Development

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.
A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.
California Forever in the Central Valley offers an opportunity to test walkable community-building on a scale we haven’t seen in a century.
When protecting nature goes too far.
A town extension of seaside resort took a week to design, but it has been 25 years in the making.
A new book by the eminent urbanist Jonathan Barnett will make you more optimistic about US cities and their growth.
Civic features and architecture give Frisco Square, a downtown extension, imageability.
Three leaders of the New Urbanism explain why density matters today, how it impacts cities, and the importance of design.
The Indiana City, north of Indianapolis, has taken a unique approach to combat sprawl through downtown development.
Downcity Providence Master Plan in Providence, Rhode Island, created a blueprint for downtown vitality. DPZ CoDesign and Cornish Associates won a 2025 CNU Charter and Generational Project Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.
The New York Times recently endorsed sprawl as a solution to the housing crisis, but the writer is confused about the outward expansion of cities.
The mixed-use plan for Greensboro, North Carolina, establishes a network of small blocks and the first of a series of neighborhoods for new development northwest of the historic city.