What makes up the Private Realm? In short, it is composed of the everyday common things in people’s daily life. These things include our...

More exciting progress on the construction of our first five units at Carlton Landing. The first four are a cluster of courtyard, rear...

or why Historical Preservation and Adaptive Reuse is the most Sustainable things we can do.  Below is a photo of Beaufort, South...

“Res Publica” Res Publica or the Public Realm is the heart of our communities and civic presence. It, along with Res Economica, the...

Building! Great to see progress on some of our work out at Carlton Landing. We have five buildings going up there right now. Carlton...

Next week, December 6th-8th, Brown Design Studio will be leading a workshop for the permanent facility for Riverview Charter School. For...

The Lowcountry Weekly, Beaufort's Bi-Weekly free newspaper has graciously given the CNU Carolinas Chapter a regular column. The column is...

Image from Leon Krier, Architecture Choice or Fate, Windsor, Birks, UK: Andreas Papadakis Publisher, 1998. P30. Great places, cities and...

The Beaufort Three Century Project, along with Historic Beaufort Foundation, are hosting an Architecture and Neighborhood Design Expo...

Thoughts on original green: The are two main sources for input into Steve Mouzon’s Original Green. Software (humans) and hardware...

Original Green and the Lowcountry; Of this Place. Beaufort and the Lowcountry is a very special and unique place in the world. We are...

As many of you know, the Beaufort area recieved $3.1M in Federal grant money recently. The money is earmarket for transportation...

Book Review: Why I Walk; Taking a Step in the Right Direction by Kevin Klinkenberg 2014.   Why I Walk is a recent book by Kevin...

Brown Design has received recognition for two awards at the recent Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) in Dallas, Texas. Both awards...

Our Coastal Living Inspired home tour kicks off this weekend, May 15 in the award winning Habersham Village in Beaufort, South Carolina....

What is a Cleveland Double?   What is a Cleveland Double? No, it’s not a double kielbasa sandwich, it is the Cleveland Double House. ...

From the National Trust: Worth a read not only for saving Historic Schools but what we are also advocating for; new construction patterns...

The Squares of Savannah: A Survey of Public Spaces http://www.thesquaresofsavannah.com/ For the past year, we've been working on a book...

Starting a two day workshop for the Carlton Landing Team and Builders. Tour, Lectures andRoundtable sessions today and tomorrow....

This is Savannah's Whitfield Square, one of the last Squares, being laid out in 1851. Sitting astride Habersham Street, this is a more...