Philip Langdon

Philip Langdon writes on design and community from New Haven, Connecticut. His most recent book is Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All.

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How urbanism, density, and spatial enclosure are related

Dhiru Thadani and Matt Bell, along with the CNU-DC Chapter board, orchestrated the recent Council on “Density Without Urbanism/Urbanism Without Density.” They see the event as the beginning of a series of CNU discussions on density and urbanism. “We...
PHILIP LANGDONAPR. 18, 2023
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For cities and streets, 101 salvations

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places shows how to make communities walkable—and better places to live.
PHILIP LANGDONDEC. 17, 2018
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A good place revisited

Some of Seaside’s leading architects return to a town both blessed and stressed by a crush of visitors.
PHILIP LANGDONMAR. 22, 2018