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Redevelopment Requires Scale

BIGGER PICTURE | Every teardown creates a simple choice: build bigger or build more expensive.

The Triangle has enjoyed decades of consistent economic growth, at the same time that many established neighborhoods have refused to allow new h...

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Charm Is A Pattern: Our Interview with Ross Chapin

Ross Chapin, FAIA, is an architect, land-planner, and thought-leader passionate about designing places for vibrant communities and healthy living. Based in Whidbey Island, Washington, Ross specializes in residential development, and is well...

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Design Duality: Intentions vs. Outcomes of Build to Rent Legislation

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This article was authored by Michael Kramer, a veteran multi-disciplinary residential design firm leader with 25 years of experience working in estimating, purchasing...

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Durham and Raleigh Should Legalize One-Room Living

The Viceroy Hotel, a former SRO building in Chicago.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away… before exclusionary zoning became the norm in America post WWII, single room occupancy (SRO) was a common type of housing. Think of these units...

18 days ago
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We're Taking Our Film Nights Across the Triangle

We had a hunch that Durham was ready for this. We did not fully know how ready.

On June 25th, CITYBUILDER hosted the first stop of our Summer Film Tour at Fullsteam ATC on the American Tobacco Campus in Durham. It was a $10 screening of si...

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  • CityBuilder

    CITYBUILDER is the pro-housing news and advocacy source for Raleigh, Durham, and central NC. We are a 501(c)(4) focused on housing policy education and outreach.

  • Aaron Lubeck

    Designer & builder with a career in historic preservation, green building, affordability and new urbanism. He the founder of Southern Urbanism @aaron_lubeck

  • Jenn Truman

    designer of experiences and places \ud83d\udcad\ud83d\udccd\ud83d\uddbc️ young working mom ✴️\ud83e\uddd1\ud83d\udc67\ud83e\uddd1✴️\ud83d\udc76 vocal advocate for housing + transit \ud83d\udeb4\ud83d\ude8c\ud83c\udf33\ud83c\udfd8️

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  • Payton Chung

    Payton Chung, LEED AP ND, CNUa, is developing infill housing in the Raleigh area and is a board member for Greater Greater Washington and Citybuilder NC. He first addressed the Cary town council about smart growth in 1996.

  • The Emerging Developer

    Husband. Father of two. An emerging affordable housing developer navigating a career pivot. Sharing my journey as I work to build a path in small-scale real estate development and make a real impact in my community.

  • Conor Mulderrig

    Conor Mulderrig is an Independent Climate Policy Consultant in Durham, NC. He served as Climate Change Policy Advisor to Governor Roy Cooper where he worked to advance cleaner buildings, transportation systems, and land use reforms.

  • Andy Lowe

    Hello! I am a local Durham resident who is passionate about local politics and land use. I am the chapter lead for the RDU New Liberals

  • Elijah Geist

    Assistant Editor Fellow with CITYBUILDER Master of City and Regional Planning with UNC-Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning

  • Charlotte Chapman

    Durham native, urban enthusiast.

  • Paige Kanipe

    Paige Kanipe is an architectural designer and recent graduate of NCSU'S MAAS program. Her research focuses on sustainability, circular construction, and the integration of Design for Deconstruction principles into the built environment.

  • Hannah Moell

    Hannah is a Raleigh artist and housing advocate — making work rooted in neuroaesthetics and building coalitions for equitable development in the Triangle.

  • Lucas Silvio Nagel

    Lucas Nagel is a Stamps President's Scholar at Georgia Tech pursuing a B.S. in Architecture. He is the author of a ten-part article series for CITYBUILDER NC as a past Allison Ramsey Architects Intentional Community Research Fellow.

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