The town center at Trilith creates a walkable downtown in the rural/suburban county 20 miles south of Atlanta.
Seeing the world through the eyes of a pedestrian who has to walk everywhere reveals perspectives that drivers never notice.
The Sundial Building is nearing completion in Minneapolis, and architect Marques King has posted images and some of its features on LinkedIn. The building features a cool rainwater collection system that recycles approximately 90,000 gallons of...
One of the biggest design charrettes in history, which took place 20 years ago this October, created plans that changed cities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
CNU-sponsored plan shows how Southside Savannah could grow by retroffiting an abandoned mall and other sites across from a university campus.
A plan from CNU 32, involving a Hub District at a confluence of greenways in Xenia, a small city northeast of Cincinnati, is having an impact.

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Better Cities & Towns Archive

NAHB joins with CNU to Lobby for Fannie/Freddie changes

The current threshold for commercial space for Fannie/Freddie is 25 percent. NAHB will encourage them to raise that to 45 percent, which makes a...

Paul Ostergaard, a principal in Urban Design Associates,

Paul Ostergaard, a principal in Urban Design Associates, will produce a pattern book containing controls and standards for Storrs Center, a mixed-use...

Correction

Our coverage of transit-oriented development in the July-August issue contained an inaccurate figure on ridership of the Metro commuter rail system....

Middleton Hills town center approved

Wisconsin project balances need for anchor store with sensitivity of impact. New urbanists are continually hon-ing their strategies for how to...

Great Ideas

Washington flips the switch on parking reform

State legislation takes a new approach to removing parking mandates—one that is far more comprehensive.

ROBERT STEUTEVILLE JUL. 25, 2025