For almost 200 years, the Warsaw Citadel in the heart of Poland’s capital was a restricted military and administrative area, cut off from public access. With the recent opening of the Polish History Museum, as well as the new Polish Army Museum, the 19th-century fortress’s 74-acre (30 ha) grounds now serve as a multifunctional facility and park that both preserves and showcases the country’s rich cultural heritage.

National Harbor, Maryland, would become the second U.S. location and the first to utilize a smaller-scale venue design model; the project would receive approximately $200 million in state, local, and private incentives.

The Washington Commanders and HKS have unveiled the first conceptual renderings of the team’s new, world-class stadium. The roofed stadium will be a dynamic, year-round destination for sports, entertainment, and community engagement, integrating sustainable design practices and reimagining the fan experience through immersive spaces.

A recent project in Seattle—Africatown Plaza—demonstrates the alchemy of community collaboration and a development team’s commitment to creating a neighborhood that can thrive. Much can be learned from how the team prioritized people in the process to make a people-centered place.this process

Jeff Speck and I first met in 2004. I had just been elected mayor of Oklahoma City, and I was invited to Charleston for an event hosted by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design. Jeff was one of the design professionals lending expertise to mayors facing complex planning issues.

When I took office as mayor of Oklahoma City in 2004, my goals were similar to any other mayor’s: to improve our economy, raise our national profile, and protect our citizens. We had an intersection with safety concerns, and our planning department was pushing the idea to me and the City Council to install a traffic circle. At the time, traffic circles were new to this generation of Oklahoma City drivers, but we soon found out that they were cost-effective and most certainly safer.

Several architecture and infrastructure projects add up to a new public realm exalting the pedestrian experience

The construction phase is where the vision of a future-proof parking facility truly takes shape, where theoretical plans transform into a tangible, tech-ready structure. This step isn’t merely about pouring concrete and raising steel; it’s a critical juncture for embedding the smart capabilities that will define the modern parking experience and ensure its long-term relevance in an evolving mobility landscape.

Once the heart of Kansas City’s Black commerce, arts and innovation, 18th & Vine gave rise to jazz legends like Charlie Parker and Count Basie, athletes like Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige, and institutions including America’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. It was a district built from necessity, residents created their own economic and social ecosystem. Every storefront held rhythm and resilience.

District Galleria, the name of a redevelopment plan in White Plains, New York—the county seat of Westchester—will demolish a four-and-a-half-decade-old enclosed mall and transform it into a community-oriented, mixed-use residential and retail space. The development team behind the multi-billion-dollar project is Pacific Retail Capital Partners (PRCP), which formed a joint venture with mall owner Aareal Bank, local developer Louis Cappelli of the Cappelli Organization, and New York’s SL Green Realty in 2022.