Working from Home: A Story about the Unending Value of Missing Middle Housing
For generations, the “White Elephant” has held a special place in our family. This is the tepidly affectionate name given to an old..
Let’s Compare and Contrast: Human Scale Patterns
I recently wrote a series of posts on three important patterns of walkable neighborhoods and human scale design – neighborhood streets,..
Human Scale Patterns: Lot Access
Note: This is the third post in a series exploring some simple patterns of human scale neighborhood design. These patterns, which I’ve..
Human Scale Patterns: Neighborhood Streets
I recently began a series exploring some simple patterns of human scale neighborhood design. These patterns, which I have observed in my..
Human Scale Patterns: Entry Features
Cars have erased “human scale” from our traditional patterns of city building, which means we are no longer designing our cities to be..
Rethinking Regulations
Cities are complex systems—unpredictable, organic and constantly evolving due to millions of incremental decisions made every day. Yet we..