The Land Use Code Challenge, and the House on the Corner: Talk next Thursday at the Building Museum

From email:

Jeff Speck, AICP, LEED-AP, former Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts, Director of Town Planning for Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co., and co-author of Suburban Nation and the forthcoming Smart Growth Manual, will discuss the often anti-urban nature of today’s land-use codes, and propose alternative rules for the creation of more livable communities. He will also share the story of his attempt to build a new infill house in the District, and how he overcame half a dozen legal barriers to ultimately build a 2000-square-foot solar-powered home on a 500-square-foot lot at the tip of the L’Enfant plan.

Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:30-1:30
The National Building Museum, 401 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.