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...
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...
Sep 24, 20209 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 4: Incremental Design
(This post is Part 4 of a series on evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 3) In this series we have covered...
Sep 24, 20205 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 3: Outside Subsidy
(This post is Part 3 of a series on evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 2) So far in this series we’ve...
Sep 23, 20207 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 2: Project Costs
(This post is Part 2 of KUA's guide to evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 1: Setting Goals) In our last...
Sep 23, 20208 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 1: Setting Goals
After over a year’s worth of engagement by respondents and community members, the Atlanta Beltline Inc. (ABI) recently announced that...
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...