Our work has been published in Progressive Architecture, in Metropolitan Home, in numerous planning journals, and has been featured on National Public Radio, CNN’s Earthwatch, and in BusinessWeek. DK&P projects have also been profiled in The New Urbanism by Peter Katz, Rural By Design by Randall Arendt, Sustainable Urbanism by Douglas Farr, Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones, Form-Based Codes by Daniel Parolek, as well as Land Use Strategies and Public Participation Tools, both published by the Center for Livable Communities.
Victor Dover and John Massengale’s new book, Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns, is on bookshelves now. Writing the book has helped the Dover-Kohl team reach a new understanding of the possibilities for streets in American cities in modern times. Dover Kohl especially understands how to preserve local distinctiveness and a sense of place while also enhancing usability for all modes of travel – pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit users – and creating great addresses.
STREET DESIGN
The Secret to Great Cities and Towns
Second Edition
John Massengale and Victor Dover know how to fix America's neighborhoods, cities, and towns: make them walkable again. That begins with great streets where people want to be, streets that are comfortable, safe, interesting, and beautiful. Street Design, Second Edition looks at hundreds of streets old and new, shows us what works and what doesn't, and reveals the secrets behind designing great streets and walkable places.
Revised and expanded, now with full-color images throughout, this indispensable and transformative guide, the only book of its kind:
Shows examples of over 150 excellent streets and explains why they are successful and how they were designed and created
Reveals crucial elements that many modern street designs lack
Offers step-by-step instruction on how to design new streets and improve existing ones to create more walkable cities and towns
Highlights common street-design challenges and ways they can be addressed through placemaking
Features more than 740 color and black-and-white photos Includes contributions from twenty of the leading design experts in the field, including Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Leon Krier, Nicholas Boys Smith, Jeff Speck, Stefanos Polyzoides, and John Norquist, the former mayor of Milwaukee.
Street Design, Second Edition is the indispensable handbook for urban designers, civic leaders, architects, city planners, engineers, and landscape architects, and essential reading for any person who wants to make their community walkable and create memorable streets that are not mere routes to someplace else, but the great places to which other routes lead.
In stores and online, Summer 2025 - Pre-order it from:
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First edition
Victor Dover and John Massengale take a close look at streets old and new, show us what works and what doesn't, and reveal the details behind beautiful, walkable places.
This transformative, illustrated guide reveals:
Over 150 excellent streets, why they are successful, and how they were created
Crucial elements that many modern street designs lack
Step-by-step instructions for designing new streets and fixing existing ones to create a more desirable-- and more valuable-- village, town or metropolis
More than 500 photos and drawings, never before published
Favorite streets and street-making stories from Leon Krier, Gianni Longo, Gabriele Tagliaventi, John Norquist, and more than a dozen other leading design experts
Street Design is essential reading for anyone who wants to make their community more livable. Discover why some streets are not merely routes to someplace else, but the great addresses to which other routes lead.
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THE ART OF THE NEW URBANISM
Volume 1: (1980 - 2010)
New Urbanism has reshaped how professionals and communities conceptualize and communicate urban design. The movement's visual language—through hand-drawn and digital renderings, master plans, and site illustrations—has played a crucial role in engaging diverse audiences, from policymakers to residents.
The Art of the New Urbanism, Volume 1 (1980–2010) presents a visual archive of the New Urbanism movement's defining works, capturing three decades of transformative urban design. Featuring over 200 meticulously crafted illustrations, this beautifully illustrated volume highlights the artistic and technical evolution of visual storytelling in community planning, architecture, and real estate development.
Beyond their functional purpose, the images in this landmark collection stand as compelling works of art, reflecting the aspirations and principles that have guided the movement. Accompanying essays and commentaries provide in-depth insights into the techniques, processes, and impact of urban design illustration. Throughout the book, the authors highlight the role of visual storytelling in shaping walkable, sustainable communities while offering historical and cultural context on New Urbanism's impact.
Carefully curated by leading practitioners and scholars, The Art of the New Urbanism, Volume 1 (1980–2010):
Presents the first comprehensive collection of New Urbanist visual works, featuring over 200 high-quality images
Includes contributions from leading practitioners in architecture, urban design, and planning
Showcases both hand-drawn and digital renderings, master plans, and site illustrations
Features never-before-published artworks, many previously only available in a gallery setting
Provides expert commentary on visual techniques, public engagement, and the evolution of urbanist illustration
A one-of-a-kind exploration of how illustrations serve as both communication tools and compelling works of art, The Art of the New Urbanism, Volume 1 (1980 - 2010) is an essential resource for architects, urban designers, city planners, and real estate developers, as well as graduate and undergraduate courses in urban design, community planning, and sustainable development.
In stores and online, June 2025 - Pre-order it from:
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Books About Dover-Kohl's Work
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
By Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson
Home From Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century
By James Howard Kunstler
(See Ch. 11, "Remodeling Hell," to read Dover-Kohl's thoughts on fixing suburban sprawl in Florida)
Form Based Codes: A guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities and Developers
By Daniel G. Parolek, and Paul C. Crawford
Other Writings
Digital Design Techniques to Assist in the Composition of Traditional Urban Buildings. Published for the 2020 Places and Technologies international conference at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. By James Dougherty
Urban Growth Patterns and Environmental Performance: A Comparison of Late 20th Century American Suburban Patterns to those of Late 19th Century Central European Urban Fabric. Published for the 2019 Places and Technologies international conference at the University of Pécs, Hungary. By James Dougherty
Architectural Design Techniques of Urban Buildings in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century. Published in Periodica Polytechnica Architecture, journal of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. By James Dougherty
Alternative Methods of Land Development Regulation
Seminar for Ft. Myers Beach, FL
Charrettes for New Urbanism
by Victor Dover
City View Brings Life to Downtown
Article in July/August 2005 Apartment Finance Today
Creating Resilient Caribbean Communities
Disaster Digest December 2009, by Elma Felix, Andrew Georgiadis and Chris Podstawski
Design Matters
Article in the July 2004 issue of the South Miami Times by Victor Dover
Four Corners of Law
Letter from Victor Dover to Charleston, SC Bar Association
National Audubon Society Smart Growth Conference
Keynote address by Victor Dover
Retrofitting Suburbia
Essay from University of Maryland speaker series publication
Where Would you Prefer to Live?
A visual quiz by Victor Dover & Sam Poole