Form-based codes reach a milestone
The first comprehensive book-length guide is published as local officials laud new codes’ effects. Also, avoiding Common mistakes of form-based codes.
Commentary: Houston, we have a problem
Houston is no place for the rest of the nation to emulate in terms of land use policies.
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CNU, ITE refine manual
Refinements to the CNU/ITE guide Context Sensitive Solutions in Developing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities will be made by Congress for the New Urbanism and Institute of Transportation Engineers' members over the next 12 months.
An in-depth way of organizing how we build
Stephen Mouzon’s latest book shows where designs of every sort, from “vernacular” to “classical,” fit on the Transect.
A ‘fortified’ bit of Bermuda on the Florida coast
Alys Beach is designed to make hot weather enjoyable and withstand fierce storms.
San Antonio plans new downtown district
San Antonio is completing an ambitious plan that would bring thousands of new residents, as well as parks, stores, offices, and amenities, into a 377-acre precinct, dubbed “River North.”
Santa Fe TND powers with solar, reuses water
Fourteen homebuilders are at work in Oshara Village, a New Mexico development that combines New Urbanism and resource-saving features to reduce stress on the environment.
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Courtesy of Whittaker Builders
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