TBDurban design
Architecture
Car-Free, Heat-Smart, People-First: Culdesac’s Bold Model
Architect Daniel Parolek and Opticos Design answered with Culdesac Tempe, the nation’s first purpose-built, car-free community. With shade-rich design, missing middle housing, and a self-sustaining mix of homes and businesses, it’s a climate-conscious model now scaling to nearby Mesa.
Policy
Denver Joins National Push to Scrap Parking Minimums
Denver’s city council voted to eliminate parking minimums citywide, aligning with a national movement to cut costs, speed approvals, and clear the way for more housing.
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.
Wellness & The Built Environment
Civic Well-Being: The New Rules Of Engagement In Placemaking
The spaces and places we create in the form of new home communities, smaller scale infill neighborhoods, or multi-family and mixed-use communities stand as blank canvases on and in which civic connections occur.
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Architecture
LA Story: Architecture's Role In Solving The Affordability Crisis
As a context to explore inspired and inspiring concepts, LA's "Low Rise" competition winners hew to a central theme: architecture as a solution for social, policy, economic, and cultural challenge.
 
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
                                                              urban design
Architecture 10.01.25
Car-Free, Heat-Smart, People-First: Culdesac’s Bold Model
Architect Daniel Parolek and Opticos Design answered with Culdesac Tempe, the nation’s first purpose-built, car-free community. With shade-rich design, missing middle housing, and a self-sustaining mix of homes and businesses, it’s a climate-conscious model now scaling to nearby Mesa.
Policy 08.19.25
Denver Joins National Push to Scrap Parking Minimums
Denver’s city council voted to eliminate parking minimums citywide, aligning with a national movement to cut costs, speed approvals, and clear the way for more housing.
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.
Wellness & The Built Environment 06.20.23
Civic Well-Being: The New Rules Of Engagement In Placemaking
The spaces and places we create in the form of new home communities, smaller scale infill neighborhoods, or multi-family and mixed-use communities stand as blank canvases on and in which civic connections occur.
Architecture 06.23.21
LA Story: Architecture's Role In Solving The Affordability Crisis
As a context to explore inspired and inspiring concepts, LA's "Low Rise" competition winners hew to a central theme: architecture as a solution for social, policy, economic, and cultural challenge.
