Showing posts with label neotraditional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neotraditional. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2009


Above is a site plan for the "New Urbanism" suburban community of Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Maryland (click on picture to see a larger version(. "New Urbanism" is also often known as neo-traditional suburban design and planning.

Above is a site plan for the "National Examplar" community of town of Mariemont on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio and designed by John Nolen in the 1920's. It is credited with being the first "new urbanism" or "smart growth" community in the U.S. New urbanism is also sometimes referred to as neo-traditional design.