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Virginia 24083 540-992-2330 Circle 77 on reader service card Circle 24 on reader service card n From the Editor Their Currency is Ideas Editor Vernon Mays It's remarkable, when you stop to Assistant Editor think about it, that a conversation among Rebecca E. Ivey a handful of architects 10 years ago could Director of Sales have sparked a movement that already Porter F. Hulett Sales Administrator is discussed in every architecture school Ctiarleen M. Pine and watched by every design journal. Such is the case with The New Urban- Graphic Design ism, which has rapidly charted a course Steven Longstaff from total obscurity to total familiarity within architectural circles. Distribution Efa Adams Today New Urbanism is synonymous with a design and planning philosophy Accounting that oppcises urban sprawl, the segregation of people by race and income, environmental Cindy Caramela deterioration, and land development practices that isolate neighborhood.s rather than Public Relations link them. The term was coined by a group of architects who organized in 1993. Margaret J. Tinsley That year, 100 people gathered at the first annual Congress for a New Urbanism Publisher (CNU) to lay out its principles - which address design at the scale of the region, the neighborhood, the street, the block, and the building. From this tiny group emerged John W. Braymer, Hon. AIA an upswell of interest. Today CNU (an organization as well as an event) has more than 2,300 members in 20 countries; its literature boasts that there are more than Editorial Advisory Board 210 New Urbanist developments cither under construction or completed in the U.S. Stephen C. Weisensale, AIA, Chairman In the mid-Adantic, the roster of projects include the Randolph neighborhood revival Carlton S. Abbott, FAIA in Richmond and, of course, Kentlands, the Gaithersburg, Md., subdivision that nmks Edward J. Gillikin, Jr., AIA as the prototype of traditional neighborhood developments. Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Rather than issue stuffy manifestos, the leaders of New Urbanism often present Michael S. Hedgepeth, AIA their case with such common sense that it defies argument. California architect David A. Keith, AIA Peter Calthorpe, a CNU founder, uses the case of Portland, Ore., to support his Robert L. Paxton, AIA argument for limiting sprawl. "Land-u.se reactionaries claim that regional open space Donna M. Phaneuf, AIA preservation and lu-ban growth boundaries drive up home prices by limiting die supply WillardM.Scribner,AIA of developable land," Calthorpe writes. "But the link between rising prices and the urban growth boundary is unclear." Calthorpe says the doubling of housing costs Portland experienced in the '90s was matched in Salt Lake City and Denver - both regions witliout growth boundaries. 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Marcoise asserts that new communities built copies. POSTMASTER: Please send address to conform to New Urbanist rhetoric more often than not reflect a fear of the urban changes to Inform, The Barret House, 15 South rather than an embrace of progressive new urbanism. Fifth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3823. Telephone: 804-644-3041. Note to subscribers: Both men present compelling arguments. But, left to choose between these polar When changing address, please send address views, I fall on Calthorpe's side. I .sympathize with the goals of the Congress for a label from recent issue and your new address. New Urbanism because they are based on principles of social and environmental Periodicals postage paid at Richmond, Virginia, responsibility. Examples such as the new planning policy in Albemarle County and additional mailing offices. Editorial offices: (p. 16) help to convince me that the New Urbanist approach is better for the envi• ronment, better for the county that bears the infra.structure cost, and better for the 15 South Fifth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. people who will live on the suburban frontier. Often criticized for promotmgan old- Telephone: 804-644-3041. Copyright 2003 by Inform. fashioned architecture, New Urbanism is far more than a question of style. CNU's planning ideas hold water, and would do so even if New Urbanist communities were Inform encourages open discussion of architecture made of only Miesian glass boxes. So if a developer refuses to mix affordable apart• and design. Opinions expressed in the magazine ments into a community of half-million dollar homes, it is unfair to hold the CNU are those of the author and not necessarily of the responsible. For the moment, their currency is ideas. 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By Kiw A. O'Connell Port Warwick, I^\1A Planners and Architects I'he Neighborhood M<)dcl, l orti Clallas il^c Partiicrs Monroe Square, (laver Nichols, Aichitect Winchester Greens, Baskcrvill & Son 22 Architecture for Architects Designing a building for someone else brings with it an inherent set of limitations. But when architects design for themselves, the Ireedom to be more experimental can yield relreshing results. Ford Residence, Edward R. Ford, .\IA Design Firm Studio, R.ui .md Assot i.ucs Push/Pull House, L);n id j;u)n.'son \ri hitect Design Lines new tievelopments in design 32 Books distinctive homes, yes - but are they achievable? Taking Note doing the small thing well On the cover: Push/Pull House In our next issue: Photo by Hoachlander Davis Photography Inform Awards architecture • landscape architecture • product design • decorative arts • historic preservation • interior design • visual arts • graphic design • urban design IJDesign Lines Architecture Foundation Receives Capital One Grant • riu-1 ,>^.„„•„ / ,„„„/„„„„ ,,„. I,,./,„,.,.,„,., Virginia Foundation for Architecture representatives accept the S250,000 gift from Capital One presented by Bill Yontz, vice president for facilities (fourth from left) and Eric Thorpe, director of corporate real estate (fifth from left).