The largest city in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is managing growth by incremental development that is regenerating the city’s urban fabric.
Lexington’s Warehouse Block is the outcome of 40 years of incremental development. It could be a replicable model for cities to recycle old commercial districts into social centers over time.
The Complete Streets movement has largely failed in practice, but a focus on networks and context could make it more effective.
A remarkable new Harvard study shows the benefits of mixed-income housing in high-poverty areas, using design based on New Urbanist principles.
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.
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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
New Urbanism is one of the most
New Urbanism is one of the most influential planning trends of the last few decades, according to April’s 25th anniversary edition of Builder...
Greene Street Cottages
Developer 620 Main Street Associates hopes to start construction in September on a cluster of cottages that architect Donald Powers sees as a model...
‘Vision California’ calls for compact, resource-conserving development
A new report prepared by Calthorpe Associates is described as "the state's first major planning document in almost 30 years."
Mayor Edward Bohrer (1940–1998)
Edward Bohrer Jr., the four-term mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland, died on August 27 at the age of 58. A public servant of vision and integrity, he...
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