Planners press form-based principles over style checklists in Eagle update

Jun 25, 2026

Staff and several board members favored emphasizing form-based parameters (scale, massing, glazing, pedestrian experience) and clear pattern language to guide good design, arguing that such guidance is more useful than strict style checklists.

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Multiple board members endorsed shifting the emphasis in the revised guidance from strict, named styles toward form-based principles that describe massing, scale, glazing and pedestrian experience.

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