Michael Mehaffy
Michael Mehaffy, Ph.D., is a development consultant, researcher, planner, designer, author, and president of Structura Naturalis Inc., his consultancy. He has held ten university appointments in eight countries in research and/or teaching, including most recently as Senior Researcher at the University of Notre Dame. He is a Fellow of the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Urban Guild.
Towering madness in Portland
A rebuttal to my friend Rob Steuteville’s recent post.
Beyond resilience: Toward ‘antifragile’ urbanism
Let’s embrace and empower the collective skill in producing beautiful and well-adapted habitat, which is evident throughout human history.
Why we need ‘sociable distancing’
The false duality between dense public spaces and isolated private ones misses the complexity of all the diverse—and relatively safe—urban places in between.


