Not-So-Secret Stairs of San Francisco
If you’ve ever been to San Francisco, you have certainly experienced some form of street map deception—that is, a manageable distance on paper suddenly becomes a daunting feat of endurance when you are...
View ArticleArchitourism: Seattle Central Library
Several weeks ago I visited Seattle for the first time. I’ve always had an affinity for cities shaped by water, and I was looking forward to seeing this particular watery city because of its commitment...
View ArticleMLB Urban Youth Academy: Creating Baseball’s Future Dream Teams
As we launch into the 110th World Series with much excitement, we find baseball struggling with a diversity issue behind the scenes. Today African Americans represent only 8.5% of Major League Baseball...
View ArticleBetter Blocks KC
Driving down Broadway Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri chances are you’re probably making your way between two of the following places: the River Market, Downtown, the Westside, the Crossroads, Westport...
View ArticleGreater Than the Sum of its Parts
Nestled in the space between the Kansas and Missouri River, the West Bottoms industrial area offers something unique to Kansas City that people gravitate towards. Look around on almost any weekend and...
View ArticleMaking Public Space Where It Should Be
Sometimes public space needs just needs a bit of help. As New Orleans begins to fill in the gaps, and its population resurges to pre-storm levels, public space is adapting to address the needs of...
View ArticleRethinking Regulations
Cities are complex systems—unpredictable, organic and constantly evolving due to millions of incremental decisions made every day. Yet we regulate development of cities as if they are predictable and...
View ArticleWhat Happens When You Give a Brutalist Building a Hug?
We wanted to share some images of our recently-completed Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas. The renovation and expansion has dramatically revitalized a 1970s Brutalist concrete building by...
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