Polestar Village brings a health and wellness focus to Radburn-like community that is centered on a community garden.
The trend of inner-block development is very cool. This sweet little project, called Townsend in Edmond, Oklahoma, is breaking ground with two live-work units, 18 townhouses, and 13,000 square feet of commercial space on about an acre.
Authors of an academic survey recommend zoning and parking reform, as well as investing in alternative transportation, to enable car-free living.
The General Assembly Building in Richmond is typical of the architecture of the late Robert A.M. Stern, adding a new iconic building to an important urban site.
A relatively small number of locations account for a large share of pedestrian mortality; we know what to do, so let's do something about it.
The most-read pieces in Public Square: A CNU Journal say a lot about the topics capturing the attention of urbanists today. These include retrofitting suburbs, a proposed new city, density, fighting loneliness, turning a mall into a town center, and...
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
Eighteen projects honored by 2002 Charter Awards
Infill projects dominate as three design firms take home multiple awards.
Winners of the second annual Charter Awards were selected by a...
EPA launches smart growth website
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a web site with information about smart growth policies, funding sources, networking opportunities,...
The cure for hospitals? Maybe it’s urbanism
Joanna Lombard, a professor of architecture at the University of Miami, has worked with students and others on how to apply New Urbanism’s principles...
At Civano, hopes die hard
Hopes that the Civano development in southeast Tucson might continue to develop along new urban principles have now been pretty much extinguished....
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