

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...
Feb 10, 20204 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 12, 20194 min read


A Tale of Two Bridges: Infrastructure and Equity
Urbanists in Atlanta and around the country are tearing their hair out after discovering the Northside Drive pedestrian bridge at the...
Aug 8, 20193 min read


A Tactical Solution for Dekalb Ave
It’s no secret that we are bicycle enthusiasts at KWA; half of our employees are bike commuters, and we also happen to share an office...
Feb 8, 20195 min read


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...
Oct 6, 20173 min read


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...
Sep 21, 20175 min read


Understanding ADA: A Guide for Small Developers
We recently had the pleasure of presenting some of our latest research on the Americans with Disabilities Act at CNU in Seattle. The ADA...
May 16, 20171 min read


Community Engagement 101 for Small Developers
We spend the vast majority of our time at KW working on projects that will make communities better. For us, “better” means more...
Feb 23, 20173 min read


On Selling Missing Middle Housing to Communities
The Candler Park neighborhood in Atlanta features a popular one-block commercial node surrounded by mostly pre-WWII residential...
Sep 26, 20165 min read


The good and bad news about walkability
We really enjoyed Kaid Benfield’s latest article on walkability (particularly the part where “Atlanta architect Eric Bethany” was quoted...
Aug 9, 20162 min read


The Importance of Live/Work
Because we understand how difficult redevelopment can be, we’ve spent a lot of time and brain power researching ways to make it easier....
Jul 18, 20164 min read


MAIN STREET RENOVATION
Urban redevelopment is our bread and butter at KWA, and we’ve come to understand that attempting to renovate a building built 50-100...
Mar 21, 20161 min read


Small Developer Renovation Research
We are big fans of small development here at Kronberg Wall, which means we also understand how difficult it can be. Small, incremental...
Mar 2, 20162 min read


Atlanta Zoning Maps
Thanks to Caleb Racicot from TSW and Kyle Kessler from the Center for Civic Innovation we now have access to digital versions of...
Feb 26, 20161 min read


ZONING CODES 101: THE TRANSECT
Dallas, TX: can you identify the transect zones visible in this picture? image: wikipedia If you’ve ever driven fifty or miles in any...
Feb 15, 20162 min read


Thoughts on our current stormwater management policy
On this rainy February morning we were disappointed to not find the display of dramatic raging stormwater overflow, flooded pathways, and...
Feb 3, 20163 min read
Big Picture Zoning Thoughts
The City of Atlanta has engaged consultants to tackle a re-writing of our zoning ordinance. This is a highly political process for any...
Nov 19, 20159 min read


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 24, 20154 min read


LET’S TALK ABOUT PARKING (PART 2)
How does a neighborhood node like Candler Park manage to function with such a greatly reduced amount of parking below the legal...
Apr 1, 20155 min read


LET’S TALK ABOUT PARKING (PART 1)
As a firm that solves redevelopment challenges on a daily basis, we have had time to reflect on one of the repeated biggest redevelopment...
Mar 23, 20152 min read