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Form-Based Code:
A method of regulating development to achieve a specific urban form. Form-based codes create a predictable public realm primarily by controlling physical form, with a lesser focus on land use, through city or county regulations.  Read More...

Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award

The Board of Directors of the Form-Based Codes Institute (FBCI) is pleased to announce the winners of the second annual award for achievement in the writing and implementation of Form-Based Codes:

• Downtown Mixed Use Master Plan, Benicia, California
• Near Southside Development Standards, Fort Worth, Texas
• Midtown Corridors Development Code, Ventura, California

The awards were presented at CNU XVI in Austin, Texas.

See this year's award winners.

Form-Based Codes Courses

FBCI has developed a 3-course educational program on Form-Based Codes (FBC’s). The first course provides an overview of FBC’s, while the second and third courses go into more depth about creating and administering the codes. The 2008 and 2009 courses are listed below. At least 13.5 AIA CES and APA AICP credits will be available for these courses. Registration links will be added when they are available.
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FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding
(This is a prerequisite for the other courses.)
November 20-21, 2008,
Oak Park, IL  register

February 3-4, 2009
St Petersurg, FL (special one-day course)

April 1-2, 2009
Lansing, MI (waiting list only)

FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code – Design Considerations
January 8-9, 2009,
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ  register

May 18-19, 2009
Lansing, MI (waiting list only)

FBC 301: Completing, Adopting and Administering the Code
March 16-18, 2009
Ventura, CA  register

July 13-14, 2009
Lansing, MI (waiting list only)

About FBCI

The Form-Based Codes Institute (FBCI) was formed in early October 2004 at a meeting convened at the Driehaus Estate in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Leading practitioners in the disciplines of urban design, planning, architecture, public policy, and law met to consider various aspects of this emerging regulatory technique.

The goals of the institute include:
• Setting standards for the practice of Form-Based Coding
• Education and outreach about FBC to various audiences
• Creating a forum for discussion about and advancement of FBC

The members of the institute wish to thank Richard H. Driehaus and The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for their support of this initiative.

Video: Creating Urban Form
by Bill Spikowski, AICP

Now available:

FBC Book Cover Image
A new, comprehensive book on Form-Based Codes by Daniel Parolek, Karen Parolek, and Paul Crawford

In Memoriam

for “A True Planning Hero...”
Paul Crawford, FAICP, CNU
FBCI Founding Chairman
1947–2008
Read a tribute to Paul by Kaizer Rangwala (150 KB pdf)

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