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community hub by balbek bureau in Ukraine
Rebuilding Ukraine for All

A main priority in rebuilding Ukraine will be designing for disability

4,000 people showed up outside Philadelphia City Hall to protest a new basketball arena by Gensler in Philadelphia’s Chinatown
Garden State Rates

Sixers scout sites in New Jersey for new stadium amid public outcries against Gensler’s 76 Place

Reversing Course

New York planning officials are soliciting landscape architects to reimagine Park Avenue

drawing of New York City skyline using type
City of Text

James Cook types a bird’s-eye view of Lower Manhattan to celebrate New York City’s 400th birthday

houses lining a street in the historic district of the Rockaways
A Community Defined by Water

In the Rockaways, voices call for a more cohesive approach to resiliency design

Schematic drawing of transit-oriented development around new Metro-North Station in Morris Park, the Bronx
Train or Trojan Horse?

Bronx rezoning approval that stands to deliver 7,000 new homes and four commuter rail stations elicits mixed reviews

Left: + POOL water filtration unit demonstration project at Pier 35, 2024. Engineered by Arup. Right: + POOL rendering at Pier 35. Designed by Family New York & Playlab, Inc.
× Marks the Spot

+ POOL begins testing of Arup-engineered water filtration system in New York’s East River without Dong-Ping Wong, its original designer

exterior of the Brownsville Heritage House where BlackSpace recently renovated the reading room
A Pedagogical Approach to Planning

BlackSpace discusses its work on the Brownsville Heritage House Reading Room and its initiatives centering community-based change

a cork sculpture designed for City Cortex with a curving form
Cork Report

With installations by well-known architects and designers, City Cortex positions cork as a modern cultural asset for Portugal

rendering of aerial view of Antakya
History Reconstructed

Foster + Partners and Buro Happold unveil earthquake reconstruction plan for Antakya, Turkey

A volunteer for Poetic Justice, an artists collective, plants a tree in St. Louis. for the project Black Forest
“A Dynamic Sonic Portrait”

Black Forest by Poetic Justice aims to plant 40,000 trees and collect 40,000 stories across the U.S. as a memorial for Black life

Beyond Bulls and Blackhawks

RIOS and Field Operations to lead $7 billion mixed use development to transform Chicago’s West Side surrounding the United Center

school bus in Brooklyn
The D15 Plan

WXY partners with parents, teachers, social workers, and policy makers to help desegregate a New York City public school district

aerial view of neighborhood from California Forever
A Pipe Dream?

California Forever withdraws proposed ballot measure for East Solano Plan

Simone Veil Bridge with people walking on it
Normcore

OMA’s Simone Veil Bridge opens in Bordeaux, France, in honor of one of the EU’s most important leaders

rendering of new paths to Oak Street Beach
Creative Spirit

Gensler leads transformation of Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue

bus shelter in Los Angeles
Shelter, Shade, Safety

After years of demand, SOM leads charge to improve bus shelters throughout Los Angeles

“New Sundown Towns”

U.S. Supreme Court votes to criminalize sleeping in public spaces

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