Tag: landscape urbanism
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Washington Canal Park
Block Party: An urban park adds a bustling social center to a newly redeveloped Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Architectural Record, August 2013 On a hot June day in Washington Canal Park, swimsuited kids kicked a ball as they splashed around a shallow fountain. Close by, a mother hung a piñata from one of the park’s looping […]
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Cracking the Sarcophagus
The Architect’s Newspaper, March 7, 2013 Following last year’s National Mall Design Competition, which awarded plans to restore the ecology of the Mall and nestle a grass-roofed pavilion into its turf, landscape urbanism has chalked up another win in Washington. This time, however, there’s a starchitect name attached, as well as $50 million in private […]