@victordover.bsky.social
Town Planner, Urban Designer, Futurist. Past Chair, CNU. FAICP. CNU Fellow. Principal @DoverKohl. Ironman (5x). Past President, Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade
The CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Volume 2 of "The Art of the New Urbanism" book and exhibition is open UNTIL AUG 1. Here is your chance to show your best work. Please share. Submit your pieces now: artofthenewurbanism.com
17.07.2025 11:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 06/ "...On the contrary, this is a disciplined use of art aimed at reforming professions in need of it, and enriching the lives of people and place.”
--Michael Mehaffy, Executive Director, Lennard Institute / IMCL
5/ "...they are beautiful works of art in their own right. But this is not “art for art’s sake” – a means to impose ungainly sculptures on an unwilling public, or to market dubious schemes that, judging from history, are only likely to produce ever more unhappy results."
cont'd
4/ "...integrating the multiple and sometimes conflicting forces of human need, economic dynamics, technological constraints, and evolving political will. These drawings are not only essential guides to implementation, but as this book demonstrates..." cont'd
09.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 03/ "...We’re reminded that the core of any design process is visual communication, the common language of an iterative collaboration that emphasizes listening as much as talking. The emergent result in these examples is a shared vision articulated in graphical form..." cont'd
09.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 02/ "...responding to their preferences and needs, and building on nature, history, and traditional precedent. While new technologies do play a role, they are never allowed to displace the fundamental relationship between human collaborators, including users." cont'd
09.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Art of the New Urbanism: 🧵 = reaction to the new book by @michaelwmehaffy:
“This beautiful book is a testament to the remarkable progress of New Urbanism as a critical reform movement. ...Its practitioners are engaging with citizens in a fundamentally different way..." 1/
2/ This is part of a video series about artists featured in The Art of the New Urbanism.
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David Rodríguez, architect & urbanist in Panama, sees drawing as essential to inspiring confidence in neighborhoods. "When you use hand drawing, you remember the exact moment you generated that image."
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youtu.be/X_HTNaVq1Zw
4/ The wait won't be long. The Call for Submissions for "Volume 2, 2010-2025" of #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism is open until Aug 1, 2025
www.artofthenewurbanism.com
3/ "My only disappointment is that we have to wait for Volume 2” of #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism
--Nathan R. Norris, Founding Principal, CityBuilding Partnership
www.amazon.com/Art-New-Urba...
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
@doverkohl.com
(cont'd)
2/ "Given this critical role in development of communities, it's wonderful that there is finally a compilation of the full range of visualizations at a level of excellence that can only be described as art..."
Nathan Norris on #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism
(cont'd)
Development expert Nathan Norris on #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism:
"While principles guide the work of New Urban practitioners, visualizations are the medium for generating support for development from investors, citizens, community leaders, buyers, etc..."
@NewTownAdvisor
(cont'd) 1/
4/ The wait won't be long. The Call for Submissions for "Volume 2, 2010-2025" of #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism is open until Aug 1, 2025
www.artofthenewurbanism.com
3/ "My only disappointment is that we have to wait for Volume 2” of #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism
--Nathan R. Norris, Founding Principal, CityBuilding Partnership
www.amazon.com/Art-New-Urba...
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
@doverkohl.com
(cont'd)
2/ "Given this critical role in development of communities, it's wonderful that there is finally a compilation of the full range of visualizations at a level of excellence that can only be described as art..."
Nathan Norris on #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism
(cont'd)
Development expert Nathan Norris on #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism:
"While principles guide the work of New Urban practitioners, visualizations are the medium for generating support for development from investors, citizens, community leaders, buyers, etc..."
@NewTownAdvisor
(cont'd) 1/
2/ "...New Urbanists have long understood the power of art – it’s their secret weapon. Use this guide to learn their playbook and make change happen.”
Prof Emily Talen, University of Chicago
#TheArtoftheNewUrbanism
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
@doverkohl.com
More enthusiasm from readers of The Art of the New Urbanism:
"“This book had me with “visualizing change” – utterly indispensable yet still frustratingly absent in community dialogue.”
--Emily Talen
@emilytalen.bsky.social, professor of planning & planning history, University of Chicago
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3/ "The images are beautifully drawn and stimulating, the practitioners' comments insightful, the history of New Urbanism is unpacked, and the methods and techniques are inspiring."
--Mitchell Silver, past president of APA
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
@doverkohl.com
2/ "The Art of the New Urbanism, Vol 1 is a visually powerful book that illustrates its influence on the built environment. This collection of well-executed illustrations is essential to anyone interested in planning and designing better places for people..."
--Mitchell Silver
Praise for #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism cont'd:
"Bottom line: The lessons in this book will make you a better designer, planner, and place maker.”
“The New Urbanism movement has revolutionized design and place making..."
--Mitchell Silver, former president of APA
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social
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2/ "Students of all ages will appreciate New Urbanists’ use of before/after, eye-level, and contextual aerial views that communicate to the public the value of design and its ability to transform ordinary landscapes into community-building gathering spaces.”
Ellen Dunham-Jones
"This book is a treasure trove!"
Early praise for #TheArtoftheNewUrbanism, cont'd:
"This book persuasively depicts the return to people-oriented placemaking and graphically illustrating the ideals of civic art."
Prof Ellen Dunham-Jones, Georgia Tech
Co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia
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"The drawings in this book are exquisitely crafted, alluring... They are about the potential of architecture to engage & uplift us, about the making of places where hope prevails.”
--Beth Dunlop, former Miami Herald architecture critic
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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"That is what this beautiful compilation of elegant, finely crafted hand drawings is about—the making of places where people want to live. The power of New Urbanism, to me, is that it is at once complex and deeply considered and yet based on observation and common sense."
--Beth Dunlop
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“When I turned the pages of The Art of the New Urbanism, my immediate thought was of Liz Lemon in the television show 30 Rock saying, as she sometimes did, “I want to go to there.”
--Beth Dunlop
#ArtoftheNewUrbanism
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Early praise for #ArtoftheNewUrbanism, cont'd:
“A lovely, inspirational book.”
--Beth Dunlop, writer, editor, observer of cities and architecture 1/
Master perspectivist JJ Zanetta reveals the story behind iconic artworks in The Art of the New Urbanism exhibition and book. This is part of a video series about artists featured in The Art of the New Urbanism.
BUY THE BOOK:
Amazon: tinyurl.com/mr3azpae
New "Meet the Artists" clips are steadily posting. Please share them! A playlist of all the clips so far: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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