Who knew the difference a staircase makes? US requirements that multifamily buildings have more than one staircase damages cities. Amidst calls for reform, CNU Mid-Atlantic is offering a prize for the best single-stair building design for Baltimore.
Integrating resilience into urban design encourages a shift in thinking: Resilient urban design should not only facilitate mitigation and adaptation but also ensure that the solutions for both have to be likable to all.
The Adaptation Village offers a twist on the street grid, consisting mostly of slow-speed, shared-use mews.
When looking at façades, six questions asked together can point you toward new buildings that increase downtown vibrancy.
The redevelopment of sites owned by faith-based organizations (FBO) is among the decade's biggest urban redevelopment challenges. Some arise from a nationwide wave of church closings—others represent land owned by congregations that could serve a...
A political diatribe accuses new urbanists of limiting liberty and imposing an exclusive vision on America. With support among liberals and conservatives, New Urbanism uses common sense to increase freedom for all and make communities healthier.
Features
Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
Potomac Yard surges ahead
Potomac Yard, a large, mixed-use extension of Alexandria, Virginia, may soon experience a huge final surge of development.
A campus for India, shaped like a mandala
Vedanta, the largest new university in the world, will have a plan that draws from Indian spiritual traditions. On an expanse of flat rural land near...
US DOE developes tools based on Peter Katz presentation
The US Department of Energy has developed a “New Tools for Community Design and Decision Making” website based on a presentation by Peter Katz....
Philly land bank will target vacant properties
Philadelphia is setting up a citywide land bank that could become a model for other big cities, The New York Times reports. The city has 40,000...
Great Ideas
Suburbia was a housing program
We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
ADDISON DEL MASTRO OCT. 12, 2022
