• The impact of a downtown plan

    Let the ride begin: An image shows how West Palm Beach is a different place three decades after a master plan and code.
    The image above caught my eye in the Art of the New Urbanism, Volume 2 (2010-2025) . “The rendering represents an analysis of the built results of DPZ’s 1992 Downtown West Palm Beach Master Plan,” explain the AoTNU authors. “The footprints of the built/redeveloped properties appear shaded in red...Read more

  • Chautauqua-like village proposed in California

    Esmeralda Land Company has options on a former lumber mill in Cloverdale, with plans for an educational and cultural community.
    A neighborhood-scale New Urbanist development is now seeking entitlement in Cloverdale, California. The most interesting aspect about the Esmeralda development is not the design philosophy, which is in line with long-time New Urbanist practice, but rather the community “software.” The project is...Read more

  • Offering experience, intelligence, and wisdom for climate action

    A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned and technically useful guide to taking action at the community level.
    As the authors of the Charter for the New Urbanism did decades ago, again CNU has produced an urgently needed document of great value. A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned manifesto that clearly connects the principles and practices of New Urbanism to...Read more

  • Cute infill houses are affordable without subsidy

    The Painted Babies show how well-designed micro-homes can make a statement at the right price.
    For a great example of Missing Middle housing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, here are four infill houses designed by Flintlock LAB. These units have been dubbed the “Painted Babies,” a takeoff on San Francisco’s famous “Painted Ladies,” the copiously photographed Victorian homes on a hill overlooking a...Read more