It matters what size chunks we build our cities in. Making room for many small-scale development projects on small lots is the universal historical model for a reason, and modern cities could stand to get back to it.
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It is important when we design a building or a neighborhood to look at how it feels and interacts with the street. Too often, new development feels designed from a helicopter’s-eye-view.
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Savannah, GA fulfills the desire for rural home space in a financially sound urban environment.
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Bozeman is becoming the new frontier for tech workers who don’t want to slog it out in the Bay Area. What does that mean for the city?
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How can we be fair judges of city builders in the past while still maintaining a critical eye toward their failings?
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The debate over historic preservation is ultimately more than one of aesthetics; it is one of cultural memory and even morality.
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After years of being a largely windowless, uninviting one-story building on a dreary corner, this library was transformed into an exciting, lively mixed-use space that is now a focal point for the neighborhood.
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Is there an empty lot in your neighborhood you dream of filling? Use these simple steps to sketch, model and render a new building in the space.
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Advancements in cognitive science are challenging how we think about urban design.
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What can signmaking’s past and present tell us about our cities’ futures?
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A futuristic civic building still inspires awe, but that's muted by the changing suburban landscape around it.
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Historic preservation is often used to prevent something being replaced by something worse, but are we focusing on the symptom or the cause?
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A new community center could've fallen victim to the typical auto-oriented public project pitfalls. Instead, local designers created a walkable, bikeable neighborhood amenity that is spurring fresh development.
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Andres Duany is an American architect and urban planner, a co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), and the author of several books including Suburban Nation. In this interview, Chuck Marohn and Andres Duany discuss the founding and growth of the new urbanist movement, gentrification, and the future of the suburbs.
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When cities grow organically, they are productive platforms for generating wealth.
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Cities are complex ecosystems. For areas in need of redevelopment, the only way to return to a healthy urban fabric is incrementally, a few small projects a year until the neighborhood has buildings of every age and condition, suitable for adaptation to the particular needs of some future time.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico demonstrates a commendable combination of both historic design principles and modern transportation concepts.
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