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2024 Urban Design Awards
Nominations for the 2024 Urban Design Awards are now open. Affectionately dubbed the “Urbies,” this Urban Design Center-led awards program aims to recognize, celebrate and champion quality urban design in Charlotte while encouraging continued community discussion around what makes for unique and great places. Over the next two weeks, residents have the opportunity to nominate…
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2024 National Planning Conference: Minneapolis
In April 2024, the Urban Design Center’s Justin Ritchey was selected to attend the 2024 National Planning Conference in Minneapolis. Here is his review of the experience. Minneapolis – How the Built Environment Can Make a Happy City When Minneapolis comes to mind, you probably think of snow, frigid winters, and icy lakes. Or maybe…
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Meet the UDC’s 2024 Summer Interns!
Please join us in welcoming our newest interns – Daniel Durant and Sanchana Viswanathan! Daniel is a rising junior at NC A&T University studying Landscape Architecture while Sanchana will be starting her final year in NC State’s Master of Architecture program. While they’ve only been here a handful of weeks, they’re already showing their abilities…
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Creative Engagement for Freedom-Wilkinson Photovoice
Introduction One Christmas as a kid, I received my first digital camera. This was before everyone always had a high-quality camera in their pocket, when Blackberries and flip phones were still the norm. Having the power and accessibility of a camera to take any photo I wanted was a privilege at the time. I took…
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Studio Connections with Potions & Pixels
Did you know that the Urban Design Center proudly partners with Potions & Pixels to host a monthly board game night at our South End Studio? We have held six Third Thursday Board Game Nights with over a hundred people visiting the Studio this year. We hope you will join us for our last two…
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Announcing the 2023 Urbies Winners
Charlotte, N.C. (Oct. 20, 2023) – The City of Charlotte Urban Design Center and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Architecture presented the city’s third annual Urban Design Awards, also known as the Urbies, on Thursday in a ceremony dedicated to showcasing excellent urban design. The awards program aims to recognize and…
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Summer Internship Journey at Charlotte Urban Design Center
The summer of 2023 I embarked on a journey that would redefine my understanding of urban planning and design. I had the incredible opportunity to intern at Charlotte Urban Design Center, and what unfolded over the next few weeks was transformative.
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2023 Urban Design Awards
Affectionately dubbed the “Urbies,” this Urban Design Center-led awards program aims to recognize, celebrate, and champion quality urban design in Charlotte while encouraging continued community discussion around what makes for unique and great places.
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Churches and Adaptive Reuse
I’ve worn many hats in approximately 14 years in the planning profession, and I sometimes think that is what makes me an effective planner and designer. A few jobs ago, I actually had Friday afternoons reserved for issuing yard sale permits (no more than four per home per year, thank you).