• Boston Public Library Renovation Cafe

    Boston Public Library, Central Library Renovation

    Community-oriented redesign for brutalist landmark building
    This 156,000 square foot renovation transforms the inward-facing 1972 wing of Boston Public Library’s central location into an inviting urban building that engages the street and forms an outdoor room with community gathering spaces. The renovation, designed by William Rawn Associates for the City...Read more
  • Guadalupe Hirian Hondarribia Aerial

    Guadalupe Hirian

    New town of timeless urbanism
    In Guadalupe Hirian, a historic fort near the France-Spain border forms the site of a proposed new town—an extension of the City of Hondarribia. This outstanding student plan explores how to establish a town that responds to local history and builds on sound urban practices. The overall plan of...Read more
  • Ubuntu in Umbumbulu eThekwini Town Plaza

    Ubuntu in Umbumbulu

    Renewing hope from house to village
    When a student at Andrews University returned to his native South Africa to design a low-cost house for a needy family, his journey sparked an eight-day public charrette and design process in eThekwini Municipality—about 25 miles from the city center of Durban. The student’s classmates and...Read more
  • Small Town Tactics Avon Streetscape

    Small Town Tactics

    Test-driving a road diet
    Seeing may be believing, according to the old adage, but doing can be even more instructive. That’s the idea behind Small Town Tactics, a set of temporary streetscape improvements undertaken in the mountain town of Avon, Colorado, where the primary commercial street suffers from overly long...Read more