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Moynihan Train Hall Is a New Year’s Gift to New York City

An adaptive reuse project 27 years in the making, the SOM-designed Train Hall is a striking contrast to Penn Station, setting the tone for future transit updates in New York.

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At Toronto’s Bentway, Lighting Is a Base Layer for Artistic Intervention

PUBLIC WORK and Tillett Lighting Design Associates conceived the strategy with hyper-flexibility in mind.

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A Walkway Down Under Becomes a Destination in Its Own Right

The Link, a vaulted, sheathed passage at Chadstone Shopping Centre near Melbourne, lets interiors and exteriors commingle.

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This Bridge in Providence Was Designed as Public Space

A part of Rhode Island's extensive Iway project, the infrastructure supports a pedestrian pathway, gardens, and occupiable spaces.

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In Cycle-Crazed Utrecht, the World’s Largest Bike Parking Facility Opens

The Netherlands, a country with more bikes than inhabitants, invested over €30 million in the multistory structure.

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NBBJ Reimagines a Piece of Seattle Infrastructure as a Sustainable Civic Landmark

The recently-completed Denny Substation includes an elevated path, dog park, open plazas, meeting rooms, and an art gallery.

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Hong Kong’s New High-Speed Rail Station Aims to Become a Vibrant Public Space

Designed by Andrew Bromberg at Aedas and perched next to Victoria Harbour, the station features a 700-tree green roof and a 147-foot-tall main hall.

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Architecture Firm Ooze Harnesses Natural Systems to Solve Freshwater Crises

"We have moved away from the systems nature has provided to us, it's time we move back," says Ooze cofounder Eva Pfannes.

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El Equipo Mazzanti Heals a Gash in Bogotá’s Urban Fabric With a Patchwork of Verdant Gardens

Once the center of controversy, El Equipo Mazzanti’s innovative Bicentenario Park restitches two divided districts in the Colombian city's historic core.

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Design Advocates: 5 People Making American Cities Better for All

American cities are in the midst of an urban renaissance, pursuing design, sustainability, and social good. Here are five people helping architects and designers to make our cities better.

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What if…The Electric Car Turned Gas Stations Into Civic Beacons?

With the continuing evolution of both electric and driverless car technologies, might we be in store for a new golden age of “roadside” architecture and infrastructural design?

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Too Big to Hide: Rethinking Infrastructure on Campuses

By banishing infrastructure facilities from sight, we avoid an important conversation about their potential—both functionally and aesthetically.

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IMAX Film Shoots World’s Most Awe-Inspiring Feats of Engineering

Dream Big, in theaters tomorrow, highlights the human ingenuity that brought us some of the world’s greatest structures, including the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest skyscrapers.

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Britain’s High Design Solution to High Speed Rail

Architect Andreas Vogler has designed a high-tech double-decker train for British Rail's existing lines.

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Q&A: Mia Lehrer on the LA River Revitalization Project

We ask the landscape architect how she feels now the master plan for Los Angeles' River Revitalization, a "life's work," has been handed over to Gehry + Partners.

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Review: MIT Publications Tackle the Future of Infrastructural Innovation

Twin volumes from MIT's Center for Advanced Urbanism explore the cultural implications of infrastructure.

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Wetland Restoration: A New Driver for Development in China?

Instead of draining a wetland to help build a city, AECOM is filling and restoring one.

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What To Do with Lost Spaces Under NYC’s Bridges, Highways, Subway Tracks?

A study by the Design Trust for Public Space and the Department of Transportation suggests ways to reclaim 7,000 miles in U.S. cities for public use.