A Progress Report from the Cutting Edge of Resilient Design
Resilient Bridgeport / Rebuild by Design “We don’t know what resilience policy will look like in the new administration. There are lots of unknowns, but we can take solace in what we do know,” said…
OMGEVING wins landscape design competition in Vietnam
OMGEVING, a member of the B-DNA partnership[1] and for this competition named ‘OMG-designers and partners’, was awarded the joint first prize in the prestigious international design competition for…
Meet ArtU’s Hearthstone Team
Being a hero sometimes means playing your cards right. This past Fall semester, Academy of Art University assembled its first-ever ArtU Hearthstone collegiate Esports team. The Urban Knights Esports…
Best Books of 2016
Capability Brown: Designing the English Landscape / Rizzoli Press There were so many great books this year that honing in on just ten favorites was too challenging. Whether you are looking for a…
Loop’s Giant Illuminated Wheels Take Over the Place des Festivals
This winter the Quartier des spectacles Partnership invites Montrealers and visitors to discover Loop, an original installation on the Place des Festivals, on the Quartier des spectacles. The work,…
Academy Alumna Works on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Congratulations to Academy of Art University graduate Lindsay Elgin for her work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! Lindsay graduated in Spring 2016 with a degree in Production Management from the…
Symbols and Systems: The Work of Barbara Grygutis
Part of Barbara Grygutis’ acclaimed sculpture, Dawn’s Silver Lining. / Oro Editions When reductionist artwork, like a Jackson Pollock or Piet Mondrian painting, succeeds, it succeeds in part because…
Rundle Mall Redevelopment | Adelaide, Australia | HASSELL
For 40 years, Rundle Mall in Adelaide, South Australia, has been a place for people to shop, dine and gather with friends. The Adelaide City Council commissioned HASSELL and ARUP to revitalise this…
An Opportunity to Reinvent Infrastructure
Self-driving Uber in Pittsburgh / The Washington Post With President-elect Trump coming into office vowing to raise $1 trillion for infrastructure, many cities and states see a potential bonanza for…
Singapore to add 810ha in land reclamation to tackle the challenge of rising sea levels
Singapore has announced it will build a polder designed by Royal HaskoningDHV with local partner Surbana Jurong that will add 810ha to Pulau Tekong, one of Singapore’s largest islands.…