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Austin Tunnell
Building beautiful, durable places by bringing development, design, and construction under one roof.
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Glass Half Full
Turning discarded glass into sand for coastal restoration, disaster relief, and new materials.
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California Forever
A new city built around walkable neighborhoods, abundant housing, and a return of large-scale industry to California.
Place
Camp North End
Turning 76 acres of Charlotte’s industrial history into a place for work, food, art, events, and everyday life.
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Swyft Cities
Building elevated transit systems that can connect growing districts and reduce their dependence on parking.
Place
Seaside
The Florida beach town that helped reshape how America thinks about building new communities.
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California Forever
A new city built around walkable neighborhoods, abundant housing, and a return of large-scale industry to California.
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Don’t quit on America’s cities
A first essay on the civic, physical, and practical work ahead — and why America’s places deserve more than managed decline.
America has no business being this bad at building places
An American Shenzhen isn’t ambitious enough
Glass Half Full: building New Orleans by saving it
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