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Detroit's Waterfront is Setting a Precedent for Community Led Architecture

Ella Thorns — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:00:00 +0000

As the river offers a place of beauty and solitude to the people of Detroit, four international design teams have presented their creative schemes for the West Riverfront to extend this vibrant area in the city as part of an international design competition led by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (DRFC). The development of the 22-acre West Riverfront Park is expected to cost around $50 million to complete the DRFC’s ultimate vision for 5.5 miles of revitalized riverfront.

This Brooklyn Theater Renovation Shows You Don't Have to Choose Between Heritage and Sustainability

Kim A. O'Connell — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings: Why a Theater Company Chose Resurrection (Not Demolition)."

ARC Wildlife Crossing Competition winner / HNTB + Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates

Kelly Minner — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:00:08 +0000

Announced in Washington DC the ARC jury of internationally-respected professionals with expertise in design, ecology, and engineering selected entry ‘hypar-nature’ led by HNTB with Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates as the winner of the ARC International Design Competition.

New Yorkers top Architectural Events of 2010

Kelly Minner — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:30:14 +0000

This years architectural events in New York are bound to have a meaningful effect on the years to come; the decision by NYU to add another tower complementing I.M Pei’s existing Silver Towers complex (rather than their initial plan to demolish them), the opening of the first section of Brooklyn Bridge Park coupled with the completion of the High Line has re-established New York City as a key model to reference when it comes to designing urban public space, and finally construction began on Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, by Louis Kahn, to name a few.