Heatherwick Studio Plans Horseshoe-shaped Park on the Waves

Heatherwick Studio Plans Horseshoe-shaped Park on the Waves

Regular readers may recall Heatherwick Studio’s ongoing Little Island park on stilts on New York City’s Hudson River. The firm has now revealed plans to create something similar but even larger and more ambitious on San Francisco’s waterfront. Named...
Prefab Concrete in Twing Brddge; Easy as ABC

Prefab Concrete in Twing Brddge; Easy as ABC

Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) was the method chosen by SEMA Construction to replace the 50-year old Seagoville Road twin-bridges over I-635 in Dallas to minimize the impacts on traffic using the busy highway. SEMA Construction Inc. crews demolished the...
How Climate Data Can Inform Better Urban Design: Report

How Climate Data Can Inform Better Urban Design: Report

To prevent that, urban planners are rethinking how cities can better harness existing cooling systems, such as wind and waterways, to mitigate the effects of extreme heat, according to a new report from Urban Land Institute. Using the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn...
You’ve Lost Your Sense of Control. Now What?

You’ve Lost Your Sense of Control. Now What?

Your sense of control as a leader is in jeopardy these days. How can you feel in control faced with the uncertainties of a global pandemic, racial upheaval, epic environmental events, impending (or current) economic disaster, limited resources and a workforce living...
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