Archive of the New Urbanism

Collection

Archive of the New Urbanism

• 2004 (Creation)

50 Linear Feet

The New Urbanism is the only distinctly American architectural movement of the 20th Century that systemically critiqued the conventional urban planning patterns of the post-war period. The University of Miami Libraries Architecture Research Center Archives is the sole repository for collecting and housing materials documenting this movement that impacted the discourse on urbanization theories and town planning. The principles of the movement were articulated in 1994 in the Charter of the Congress for The New Urbanism. The Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that promotes walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development and sustainable communities was recognized by the New York Times as "…the most important phenomenon to emerge in American Architecture in the post-Cold-War era."
The New Urbanism movement, which signaled a turning point from the segregated planning and architecture of post-war America to a return to historic principles of traditional town planning, became the focus of a series of contested dialogues not just among architects, planners and developers, but among historians, environmentalists and policy makers as well. The movement continues to influence the principles of town planning and design, and spark debate among its advocates and critics as evidenced in the public fora thirty years following its inception.
This collection includes drawings, project folios, books and manuscripts, periodicals, article clippings, correspondence, videos, CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes and other materials related to New Urbanism theory, writing, and design.

This collection is arranged in eleven series (I-XI). Storage consists of document containers of varying forms and sizes as detailed below.

Series:

I      Projects, Plans, and Codes

This series includes project reports, booklets, drawings, photographs, promotional materials, and regulating documents. The organization is according to place whenever possible: projects and codes in the U.S. can be found by state, projects and codes abroad can be found by country.

II    Books, Anthologies, Proceedings, and Articles

This series includes a variety of publications and supporting material.

III    Periodical Publications

This series includes complete and incomplete serial runs and isolated periodical volumes that contain references to the New Urbanism Movement.

IV    Reports and Research

This series includes documents involving topics which transcend place: economic, environmental, and transportation-related, as well as social issues such as health.

V      Works of Theory, Theses, and White papers

These are writings that propose a certain perspective on topics related to the New Urbanism. They may be papers presented, theses submitted in fulfillment of academic requirements and other academic writings.

VI    Firms and Institutions

VII  The Congress for the New Urbanism

VIII  Symposia, Conferences, and Exhibitions

IX    Multi-media

X      Related Reference Materials

XI    Miscellaneous

Storage Details:

Type of case is indicated by letter code as demonstrated in the list below.

F Folders hold loose papers or papers of a similar subject

FF Flat Files : Large drawings/objects

I Items : Usually bound items which can stand alone however, some items are placed within containers

T Tubes

This collection is open for research.

This collection is housed in the Architecture Research Center (ARC), University of Miami.
Viewing is by appointment for Room Use Only.

Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact um.arc@miami.edu for more information.

• English

The Architecture Library, School of Architecture, University of Miami, is the sole and primary entity responsible for collecting and archiving New Urbanism documents.

The Archive of the New Urbanism was established in 2004 to provide a record of the initiation and evolution of the New Urbanism as seen in projects, articles, books, research, compendia, notes, and other materials. Collecting for the archive was begun by a letter from one of the movement’s principal founders, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture (1995-2014) to all Congress for the New Urbanism members in January 2002, soliciting material for the collection. CNU members provided the first materials for the collection. In 2004, under the direction of the University of Miami Library Archivist, Craig Likness and Dean Plater-Zyberk, graduate students, Wyn Bradley and Christina Miller created the initial taxonomic scheme for a finding aid and began classifying the materials respectively.

While the current organization attempts to prepare for growth, future submittals may require the addition and/or reorganization of a Series or Subseries.

Peter Katz donated 16 boxes of New Urbanism related documents in October 2011 and another 8 boxes in November 2011.

The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) donated 27 boxes of New Urbanist materials in January 2009.  These materials await processing. In July 2012 the Congress of the New Urbanism donated 2 more boxes of CNU competition related records.

1 Box of materials were donated by CNU in January of 2012 .

Congress of the New Urbanism Records. ARC8000

Information about related materials is available at http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/findingaid&id=1021

The Seaside Research Portal from Notre Dame:

Access the portal via: https://seaside.library.nd.edu/about-the-portal

• Citation: Archive of the New Urbanism. Architecture Research Center, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. [Date of access].

• Cities and towns
• Cities and towns -- Florida
• City planning
• New towns
• Sustainable development
• Transit-oriented development
• Urban policy

• Rosemary Beach (Fla.)
• Seaside (Fla.)

• Community Design Associates (Subject)
• Congress for the New Urbanism (Subject)
• Dover, Kohl & Partners (Firm) (Subject)
• Moule & Polyzoides (Firm) (Subject)
• Seaside Institute (Subject)
• Urban Design Associates (Subject)
• Calthorpe, Peter (Subject)
• Duany, Andres (Subject)
• Gindroz, Raymond L. (Subject)
• Katz, Peter, 1954- (Subject)
• Kelbaugh, Doug (Subject)
• Polyzoides, Stefanos (Subject)
• Solomon, Daniel, 1939- (Subject)

• Architectural drawings (visual works)