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Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place

Architecture

Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place

In The Architecture of Urbanity, Vishaan Chakrabarti calls for a reinvention of how—and why—we build communities. Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki explains why Chakrabarti’s ideas about nature, culture, and joy couldn’t be more urgent.

A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets

Policy

A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets

A high-risk land bid, a $2,000 toilet, and a mayor’s green light launched a walkable housing model in Papillion. Now, it’s proof that a missing-middle housing future is possible—even in suburbia.

How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility

Land

How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility

Our need to move socially and economically is the central theme in the recent book from Atlantic editor Yoni Appelbaum.

Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units

Land

Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units

Scott Snodgrass — urban farmer turned community developer — makes his debut with The Builder’s Daily a compelling call to action: let’s rethink neighborhood design through the lens of human-centered science.

Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure

Technology

Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure

An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.

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Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place

Architecture

Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place

In The Architecture of Urbanity, Vishaan Chakrabarti calls for a reinvention of how—and why—we build communities. Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki explains why Chakrabarti’s ideas about nature, culture, and joy couldn’t be more urgent.

A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets

Policy

A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets

A high-risk land bid, a $2,000 toilet, and a mayor’s green light launched a walkable housing model in Papillion. Now, it’s proof that a missing-middle housing future is possible—even in suburbia.

How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility

Land

How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility

Our need to move socially and economically is the central theme in the recent book from Atlantic editor Yoni Appelbaum.

Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units

Land

Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units

Scott Snodgrass — urban farmer turned community developer — makes his debut with The Builder’s Daily a compelling call to action: let’s rethink neighborhood design through the lens of human-centered science.

Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure

Technology

Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure

An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.

placemaking

Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place

Architecture 07.31.25

Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place

In The Architecture of Urbanity, Vishaan Chakrabarti calls for a reinvention of how—and why—we build communities. Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki explains why Chakrabarti’s ideas about nature, culture, and joy couldn’t be more urgent.

A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets

Policy 07.17.25

A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets

A high-risk land bid, a $2,000 toilet, and a mayor’s green light launched a walkable housing model in Papillion. Now, it’s proof that a missing-middle housing future is possible—even in suburbia.

How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility

Land 06.22.25

How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility

Our need to move socially and economically is the central theme in the recent book from Atlantic editor Yoni Appelbaum.

Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units

Land 05.01.25

Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units

Scott Snodgrass — urban farmer turned community developer — makes his debut with The Builder’s Daily a compelling call to action: let’s rethink neighborhood design through the lens of human-centered science.

Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure

Technology 03.13.25

Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure

An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.