With Help From Prince Charles, New Urbanism Is Hot Worldwide
Prince Charles’ vigorous touting of sustainability and Smart Growth while he visited Washington, D.C., hurricane-stricken New Orleans, and other American cities last month came as no surprise.
For those that follow his work, not just his celebrity, Prince Charles’ vigorous touting of sustainability and Smart Growth while he visited Washington, D.C., hurricane-stricken New Orleans, and other American cities last month came as no surprise. The Prince of Wales actually has much hands-on experience with New Urbanist development. After researching sustainable building and design standards for 10 years, he broke ground on his own New Urbanist village in 1993. Known as Poundbury, the new southern England town was designed to preserve farmland and open space by offering renters and homebuyers a pedestrian-friendly village with single-family homes, small apartments, and shops.
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Prince Charles in Washington, DC
When Prince Charles was in Washington, DC he recieved the National Bulding Museum's Vincent Scully Prize, and gave a wonderful and interesting speech. You can read the speech at http://www.nbm.org/Support/scully05.html, along with a tribute by Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and the presentation of the Prize by Vincent Scully.