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Ideas with consequence.
Selected essays connecting development decisions to the places, systems and lives they ultimately shape.
The collection
Not a newsroom. A working body of ideas about how land becomes community—and how better decisions made upstream compound through design, delivery and value.
Beyond Housing: Why Our Real Crisis Is Community Delivery
The housing shortage cannot be solved by unit counts alone. A case for integrating homes, infrastructure, mobility, sustainability and civic life as one delivery system.
What Glamping Guests Actually Want
A design framework for operators who want to create an experience guests remember—not simply a property that photographs well.
Five Planning Mistakes That Kill Outdoor Hospitality ROI
The upstream site, infrastructure, programme, amenity and approvals decisions that undermine performance before ground is broken.
Selected writing
20 articlesWhat It Means to Design for a Better World
A founder's perspective on global citizenship, environmental design and the responsibility to create places that move humanity forward.
Feasibility Before Form
How market, technical, economic, legal and operational evidence turns an attractive idea into a defensible development decision.
What the Humble Trailer Park Can Teach Us About Community
Lessons in density, narrow streets, short setbacks and adaptable neighbourhood structure from an overlooked housing type.
Designing Manufactured Housing as a Community
Why product, urban design and community guidelines must work together if manufactured housing is to become enduring place.
Affordable Should Never Mean Cheap
A case for treating attainable housing as community-making—and for using design to protect dignity, identity and value.
Under One Roof
Multigenerational households reveal how changing family structures should reshape housing choice and neighbourhood design.
How to Avoid Building Suburban Sprawl
Practical moves for connecting landscape, housing mix, daily needs and public life in new development.
Why Productive Landscapes Belong in New Communities
Agrihoods show how food, landscape, resilience and social infrastructure can reinforce one another at neighbourhood scale.
Complete Communities in a Global Age
Why economic opportunity, quality of life, resilience and belonging increasingly have to be designed as one proposition.
How Much Does It Cost To Start an RV Park?
What it costs to start an RV park, and the planning and design decisions that drive the number, from site layout and utilities to laundry and Wi-Fi.
How to Start an RV Park: A Comprehensive Guide for New Owners
Confused about the nitty-gritty of zoning for an RV park? Then here’s my short guide to give you an idea of the process.
Do You Know the Difference Between Land-Use Planning and Zoning?
Wondering what’s the difference between land-use planning and zoning? Read this informative guide to know the nitty-gritty.
What Is Mixed-Use Development?
Mixed-use developments blend residential, commercial, cultural and civic uses close together, integrating living, working and playing in one neighborhood.
What is program development?
Program development remains a beneficial aspect in land use planning. Check out our guide to find out why.
What Is Urban Design?
Urban design plays a crucial role in fostering vibrant, livable, and sustainable communities.
The transformative power of tactical urbanism in public spaces
A designer’s job is to envision something that has yet to exist. Tactical urbanism makes that process easier.
How to Develop RV Parks & Campgrounds (Part 1)
Discover insider secrets to developing profitable RV parks. Learn the exact step-by-step process used by industry experts, including costly mistakes to avoid and proven strategies for success.
How to Deliver an Exceptional Master Planned Community
Check out Malvin Soh's guide on how to create value, longevity and growth within your master planned community.
Five reasons dog parks build brighter communities part two
What would a dog park look like in the Exchange District? Notes from Nadi Group's former resident dog park expert.
Five designs for public space that you will love
As Nadi Group’s marketing associate, I get paid to look at innovative and interesting public space design online. Here's my top five!