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Beijing Finance Street, a project with the landscape as a central spine in an 18-block real-estate and mixed-use development. Photography by Tom Fox.   What is the future of the corporate campus? As designers work with the next generation of real estate leaders, I had a chance to write about the changes happening in the… Read more »

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San Francisco is a fantastic place to be a dad, a cyclist, and a designer and an advocate for landscapes. Our vibrant and tightly-packed North Beach neighborhood is offset by the not-too-far-away wide open spaces of the Golden Gate National Parks (GGNP) that hint at the what the city was like generations ago and what… Read more »

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San Francisco is known for its spectacular scenery and proximity to some of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas. One of the city’s secret gems is located along its rocky northwestern edge at Lands End. The largest urban park within the National Park Service and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lands End… Read more »

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Landscape urbanism plays an important role in the City Creek Center project in Salt Lake City. Redeveloping the aging and failing retail center into a mix of dense residential, office and retail spaces was an urban design challenge and required rescaling the super-sized blocks of Salt Lake City to be comfortable at the pedestrian scale…. Read more »

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In the decade since Salt Lake City hosted the Olympic Games, the City has continued its transformation into a very urban place. The strict grid of numbered streets that radiate from Temple Square has been an effective framework for the layers of sophisticated urban design and infrastructure investments. Thanks to one of the most comprehensive… Read more »

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As a Landscape Architect, I am very passionate about public space. I advocate for quality design through my professional project work and feel that there is also a need to educate the public on the both the meaning and importance of public space in our built environment. This is the first of a five part… Read more »

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