• Plan El Paso El Paso plaza

    Plan El Paso

    Laying the Groundwork for a Healthier City and Region
    The City of El Paso grew up around rail and the streetcar but, like most American cities, it was remade for the automobile and sprawled far into the countryside in the 20th Century. Now, new developments are focused on people while the city is reoriented toward transit, walking, public places, and...Read more
  • Scripps College Claremont historic character

    30 Years of Scripps College Campus Stewardship

    Using Design to Strengthen Economic and Social Value in an Institution
    Scripps College was first designed in 1927—a jewel of a California Mission– style institution in a small-town setting. Then the middle of the 20th Century delivered punishing blows through “thirty years of abandonment, thoughtless and contrary design that undermined the essential qualities and...Read more
  • VA Capitol Masterplan Richmond aerial

    Virginia’s Capitol Master Plan

    Bringing Jefferson's Vision into the 21st Century
    When Thomas Jefferson designed the state capitol in Richmond, Virginia in 1788, he never envisioned a campus of 24 state-owned buildings with 3.3 million square feet of floor space. Nevertheless, the nation’s oldest state capitol still commands the site and overlooks one of the few large green...Read more
  • Aldershot Extension Aldershot row of houses

    Aldershot

    Town is Extended with Affordable Housing and Landmark Buildings
    One of the largest brownfield developments in the United Kingdom has produced a sustainable town extension that meets the local community’s most urgent needs. The reuse of a military installation in Aldershot, England, known as “The Home of the British Army,” offers three vital assets: affordable...Read more