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Projects
06.27.11: Deborah Gans
Below the Sill Plate: New Orleans East Struggles to RecoverOn Places, architect Deborah Gans describes a multi-year effort to rebuild neighborhoods in post-Katrina New Orleans — and the limited results to date.
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09.27.10: Interboro Partners
What's Going On in the Garment District?On Places, an interactive section created by the Brooklyn-based Interboro Partners offers a detailed look at "what's going on in the garment district" of Manhattan.
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09.09.10: Elizabeth Mossop and Jeffrey Carney
In the Mississippi Delta: Building with WaterOn Places, Elizabeth Mossop and Jeffrey Carney report on the work of the Coastal Sustainability Studio at Louisiana State University, which is proposing long-range solutions to the environmental and social challenges of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
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07.30.10: Architizer
China Portfolio: From the Linked Hybrid to the Bug DomeOn Places, Architizer curates a portfolio of recent architecture in the People's Republic of China, from Beijing to Shanghai, Shenzhen to Chongqing.
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06.25.10: Architizer
New AgingOn Places, a gallery of projects from Architizer's New Aging competition.
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01.10.10: Linda Samuels
Working Public ArchitectureCan we envision a contemporary counterpart to the New Deal of the 1930s? Architect Linda Samuels reports on WPA 2.0, the ambitious competition and symposium created by cityLab at UCLA.
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10.15.08: Guy Nordenson, Catherine Seavitt & Adam Yarinsky
On the Water: The New York/New Jersey HarborAs the planet warms, rising seas will endanger coastal communities around the world. Engineer Guy Nordenson proposes a bold plan to protect New York City.
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10.15.08: UrbanLab
Growing WaterGrowing Water is a bold proposal by a team of Chicago urban designers for how cities can ensure the availability of an increasingly scarce resource.
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