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The cost of imposing urban order

A stunning exhibition reveals what was destroyed by New York’s rigid street grid—and what’s been gained.

Alley houses: an emerging trend faces a cost test

Vancouver, British Columbia, could eventually have up to 60,000 small dwellings along lanes — if people can afford $300 a square foot.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 31 Jan 2012

Thinking inside the box

What would cities be like if Americans started occupying remnants of the global shipping system?

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 31 Jan 2012

Scott Merrill: from ‘town architect’ at Seaside to winner of the Seaside Prize

A designer of beautiful, subtly surprising buildings that stand up to rough weather will be honored by the Seaside Institute.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 11 Nov 2011

Show me the money! New bumper sticker for the new normal?

There hasn’t been a New Urbanist Council gathering for a while. Which is why a lot of pent-up anxiety — and hope — found release in Council sessions in Montgomery, Alabama.

'Tactical Urbanists' converge on New York

Small-scale, incremental interventions in cities will be explored in the first Tactical Urbanism Salon, scheduled for this Saturday in Long Island City, Queens.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 10 Oct 2011
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