Explore the expansive urban green space of Nay Aug Park right in the heart of Scranton.
Photograph of the top view of city park grass and vibrant colorful flowers.
The Toronto Green Line is a proposed plan that will see a Midtown hydro corridor be revitalized with new green space and pedestrian connectivity.
Architecture and engineering firm EDG's Loop NYC was a 2017 plan that proposed transforming New York roadways into public parks. This year, it was included in “The Road Ahead: Reimagining Mobility,” an exhibition at the city’s Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum that explored livable streets and the way people, goods, and services will travel in future urban environments.
Rijnvliet Edible Neighborhood (REN) is a new residential community near Utrecht – the fastest growing city in the Netherlands. It is part of the Leidsche Rijn expansion project, designed to deliver 1000 new dwellings and demonstrate Utrecht’s ‘Healthy Urban Living’ strategy created to provide more and better green public spaces to facilitate climate adaptation, increase […]
By Tom Lawson, environment and social justice journalist and former editor of Positive News - the constructive journalism magazine The idea of grizzly bears prowling sidewalks in Chicago may not appeal to the average citizen (or indeed the animals themselves). However, recent years have seen numerous projects
As one of the few remaining green spaces in the metropolis, the Pasig Rainforest Park has evolved over time to become a landmark with a bit of everything.
Urban planning is not a modern phenomenon but it has been evolving since ancient times. For example, when railways were introduced, it was a big achievement for humankind. Similarly, no one thought that high rise buildings would ever be possible during our human existence. However, mankind made great progress and started creating all kinds of things that made life simpler.
Explore The Opera Park in Copenhagen, a lush green oasis by Danish architecture studio Cobe, nestled in the heart of the city. Discover its diverse gardens, sustainable features, and how it provides a much-needed escape from urban life.
Is Houston ready for yet another loop road? Here’s the proposed Green Loop, a 5-mile network of parks, trails, and other public spaces that the neighborhood supergroups behind Plan Downtown imagine ringing in Houston’s bicentennial R
Swedish design office Kjellander + Sjöberg were chosen to design the first stage of the Skärvet neighborhood in Växjö, Sweden.
Image 11 of 26 from gallery of One Bucket at a Time / Factor Eficiencia + 5468796 Architecture. Photograph by Jaime Navarro
Slip on those dusty cowboy boots and slide on a swanky Bolo tie because the rootin’-tootin’ city of Dallas awaits! The comically nicknamed Big D showcases a unique blend of elaborate history and modern flair — from Klyde Warren Park and the Design District to the Stockyards and JFK memorials, you’ll never run out of fascinating things to do in Dallas, Texas. Enjoy a day at the Dallas Farmers Market, getting a sampling of locally produced goodies, or step inside the Magnolia Market for home goods created by the HGTV stars of the show Fixer Upper, but be careful not
Located in the heart of East Harlem—a neighborhood with one of the highest concentrations of public housing in New York—Blake Hobbs Play-Za unites a diverse community with a re-energized, active urban space that serves neighborhood residents, DREAM Charter School students and adjacent New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) senior housing. Prior to the park’s construction,
Photograph of the top view of city park grass and vibrant colorful flowers.
Paris-based LEA Invent along with Burcak Pekin shared with us their winning proposal for the Pedestrian Footbridge Design Competition in Fatih Vatan...
Climbing walls, skate parks, art installations, theaters and even miniature marinas take advantage of the cathedral-like spaces beneath highways and bridges, revitalizing formerly disused and depressed square footage in urban areas. In cities around the world, underpasses are often fenced off, strewn with trash and generally unappreciated, but these intervention projects reclaim the space in - Page 3
Image 2 of 11 from gallery of K + S Selected to Design New “Skärvet” Neighborhood in Växjö. Photograph by K + S
ASPECT Studios has designed a multi-level linear sky park filled with curved pools and impromptu performance spaces in Chengdu, China.
SWA's landscape design for the OCT Bao’an Waterfront Cultural Park brings water experiences into Shenzhen’s Qianhai area's green spaces and serves as a connection between the urban fabric and the ocean.
The competition brief asked for a new archaeological museum of Sparta, as a north extension to an existing industrial facility - characterized as an industrial monument
