Stantec redesigns NYC's The Battery to protect it from rising tides
Global design firm Stantec has revealed preliminary designs for the Battery Coastal Resilience Project, a $129...
D.C.’s Watermark luxury apartments receive LEED Gold certification
Washington, D.C.’s Buzzard Point, a post-industrial stretch of waterfront at the intersection of the Anacostia...
MVRDV’s Mission Rock tower breaks ground in San Francisco
Construction has broken ground on an MVRDV-designed building at San Francisco’s Mission Rock, a multi-phase masterplan...
Solar-powered Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal celebrates native culture
Late last year, the state of Washington welcomed its first new ferry terminal in 40 years — the Mukilteo Multimodal...
Beautiful Washington bridge with lace-like metal walls shimmers at night
When Seattle-based LMN Architects and KPFF Consulting Engineers were tapped to design the Grand Avenue Park Bridge...
SOM designs a low-carbon waterfront community for China’s “most livable city”
Global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled designs for Jiuzhou Bay, a new 5.6 million-square-foot...
West 8 and Studio 44 win Tuchkov Buyan Park competition in St. Petersburg
Rotterdam-based West 8 and Saint Petersburg-based Studio 44 have won an international competition with their design...
Architects want to turn the Tiber River banks into a thriving piazza
In its ongoing efforts to introduce imaginative public spaces into cities, New York-based Ballman Khapalova has...
Hood River’s mixed-use Outpost achieves industrial chic with mass timber
About an hour west of Portland, Oregon, a stretch of post-industrial waterfront along the Hood River has been revitalized...
New metro stations extend sustainable, site-sensitive transit in Denmark
Copenhagen-based architecture firm Cobe teamed up with Arup on the recently completed Orientkaj and Nordhavn —...
Babylon Bridge features hanging gardens over the Seine
Paris-based design studio Rescubika has unveiled a fantastical proposal for the Babylon Bridge, a pedestrian-only...
LEED Platinum high-rise in Toronto promotes sustainable living
Aqualina at Bayside, a new multistory residence in Toronto, has just earned LEED Platinum certification — a first...
CRA proposes “reconfigurable” roads and a floating garden to revitalize Lugano’s waterfront
Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MiC) have unveiled a technologically savvy plan to better connect...
Green-roofed sports center adds sculptural appeal to the Augustow riverfront
Polish architecture firms PSBA and INOONI have recently completed a strikingly angular water sports center in the...
MVRDV to transform Seoul’s concrete-dominated waterfront into a vibrant, green oasis
Seoul has announced yet another inspiring eco-oriented urban project — a waterfront revitalization scheme designed...
