Madisonville Becomes First Cincinnati Neighborhood to Implement New FBC

Madisonville is a neighborhood located 10 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. When Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls introduced the idea of a Form-Based Code for the city some five years ago, all Cincinnati neighborhoods were invited to learn more about ...

Steve Mouzon Is At It Again: New Media for Designers + Builders

Steve Mouzon is always thinking one step ahead of the rest of us and at the same time providing us with practical information we can integrate into our daily practices, whether it be urban design, architecture or building. The author ...

How the Built Environment Can Affect Positive Change

Before coming to Opticos in 2012, designer Melia West spent a year volunteering at the Hogar Sagrado Corazón orphanage in Montero, Bolivia. The orphanage, which opened in 1982, provides a home to around 120 girls that have been abandoned, orphaned, ...

Opticos Named to 2013 B Corp Best for Workers List

Opticos Design, Inc., was named to B Lab’s “B Corp Best for the Workers List,” honoring the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations in the world that have made a positive impact on their workforce. “Study after study shows ...

Tracing the History of the Original New Urbanist Town

Architect Dhiru Thadani’s latest book about the planned town of Seaside, Florida, Visions of Seaside: Foundation, Evolution, Imagination, Built & Unbuilt Architecture, is a complete history of the town, from the project’s inception, to its planning, to projects that remain ...