When Robert Hammond and Josh David co-founded Friends of the High Line, the conservancy that raised money for and operates the city-owned park, they knew they were embarking on a project closely linked to the history of gay life in New York.
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Under the High Line, a Gay Past
When Robert Hammond and Josh David co-founded Friends of the High Line, the conservancy that raised money for and operates the city-owned park, they knew they were embarking on a project closely linked to the history of gay life in New York.How can we reimagine public space accessible to all citizens of Beirut?
How can we reimagine a public space that has been divided by civil war, sectarianism, and capitalist redevelopment?How can we reimagine a public space that has been divided by civil war, sectarianism, and capitalist redevelopment?
A Massive Proposal To Turn A Florida Pier Into A Floating Urban Park
With The Lens, A Proposal For A Huge, Swooping Pier In St. Petersburg, Florida, Michael Maltzan Architecture And Tom Leader Studio Hope To Reinvent The City’s Waterfront.With The Lens, A Proposal For A Huge, Swooping Pier In St. Petersburg, Florida, Michael Maltzan Architecture And Tom Leader Studio Hope To Reinvent The City’s Waterfront.
Why Every City Should Be Planting Rain Gardens
Andy Wible’s backyard in Washington, D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood doesn’t look much like a sewerage drain. But his Bayberry, Bee Balm, Iris and Golden Ragwort plants get the job done.Andy Wible’s backyard in Washington, D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood doesn’t look much like a sewerage drain. But his Bayberry, Bee Balm, Iris and Golden Ragwort plants get the job done.
Call for Submission: AZ Awards 2012
AZURE Magazine’s international awards program is open for submissions. Now in its second year..AZURE Magazine’s international awards program is open for submissions. Now in its second year
Landscapes That Fool You
Landscape architects, architects, and artists have long tried to evoke emotional reactions through their creations, using landscape and building forms to create atmospheres that influence our moods.Landscape architects, architects, and artists have long tried to evoke emotional reactions through their creations, using landscape and building forms to create atmospheres that influence our moods.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro beats Foster to win contentious Aberdeen contest
A team-led by US practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has beaten Foster + Partners to win the controversial contest to transform Union Terrace Gardens in AberdeenA team-led by US practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has beaten Foster + Partners to win the controversial contest to transform Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen
Dreiecksplatz Winning Proposal at Europan 11, Vienna / Austria by Artur Borejszo Architect
Located between the Vienna Ring and Vienna Woods, the site embraces the marks of both environment – urban and nature – as a basis for future development.Located between the Vienna Ring and Vienna Woods, the site embraces the marks of both environment – urban and nature – as a basis for future development.
In Madrid’s Heart, Park Blooms Where a Freeway Once Blighted
MADRID — Even on a chilly Thursday afternoon in December, the old men, engulfed in cigar smoke and reading newspapers, were sitting around chess tables under tall pines.MADRID — Even on a chilly Thursday afternoon in December, the old men, engulfed in cigar smoke and reading newspapers, were sitting around chess tables under tall pines.
Armenian Memorial, Bikfaya / Lebanon by Etienne Bastormagi Architects
The presented memorial for this competition within the diaspora proposes a space- not only to remember the ones that died through the act of genocide-that is designed to celebrate the ones that have survived and helped us reach to our existing status.The presented memorial for this competition within the diaspora proposes a space- not only to remember the ones that died through the act of genocide-that is designed to celebrate the ones that have survived and helped us reach to our existing status.
Landscaping the Burj Khalifa
When the Burj Khalifa opened a little more than a year ago, international attention focused, laser-like and rightly so, on this neo-Emerald City apparition in the Dubai desert.When the Burj Khalifa opened a little more than a year ago, international attention focused, laser-like and rightly so, on this neo-Emerald City apparition in the Dubai desert.
Top 100 Public Spaces…
Planetizen recently released it’s list of the top 100 public spaces across the US and Canada, many examples of great urban design.
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