Design and Planning
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Tongva Park and Ken Genser Square embody a new type of urban landscape that is active, innovative, resource-conscious, and natural.
Between 2009 and 2011, the municipal government of Oklahoma City, in coordination with the Myriad Gardens Foundation and the Alliance for Economic Development, invested more than $42 million to transform the Myriad Gardens.
With the city’s skyline as its backdrop, Marina Bay presents an array of opportunities to live, work, and play in the heart of Singapore’s city center.
A two-phased, vertically expanded office tower, 300 East Randolph lies at the north end of Grant Park in Chicago.
Our Kaka’ako is a 29-acre (11.7 ha) project in Honolulu developed by the Kamehameha School, a charitable trust formed by the last living descendant of the Hawaiian king Kamehameha. Once zoned industrial, Kaka’ako is now filled with workforce housing, condominiums, retail uses, and commercial office space.
After more than a decade of planning, Chicago this June opened the first section of the trail, now known as the 606. An elevated railroad right-of-way converted to a pedestrian greenway, the 606 is a multifunctional park system that also includes a bike path and five neighborhood parks on the ground level along its 2.7-mile (4.5 km) stretch.
Bill Freeman sets out for his morning strolls early. The avid Boise, Idaho, walker strategically navigates the city’s north Vista Avenue corridor, avoiding certain difficult intersections.
In a unique collaboration, the American Museum of Natural History brings its traveling exhibits to a new development in Overland Park, Kansas.
Hushan North Bund transforms a former commercial dock into a vibrant mixed-use development.
Jeff Speck, planning expert and author of Walkable City and coauthor of Suburban Nation , has created a series of videos that illustrate how cities are reducing on-street parking and better utilizing their existing roads to create calmer traffic patterns, wider sidewalks, and dedicated bike lanes.
Recovery is still on across the Northeast, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Expansion in the life sciences and technology sectors, as well as increased transit-oriented development (TOD), is spurring real estate in Boston.
Simple but powerful techniques can reduce crime and foster healthier living.