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Museum Place
Submitted by Fort Worthology on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 5:54pm.Location: Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States of AmericaNarrative & program: Museum Place is an 11 acre mixed-use infill development in Fort Worth's Cultural District, directly adjacent to the Modern Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, and Carter Art Museum. The project restores urbanity ... read more »
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SoSeven
Submitted by Fort Worthology on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 5:13pm.Location: Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States of AmericaNarrative & program: SoSeven is a 25-acre mixed-use development on a former undeveloped infill & greenfield site adjacent to Trinity Park in Fort Worth's Cultural District. SoSeven combines 130,000 square feet of ground-level... read more »
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West 7th
Submitted by Fort Worthology on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 10:43pm.Location: Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States of AmericaNarrative & program: West 7th is the infill redevelopment of approx. six city blocks in Fort Worth's Cultural District near the world-famous Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (designed by Tadao Ando). Property formerly occupied by ... read more »
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Guo He Lou Theatre Complex
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 4:48pm.Location: Beijing, ChinaNarrative & program: This project proposes a design model for the reconstruction of a traditional theater complex in the Qian men area of Beijing. It will serve as a model to restore the community identity and culture of democracy; and repair the traditional urban f... read more »
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Planning Abaco
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 7:34pm.Location: Great Abaco Island, The BahamasNarrative & program: The community of Great Abaco Island (also known as "Abaco") obtained the services of the design team with the purpose of preparing a comprehensive proposal that advances sustainable strategies and principles of planning, urban d... read more »
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Artscape Wychwood Barns
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 5:02pm.Location: Toronto, OntarioNarrative & program: Brownfield Adaptive Re-Use of Streetcar Maintenance Barns and Storage Yards
The Setting
An abandoned, historic 1 acre streetcar maintenance and repair facility, constructed as five interconnected barns over a period of 8 years in the early par... read more »
Columbia Heights
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 9:28pm.Location: Washington D.CNarrative & program: Columbia Heights was historically an ideal mixed-use neighborhood with a thriving retail core and elegant arts and entertainment. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 ignited riots in Columbia Heights which left many buildings and... read more »
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House Office Buildings Facilities Plan and Preliminary South Capitol Area Plan
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 7:07pm.Location: Washington D.CNarrative & program: The U.S. Capitol Complex in Washington D.C. is one of the most significant and sensitive urban places in our country. The facilities serving the U.S. House of Representatives comprise the Capitol Complex's largest component. The project defines ... read more »
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River North
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 6:14pm.Location: San Antonio, TexasNarrative & program: The Community Development Corporation of Downtown San Antonio, in cooperation with the City of San Antonio, initiated the planning effort for this blighted 377-acre area north of the historic downtown core. Construction is underway on a nort... read more »
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Wesmont Station
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 09/28/2007 - 4:56pm.Location: Woodridge, NJNarrative & program: Winner of the 2006 New Jersey Smart Growth Award Wesmont Station is a transit-oriented development that will occupy the site of the former Curtiss-Wright factory in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. The site, which was used for plane construction in Wor... read more »
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