Turning Buildings Inside-Out: By designing our buildings differently, we can blur the lines between indoor and outdoor life.
Landscaping should do more than create beautiful places - it should create places that people want to be in by making them inviting and complementing amenities, assets, and programming.
Tree-guard benches are powerful connectors - they connect the private and public realms and they connect people with nature. We need more of them in our cities, not fewer.
One placemaking act can make a difference by becoming catalytic and spreading its impact down the block through the power of reciprocal gestures and improvisation.
A great sculpture has the power to pull a space together and connect people of all ages, giving spaces identity and community character.
A bench is an object, but seating is an objective. The VITAL framework can help us judge how successfully we've achieved the objective of attracting people to sit and connect with each other in public.
Double-loading is the way to revitalize sidewalks so they can become safe, comfortable, and pleasant places where people love to spend time.
