Innovations in Public Spaces: Gardens, Plazas, and Landscape Parks of 2024 December 24, 2024 Beitang Street Section of the Grand Canal in Wuxi / ShangHai Daguan + Zebai Landscape. Image © Jin Xiaohui In a quest to enhance and attract new natural experiences to city centers, the design,...
2008. Growing green: An inventory of public lands suitable for community gardening in Seattle, Washington. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, College of Architecture and Urban Planning.Horst, Megan. (2008). Growing Green: An Inventory of Public Lands Suitable for Community Gardens in Seattle,...
A visitor complained in 1764 of "the evil odor of the park and gardens of the castle." Waste in large cities like London and Paris often ran down a channel in the center of the street. In 1730 the first closed sewer was built in Paris, running along 300 meters of Rue Monmartre. ...
I went for a hike near Seattle recently and for the first time in the more than 20 years I’ve lived here, there was absolutely no room in the huge parking lot for our trailhead. No matter: We kept driving and eventually found a spot along the road, from which we picked our way to...
Given the escalating frequency of extreme weather events in the United States due to climate change and its social infrastructure inadequacies, examining public spaces as a critical tool for climate resilience becomes vital.Save this picture!Seattle Public Library / OMA. Image Courtesy of Philippe Rua...
The article reports that the American Public Gardens Association (APGA) has declared May 8, 2009 to be the National Public Gardens Day in the U.S. The National Public Gardens Day is designed to promote awareness on the vital role of gardens to the public. According to executive director Dan...
Walter Magazine - September 2016 - In the garden with Tony Avent The Perennial Plant Association - Tony Avent receives the 2013 Award of Merit The Seattle Times - August 2013 - So Many Plants, So Little Time Walter Magazine - April 2013 - Hummingbird heaven: Spigelia Marilandica (Indian...
Olson Kundig Imagines a Center for Human Composting in Seattle The Art of Lighting Art Bela Vista House / Bernardes Arquitetura Series 600 Multi-Slide Door - Classic Line | Western Window Systems OMA + Being Development to Renovate VDMA in Eindhoven London’s...
The complexity of public spaces makes it difficult to do everything right initially. The best spaces experiment with short-term improvements that can be tested and refined over many years like seating, outdoor cafes, public art, community gardens, murals, etc. ...
in Taipei Pina Wu Part 4: Transgressing 12. Machizukuri House and Its Expanding Networks: Making New Public Realm in Private Homes Yasuyoshi Hayashi 13. Niwaroju: Private Gardens Serving the Public Realm Isami Kinoshita 14. Farmhouses as Urban/Rural Public Space Sawako Ono, Ryoko Sato, and Mim...