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The need for attainable housing is the challenge of our time. The current human ecosystem is failing Americans, and updated approaches...

Jan 30, 2023

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Attainable Housing Now

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,...

Oct 29, 2020

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Why ADUs Are So Hard To Build, and How Atlanta Could Make it Easier

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 24, 2020

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Catalytic Redevelopment Part 3: Outside Subsidy

Griffin Street Case Study: Why Zoning Matters When it Comes to Housing Choice

This post was written in collaboration with our friend Joel Dixon of Urban Oasis Development. Learn more about Joel and UOD’s work here....

Feb 18, 2021

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Griffin Street Case Study: Why Zoning Matters When it Comes to Housing Choice

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, 2020

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Catalytic Redevelopment Part 4: Incremental Design

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, 2020

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Catalytic Redevelopment Part 2: Project Costs

Feb 10, 2020
4 min

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...

Oct 31, 2019
3 min

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...

Oct 6, 2017
3 min

8 FEATURES THAT MAKE PARSONS ALLEY WORK

We hear that the City of Duluth is enjoying the ongoing revitalization of their historic downtown, which includes KWA’s work at Parsons...

Sep 21, 2017
5 min

La France Walk: Looking Back and Thinking Forward

La France Walk is a new walkable pocket community in the intown Atlanta neighborhood of Edgewood. Learn more at www.lafrancewalk.com or...

Jan 27, 2017
1 min

IOR IN FULL SWING

previous post and this video for some background information. The hard-at-work lady in the before and after photographs (yours truly)...

May 26, 2016
1 min

KWA Residential Renovation Featured in Kitchen & Bath Business

Kitchen and Bath Business featured a recent KWA residential renovation project in their May/June 2016 issue. Located in Decatur, the...

May 3, 2016
1 min

LISTEN: ERIC KRONBERG ON THE GOOD GRACIOUS PODCAST

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Boyd Baker from the Good Gracious Show to talk about making better, more connected...

Apr 6, 2016
4 min

Zoning Codes 101: Form-Based Codes

Walkable neighborhoods with diverse uses like this one in Newport, Rhode Island are impossible to cultivate under typical zoning codes;...

Mar 25, 2016
1 min

JAZZ MARKET ON THE COVER OF RETROFIT MAG

The Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market was featured on the cover of the March-April issue of Retrofit Magazine! The issue features a...

Mar 23, 2016
1 min

KWA Wins Southface Fulcrum Award!

Laura Daniel of KWA was on hand to accept the award, which is made from Forest Free wood from within the perimeter of Atlanta. We’re...

Mar 8, 2016
5 min

URBAN RETAIL DESIGN CAMP

Airstream trailers used by food vendors in Seaside are a great example of successful lean urbanism tactics (photo: EK) I had the absolute...

Feb 11, 2016
2 min

SEE KWA’S DESIGNS FOR DULUTH’S DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT

Site plan and perspective drawings showing several new buildings designed by Kronberg Wall Architects for the redevelopment of downtown...

Feb 4, 2016
1 min

WATCH: PECHA KUCHA @ KWA

Back in October we hosted the opening night of the Small Developer Bootcamp here at KWA HQ in Reyndoldstown. Highlighting the evening...

Nov 16, 2015
1 min

ICYMI: Eric Kronberg Interview in Curbed Atlanta

Eric Kronberg (left) and Adam Wall of Kronberg Wall architects during the open house event celebrating the opening of KWA’s new office in...

Sep 24, 2015
4 min

In Praise of the Existing Building Code

KWA recently helped convert this historic church rectory into an extension for the Ecole Bilingue in New Orleans. Without the flexibility...

Sep 15, 2015
1 min

KWA Back at Work in New Orleans

We are really excited to be digging into another Iberville Offsite Rehabilitation redevelopment. For those that aren’t familiar with...

Sep 10, 2015
1 min

CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS OF THE KWA OFFICE IN REYNOLDSTOWN

It’s been over a month since we moved into our new office in Reynoldstown, and we’re now comfortably settled in. The very talented...

Aug 4, 2015
1 min

LISTEN: ERIC KRONBERG ON SWITCHYARDS PODCAST

KWA’s Eric Kronberg recently had the opportunity to sit down with Clay Bolton of the Switchyards Podcast to discuss KWA projects from the...

Jun 26, 2015
1 min

Listen: Kronberg Wall on PBA

The Iberville Offsite Rehabilitation project, completed with Redmellon Restoration and Development, involved the renewal of over 100...

Jun 18, 2015
2 min

First Steps in Commercial Redevelopment: Baseline Site Study

The next step is to determine how much building and which uses are possible based upon this available parking. The goal is to bring the...