Narrow streets are the key to unlocking great cities.
Add in a bit of greenery, give priority to people (not cars), and design the buildings attractively at human scale with symmetry, and it will immediately become one of the most charming streets in your city!
900 S 1st in Austin, TX points to the next generation of infill development.
Compact footprints, layered courtyards, and shared spaces make higher density feel open and neighborly, a model for housing that’s both smart and human.
Designed by members of the Cedar team while at Storybuilt, with a team of great collaborators.
📷 Kristian Alveo Photography
Canada’s new government just released the Housing Design Catalogue.
It has 50 standardised housing designs that builders will use to streamline approvals, cut through red tape, and get millions more homes built, faster.
🌳 Paris just transformed one of its most iconic squares: Place de l’Hôtel de Ville. Once a vast stone esplanade, it’s now an urban forest.
Inaugurated on June 21, 2025, this project is reshaping how the city tackles climate, space, and livability. 🌍
In 1991, the 10 largest builders in America captured 9% of all closings.
Today, it is 43%, and it is rising.
The way we entitle projects is destroying localism.
One thing I really don't like about LA's Small Lot Ordinance is that it results in projects that don't treat the public street as the front of the home