Feb 104 minPartners for Better PlacesMaking places better takes a lot more than great architecture and urban design. Our work over the last decade has expanded beyond award-w...
Nov 12, 20194 minKW Blog Turns Five – A Look Back at Our Favorite PostsToday 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 ...
Aug 8, 20193 minA Tale of Two Bridges: Infrastructure and EquityUrbanists in Atlanta and around the country are tearing their hair out after discovering the Northside Drive pedestrian bridge at the Mer...
Feb 8, 20195 minA Tactical Solution for Dekalb AveIt’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 wi...
Oct 6, 20173 min8 FEATURES THAT MAKE PARSONS ALLEY WORKWe hear that the City of Duluth is enjoying the ongoing revitalization of their historic downtown, which includes KWA’s work at Parsons A...
Sep 21, 20175 minLa France Walk: Looking Back and Thinking ForwardLa France Walk is a new walkable pocket community in the intown Atlanta neighborhood of Edgewood. Learn more at www.lafrancewalk.com or o...
May 16, 20171 minUnderstanding ADA: A Guide for Small DevelopersWe recently had the pleasure of presenting some of our latest research on the Americans with Disabilities Act at CNU in Seattle. The ADA ...
Feb 23, 20173 minCommunity Engagement 101 for Small DevelopersWe spend the vast majority of our time at KW working on projects that will make communities better. For us, “better” means more inclusiv...
Sep 26, 20165 minOn Selling Missing Middle Housing to CommunitiesThe Candler Park neighborhood in Atlanta features a popular one-block commercial node surrounded by mostly pre-WWII residential developme...
Aug 9, 20162 minThe good and bad news about walkabilityWe really enjoyed Kaid Benfield’s latest article on walkability (particularly the part where “Atlanta architect Eric Bethany” was quoted ...
Jul 18, 20164 minThe Importance of Live/WorkBecause we understand how difficult redevelopment can be, we’ve spent a lot of time and brain power researching ways to make it easier. O...
Mar 21, 20161 minMAIN STREET RENOVATIONUrban redevelopment is our bread and butter at KWA, and we’ve come to understand that attempting to renovate a building built 50-100 year...
Mar 2, 20162 minSmall Developer Renovation ResearchWe are big fans of small development here at Kronberg Wall, which means we also understand how difficult it can be. Small, incremental de...
Feb 26, 20161 minAtlanta Zoning MapsThanks to Caleb Racicot from TSW and Kyle Kessler from the Center for Civic Innovation we now have access to digital versions of several ...
Feb 15, 20162 minZONING CODES 101: THE TRANSECTDallas, TX: can you identify the transect zones visible in this picture? image: wikipedia If you’ve ever driven fifty or miles in any dir...
Feb 3, 20163 minThoughts on our current stormwater management policyOn this rainy February morning we were disappointed to not find the display of dramatic raging stormwater overflow, flooded pathways, and...
Nov 19, 20159 minBig Picture Zoning ThoughtsThe City of Atlanta has engaged consultants to tackle a re-writing of our zoning ordinance. This is a highly political process for any c...
Sep 24, 20154 minIn Praise of the Existing Building CodeKWA recently helped convert this historic church rectory into an extension for the Ecole Bilingue in New Orleans. Without the flexibility...
Apr 1, 20155 minLET’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 requireme...
Mar 23, 20152 minLET’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...
