- Oct 29, 2020
- 8 min
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,...
- Sep 24, 2020
- 9 min
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
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 7 min
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
- 8 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 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...
- Nov 14, 2019
- 5 min
I’m so glad I live in an Atlanta where there are Biketobers
Kronberg Wall – Biketober Results When October 1st rolls around, most people dust off their flannel shirts and flock to the nearest...
- Nov 12, 2019
- 4 min
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 1, 2019
- 3 min
PORTLAND YIMBYs, AND SO CAN YOU
Bayside Variety, Portland Maine (credit: John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons) We had the pleasure of visiting Portland, Maine this week to...
- 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...
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Durham Leads the Way for Housing Choice and Zoning Reform
“Zoning reform isn’t magical, but it’s crucial.” So said Mayor Steve Schewel of Durham, NC in a stirring speech given earlier this month...
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
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...
- Jul 31, 2019
- 3 min
Lessons from Market Street
Some will recognize the image above as a still from the film “A Trip Down Market Street”, shot in 1906 in San Francisco by Harry Miles....
- Jul 24, 2019
- 2 min
Parking Updates and Why They Matter: Part Two
A few months ago we sang the praises of Atlanta’s new parking-related zoning updates, and hinted at a follow-up post. Our feelings on...
- Jun 29, 2019
- 5 min
The Not-So-Great Scooter Debate
Can you believe it? Some opaque industry polluted the public spaces of our city with dangerous vehicles and we are all complicit in...
- Jun 7, 2019
- 1 min
Atlanta Streets Alive: Help Us Advocate for Complete Streets!
KWA and ABC’s vision for a complete Dekalb Ave Come see us on Sunday at Streets Alive! We’ll be stationed on Dekalb Ave, right in front...
- Apr 25, 2019
- 3 min
Parking Updates and Why They Matter
It’s 2019. Does your city still have minimum parking requirements? So starts a recent Strong Towns post, and while Atlanta does still...
- Apr 17, 2019
- 3 min
Calling All Ideas For a Better Atlanta! Housing Choice Edition
Atlanta is changing demographically, but our housing stock isn’t keeping up. Last Friday, the Atlanta City Studio asked us to present our...
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
Georgia Power’s Housing Conversation
We are so thankful for the opportunity to share our thoughts on housing challenges facing communities across the state and nation. ...