# Urban Archetypes

- **Website:** <https://urbanarchetypes.com>
- **Primary alias:** `urbanarchetypes.com`

## Description

Urban Archetypes is a think tank focused on the development and renewal of urban areas. It works to help create cities that are more vibrant, sustainable, resilient, and equitable, with an emphasis on improving residents’ quality of life and well-being. The organization researches and advocates political strategies, economic policies, and community approaches that can support more thoughtful urban development.

Its work explores architecture and urbanism, examining the complex patterns and behaviors that shape city life. Urban Archetypes aims to use this understanding to inform advocacy, practical action, and innovation in urban environments. A current area of focus is Oslo, Norway, where the organization studies the relationship between urban politics and design through historical context and present-day conditions.

Urban Archetypes is led by Mark Robert Mansfield, whose experience spans community leadership, entrepreneurship, teaching, research, and historic restoration. The organization shares its work and perspectives through its website, blog, and newsletter. Its research and advocacy connect the built environment with social, economic, and community development, offering insight into how cities evolve and how urban life can be improved.

## Industries

- 🎗 Community and Society
- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Social Sciences _(under Science and Education)_

## Links

- [facebook](https://facebook.com/UrbanArchetypes)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/urbanarchetypes)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/urbanarchetypes)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/UArchetypes)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idyBs9OPiA/w/1500/h/505/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1793240640927)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idyBs9OPiA/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1793240641285)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tamarillo | #a51111 | accent |
| Cod Gray | #131313 | dark |
| White | #ffffff | light |

## Fonts

- Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_
- Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idyBs9OPiA/w/1500/h/500/id4ZHrshYB.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1793240641106)

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