04.03.2023
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
06.01.2022
Residential properties have been transformed into an asset class to be traded among institutional investors.
Residential properties have been transformed into an asset class to be traded among institutional investors.
02.14.2022
The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs.
The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs.
01.19.2022
Housing, and creating more of it, is much more complex than a recent Atlantic piece suggests.
Housing, and creating more of it, is much more complex than a recent Atlantic piece suggests.
11.02.2021
The recent elimination of single family zoning is a promising step, but must also work in concert with broader changes.
The recent elimination of single family zoning is a promising step, but must also work in concert with broader changes.
04.25.2021
Transforming the suburbs might be a crucial first step.
Transforming the suburbs might be a crucial first step.
08.17.2020
Solving one problem adds troubles somewhere else. The region needs to think holistically.
Solving one problem adds troubles somewhere else. The region needs to think holistically.
03.01.2020
It might be helpful to define its capabilities and its limits first.
It might be helpful to define its capabilities and its limits first.
03.10.2019
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
04.17.2018
There is no architectural style that is inherently “right” or “moral.”
There is no architectural style that is inherently “right” or “moral.”
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