New Amherst Homes will complete 1,100 housing units within a large new-urbanist enclave. More
These projects demonstrate three ways to fit three bedrooms and two baths into less than 1,600 square feet. More
Flat-pack manufacturer sees its new age product as an answer to natural disasters, climate change, and the affordable housing crisis. More
A founding father of the Congress for New Urbanism talks about zoning reform, climate change, and the fate of greenfield development. More
When he talks about the concept of time, Andrés Duany, FAIA, takes on the enthusiastic manner of a star physics student. “Time is a fascinating fourth dimension that is so exciting to me,” he says. More
DPZ’s latest take on traditional neighborhood design exemplifies what the land planning gurus have learned since Seaside. More
At the turn of the 20th Century, Ocean View Amusement Park in Norfolk, Va., was a big draw for residents of the Hampton Roads region. They flocked to the boardwalk and roller coaster via both streetcar and ferry, happy to soak up the sun and smell the salt air (generated not by an ocean, exactly, but by the mighty Chesapeake Bay). “It was a kind of Great Gatsby–like destination,” says D. B. “Bart” Frye Jr., a managing partner with East Beach Co., developers of East Beach, a new 100-acre TND built on the peninsula that was once home to Ocean View. “For years and years, it was a wonderful place.” More
Housing recessions excite Andres Duany, a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism. "I love recessions because new urbanism does better in recessions," says the principal of the design firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. "A lot of new urbanism is built, but it doesn't necessarily sell better than the competition [in a booming home market] because everything sells anyway." More
LIFE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND offers some unexpected delights in this infill paradise.... More
Two months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita flattened huge swathes of the Gulf Coast last summer, a flotilla of Congress for the New Urbanism members descended on Mississippi to design a way out of the devastation. More
