierra Club’s publication Smart Choices or Sprawling Growth: A 50-State Survey of Development marks the first time the leadership of a major...
No frills New Urbanism
A Texas project is selling a lot of homes at an affordable price, while maintaining the essence of the New Urbanism.
Before breaking ground on...
Humstone directs Institute of Sustainable Communities
After seven years, Elizabeth Humstone has left the Vermont Forum on Sprawl to become director of US Initiatives for the Institute for Sustainable...
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