Keith Davis | May 28, 2009
CNU – The Congress of New Urbanism.
I was first introduced to CNU at least a decade ago when I read my first book by Andres Duany. Since then CNU has grown from being an organization almost exclusively of architects and urban planners. to a group that encompasses and reaches out to folks of all aspects [...]
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Keith Davis | March 23, 2009
When I started studying New Urbanism some 9 or 10 years ago, I think I was shocked to find that there were really good reasons not to do the things that seem so obvious to us.
1) Wide Roads are safer than narrow roads. Of Course this is true. After all, there is far [...]
Category: Charlottesville, New Urbanism & Conservation, Real Estate |
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Tags: Accidents, Albemarle, Cars, Charlottesville, Driving, New Construction, Safety
Keith Davis | February 26, 2009
Originally Published July 2, 2008
I came across this video on a web site of the Congress for New Urbanism. Its pretty well done and I thought I would share it. Open the full posting to view the video.
You can watch it here,
or you can click to view the video on it’s “native” site.
You can watch [...]
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Keith Davis | February 26, 2009
Originally Published May 15, 2008
I remember in 2002 reading a book that was, at the time, about a year old. It was by an architect in the Midwest named Sarah Susanka and was called “The Not So Big House”. I remember thinking that most of what she wrote was a no brainer, but I still [...]
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Tags: DPZ, Duaney, Not So Big House, Susanka