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.
Why we need ‘plug and play urbanism’
New Urbanism needs an optimum combination of standardization and customization, drawing lessons from other industries—and from natural systems.
Thinking globally, building locally
A gathering in Italy will join new urbanists with international allies to explore and learn from great urbanism past and present.
Five urban lessons from the COVID pandemic
As we learn to live with COVID-19, it’s time to draw important lessons for city-making. We can do so at CNU 30 in Oklahoma City, and at the 58th IMCL in Paris.