Development

This graph shows why housing is getting so expensive. Annual housing production in the US plummeted in the 2010s, with annual single-family construction just over half of what it was in the 2000s, according to a report Top Cities for Real Estate...
An eight-acre site in New Haven, Connecticut, offers the chance to repair damage by 20th Century urban planning.
Founded on a solid design framework, the North Downtown Athens plan extends the city's heart with mixed-use, walkable, affordable development.
Why New Urbanism hasn’t caught on more as a reliable model of development and two potential solutions to this problem.
As a result of long-term trends and COVID impacts, many cities are experiencing the conversion of office structures to alternative uses. Concerns about vacancies are valid, yet cities stand to benefit in many ways.
Lessons from Vancouver.
A look back to look forward in Cincinnati's best-known urban neighborhood.
The Xenia Hub District plan aims to rebuild a neighborhood around a multi-use trail hub near downtown.
A new urban development is underway in Norman, Oklahoma, with a philosophy that can be compared to the award-winning Serenbe, in Georgia. Selah, a name derived from a Hebrew blessing, focuses on sustainability, agrarian urbanism, and community...
South Carolina development offers convincing lessons for how builders, developers, and architects can create a successful new town.
Urban designers and architects are astounded by a charming, small, mid-block development in Charleston that is 2-4 stories tall yet is comparable to the gross density of Manhattan.
Three landmark developments since the 1980s have transformed the city's relationship to the water.