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…
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,…
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.…
A Public Park in Taipei Welded From Recycled Light Posts
From the mass of Taipei’s urban waste comes the project “Swings Park,” a public playground area constructed from dozens of unwanted lamp posts. The project is a collaboration between Taipei-based…
New Tech Campuses Blur Line Between Work and Home
The Domain / Lauren Cecchi New York “Top tech companies now expect their campuses to do the heavy lifting in retaining talent,” argued Aaron Ross with BNIM in a session at the ASLA 2016 Annual…