Mar 13, 20234 min read
Let's Keep Quick Fixing!
The City of Atlanta’s zoning rewrite is going to be a long slog. That’s why it’s not the right place to focus immediate efforts for folks...
Mar 9, 20239 min read
Thoughts on Zoning Strings
Zoning Past The City of Atlanta is exploring new ways to define and limit how properties are developed as part of the ongoing zoning...
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Power Plexes
In our previous post, we discussed powerful strategies to creatively expand housing choice in ‘single-family’ districts. These are...
Feb 3, 20234 min read
Creative Single-Family Infill
While single family only zoning still dominates land use patterns in most places, there are often overlooked and underutilized ways to...
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Attainable Housing Now
The need for attainable housing is the challenge of our time. The current human ecosystem is failing Americans, and updated approaches...
Oct 29, 20208 min read
Why ADUs Are So Hard To Build, and How Atlanta Could Make it Easier
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a popular tool for addressing the nation’s affordable housing crisis. Every homeowner with an attic,...
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Love(able Neighborhoods) in the Time of Corona
After a month of social distancing, the KUA team is settling into our new normal. Aside from your standard working from home woes - hours...
Feb 10, 20204 min read
Partners for Better Places
Making places better takes a lot more than great architecture and urban design. Our work over the last decade has expanded beyond...
Nov 12, 20194 min read
KW Blog Turns Five – A Look Back at Our Favorite Posts
Today marks the five-year anniversary of our very first blog post. To mark the occasion, we took a look back at over 100 posts to select...
Nov 1, 20193 min read
PORTLAND YIMBYs, AND SO CAN YOU
Bayside Variety, Portland Maine (credit: John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons) We had the pleasure of visiting Portland, Maine this week to...
Oct 31, 20193 min read
Making Affordable Housing Cute Again
Atlanta has many charming historic Missing Middle Housing types, and we even have a new Missing Middle Housing zoning category to...
Sep 20, 20193 min read
Durham Leads the Way for Housing Choice and Zoning Reform
“Zoning reform isn’t magical, but it’s crucial.” So said Mayor Steve Schewel of Durham, NC in a stirring speech given earlier this month...
Apr 17, 20193 min read
Calling All Ideas For a Better Atlanta! Housing Choice Edition
Atlanta is changing demographically, but our housing stock isn’t keeping up. Last Friday, the Atlanta City Studio asked us to present our...
Mar 18, 20192 min read
Unpacking the Pilot Project’s Prototype Pieces
The overall corner site utilizes four 50’ x 150’ lots, a standard size in many older neighborhoods in Southeastern cities. We are also...
Mar 15, 20192 min read
When Actions Speak Louder Than Words: The Importance of Pilot Projects
Atlanta is facing an affordable housing crisis, as are most cities and towns around the state of Georgia, and the rest of the country....
Feb 13, 20191 min read
ABCs of ADUs Recap + Presentation Download
A packed house at KWA HQ! photo credit: Terry Kearns Last night’s ABCs of ADUs event was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out...
Jan 11, 20194 min read
Housing, Trees and Zoning Changes
The City of Atlanta is working hard on another update to our zoning ordinance. It’s another round of Quick Fixes to address smaller...
Jan 10, 20191 min read
When Not to ADU?
There are a lot of reasons to build an ADU, and a lot of reasons to do this sooner than later. There is one time that is less than ideal...
Jan 2, 20193 min read
Who Actually ADUs?
ADUs are an amazing tool for housing choice in your community, but who actually signs up and gets one built? We got to spend the day with...
Dec 19, 20182 min read
AARP, ADUs and You
We just had the chance to participate in an amazing roundtable discussing ADU policy in Washington, DC hosted by AARP. Why is AARP...