Fused Grid

In an earlier article about the Portland grid, we identified a number of its shortcomings and speculated that they may be the reason it has not been replicated; no other…

Athens has all the recommended incredients of Smart Growth and New Urbanism. It should be the an ideal prototype to understand and emulate. A closer look reveals that the application of the accepted design recipies deliver an upallatable outcome both for its residents and for the environment. What happened?

A new Calgary neighbourhood shows the features of a good, Fused Grid  neighbourhood   In Calgary, Alberta work has begun on a new 64 hectare subdivision that will put leading edge urban planning…

City planning has yet to achieve the status of a theory, most likely because “the criterionfor the scientific status of a theory is its falsifiability, or refutability or testability.” (Popper,…

In the 4000-year history of the grid, American incarnations are relatively new, appearing first about 300 years ago, frequently as a simple, orthogonal and often square (such as Portland’s) ‘Hippodamian’…

Visiting Vancouver, BC, I looked for what some called the “Vancouver Fused Grid”. It is an example of street network modification that follows the precedents of traffic calming in Berkeley…

Goodbee Square, a recent project by Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company constitutes a fertile departure from previous DPZ plans, integrating novel elements of traffic flow, pedestrian movement, traffic safety, park allocation…