Steve Mouzon
Steve is a principal in Mouzon Design that is based in South Beach, Florida, and he is a co-founder of the New Urban Guild.
Twelve ways to achieve authenticity in community design
Authenticity seems impossible today, with places and buildings that look like they could be anywhere, lacking harmony with nature and local culture. But designers can achieve authenticity through effective principles, and a dozen of them are listed here.
The great Caribbean Rim rebuilding challenge
Sustainability takes many forms on the building and community scale in the Caribbean. Here are keys to places that stand the test of time.
Eleven principles for places recovering from disinvestment
Of the four types of recovery facing America cities and towns—disaster, sprawl, disinvestment, and the recovery of community for those fleeing climate change—the recovery of places from serious disinvestment arguably gets the least amount of press...


