Project Database
This searchable database of projects represents the range and diversity of work in the New Urbanism. From regional-scale visions to single-building historic renovations, CNU members and their allies build places people love through land use planning, development, policy, and advocacy. If you are aware of a project that you believe should be part of the database, please email Robert Steuteville or Lauren Mayer.
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Plaza La Reina
Los Angeles, California
The timeless and artful mass of Plaza La Reina, with its wide steps opening onto the street corner like a gift to the neighborhood looks like it should have been part of Westwood Village from the beginning.
St. Joseph’s Redevelopment
Oakland, California
A rare combination of National Historic Landmark buildings and infill a fordable housing, the St. Joseph’s Redevelopment transforms a dilapidated former convent and convalescent home into a mixed-use asset for a distressed city neighborhood.
Blue Water Workforce Housing
Tavernier Key, Florida
Dignified affordable housing that matches the quality and character of market-rate housing—without breaking the bank—is desperately needed across America.
Havana Waterfront
Havana, Cuba
As part of an eight-week urban studio that involved a trip to Havana, fifth-year University of Notre Dame architecture students were tasked with repairing the city’s waterfront along the Avenida de Puerto.
Visions for Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Among all types of development, new hospital districts are, ironically, among the least walkable places in America—despite the positive health affects of walking.
Brush Park Parcels #thisisCNU
Detroit, Michigan
In Detroit, the neighborhood of Brush Park stands between three of the city’s fastest revitalizing areas: Midtown, Eastern Market, and the Central Business District.
Downtown Woodstock, Georgia #thisisCNU
Woodstock, Georgia
Until 2000, Woodstock, Georgia, was a small town with a population of about 10,000—but encroaching Atlanta sprawl threatened to engulf the community in cookie-cutter projects.
Paseo Verde #thisisCNU
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Once a railway coal siding and more recently a full city block of asphalt surface parking, North Philadelphia’s Paseo Verde now provides affordable, high quality, sustainable housing for a range of income levels.
Belmar #thisisCNU
Lakewood, Colorado
Although Lakewood, Colorado, is the fifth largest city in the state, until the last decade the city had no true downtown.
Hunters View #thisisCNU
San Francisco, California
By any measure, San Francisco ranks among the world’s most beautiful cities. Yet for years, in a sector that tourists never see, 50 barracks-style buildings constructed in 1943 housed 264 families in poverty and fear.