Every building, indeed every project of urban or landscape design, is a response to a multitude of questions, some intrinsic to the specifics of site, program and economics, others more general to the profession’s internal discourse and still others to the culture at large. It is the first job of the critic to list and… 
Landscape/architectural criticism today is often conservative and superficial. I attribute this to two main causes; the modern insecurity of the professions, and the mystification of the academic aspect of landscape/architecture and their concomitant critics and apologists.
The first issue, the insecurity of the landscape/architecture professions, is a relatively recent phenomenon, beginning with the fallout…
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Diana Balmori shares a flexible and inexpensive design scheme – complete with public engagement a la Twitter – to create street furniture and plantings that reimagine the public space of Gansevoort Plaza. |
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Before Balmori Associates began to develop the the design scheme detailed here, they first opened up the question of what a public space should be. Designers from the studio joined 40 Dutch urban design students and their teachers for a lively conversation that engaged the opinions of people around the neighborhood and the… |
Many of you have been getting into work by Marpillero Pollak Architects, info about East New York, and all the interesting happenings over at the Architectural League. If you fall…
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Adrienne Cortez explores the social, physical, and environmental implications of uncapping fire hydrants and proposes an alternative strategy for beating the heat. |
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Sandro Marpillero, Linda Pollak and Margie Ruddick share perspectives on their transformation of Queens Plaza, recasting the relationship between ecology, art and infrastructure. |
The first impromptu Omnibus meet-up, thanks in large part to our friends at WNYC, was a huge success. More than 80 people showed up to explore the Newtown Creek Nature Walk…
About a month ago we posted a video site tour of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk with artist and designer George Trakas. Something about this unexpected urban park struck a chord with many of you, so we, along with our friends at
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Bryan Bell, founder of Design Corps, invites young designers to design and build a project in the public interest, from found materials, in two days. |
