• 2016 Charter Awards

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  • Guadalupe Hirian Hondarribia Aerial

    Guadalupe Hirian

    New town of timeless urbanism
    In Guadalupe Hirian, a historic fort near the France-Spain border forms the site of a proposed new town—an extension of the City of Hondarribia. This outstanding student plan explores how to establish a town that responds to local history and builds on sound urban practices. The overall plan of...Read more
  • Ubuntu in Umbumbulu eThekwini Town Plaza

    Ubuntu in Umbumbulu

    Renewing hope from house to village
    When a student at Andrews University returned to his native South Africa to design a low-cost house for a needy family, his journey sparked an eight-day public charrette and design process in eThekwini Municipality—about 25 miles from the city center of Durban. The student’s classmates and...Read more
  • Small Town Tactics Avon Streetscape

    Small Town Tactics

    Test-driving a road diet
    Seeing may be believing, according to the old adage, but doing can be even more instructive. That’s the idea behind Small Town Tactics, a set of temporary streetscape improvements undertaken in the mountain town of Avon, Colorado, where the primary commercial street suffers from overly long...Read more