• Pollin Memorial DC architectural diversity

    Pollin Memorial

    Affordable Housing Through Philanthropy
    On the East bank of the Anacostia River, just a few miles from the United States Capitol, Pollin Memorial brings a historically sensitive approach to new affordable development in Washington, DC. Serving one of the country’s most challenged urban neighborhoods, the project has provided 83 for-sale...Read more
  • Nanhu Shanghai walking path

    Nanhu New Country Village

    Breaking the Mold of Chinese Development
    All over China, scarce farmland is being developed as rural families flee their farms for better-paying jobs in cities. The farms that remain are inefficient and fragmented. Nanhu New Country Village breaks the mold by retaining the connection to farmland and nature, restoring a polluted water...Read more
  • Sansome and Broadway San Francisco exterior with TransAmerica Tower in background

    Sansome and Broadway

    Timeless, Graceful Affordability
    In the middle of the last century, a new network of elevated highways slashed through San Francisco’s delicate historic neighborhoods. The most harmful of those was the Embarcadero Freeway, which careened along the city’s waterfront before landing gracelessly in the beloved North Beach. After the...Read more
  • Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating

    Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market

    Trumpeting a Cultural Revival
    Even a plain, vacant, late-20th Century discount department store building can be renovated into a compelling urban art space that celebrates the history of a neighborhood. That’s the lesson and achievement of the New Orleans Jazz Market. The 14,000 square foot former Gator’s store stood empty for...Read more