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8 challenges holding back vertical farming facilities
Video
Retrofitting Hammond, IN’s downtown core from car-centric to a walkable neighborhood
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VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology
Published Article
How to curb skepticism around Nature-based Solutions
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Learn strategies to guide our communities in unlocking new urban opportunities
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Stantec.io Podcast: The Soil Risk Map Episode
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Stantec.io Podcast: The Smart Cities Episode
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Creating Better Spaces
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5 trends from CES that will majorly impact the built environment
Published Article
The Mighty Bus: Transit Hero of Our Growing Community
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Debunking 7 myths and embracing a universal design mindset
Podcast
Design Hive: Robyn Whitwham on designing for mental health
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Today’s parking lots are tomorrow’s mobility hubs. Why is it a better use of space?
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 17 | New Design Essentials
Report
Delivering the Goods: Urban freight in the age of e-commerce
Blog Post
One module at a time: The future of affordable housing
Blog Post
Adapting our green spaces for a changing climate
Published Article
Nature-based protections against storm surges
Podcast
Digital frontiers, reimagining science, engineering, and design
Published Article
How mega events can be catalysts for change
Published Article
Five Lessons Learned Drafting an MBTA Communities Overlay for Lowell
Blog Post
Designing for a client’s nature-driven mission
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It takes a village: Managing water in a time of climate change
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How can utilities prepare for the next big storm?
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Supply and demand: Energy security in the UK
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7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
Podcast
Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences
Published Article
Increasing capacity and funding for rural communities
Video
Our approach: The Climate Solutions Wheel
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[With Video] 7 approaches to creating affordable housing for artists
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So, you’ve committed to becoming a net zero community. How do you get there?
Video
Constructing a new park and transportation corridor on Manhattan’s shore
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Avoiding the wrecking ball: Restoring purpose in aging commercial properties
Published Article
Automated vehicles: Plan now, switch on later
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7 approaches to building reuse to help existing properties reach net zero
Published Article
A new era of downtown opportunity
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For your next urban playground or revitalization, consider nature-based solutions
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A different West Side Story: How a boulevard changed Manhattan
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Reflecting on Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy for World Landscape Architecture Month
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[With Video] 4 reasons we’re excited about our new automated design tool
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Urban highway removal: 4 ways to reknit a city’s fabric
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Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
Video
A channel runs through it: How we addressed the challenges of urban creek restoration
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Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
Podcast
What does the future hold for autonomous vehicle policy and funding?
Published Article
Urban highway removal projects are on the rise across America
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Breaking the bias: How three women are making spaces and places more inclusive
Webinar Recording
Climate Solutions Webinar Series: Climate solutions that work
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The new low-carbon suburb: Retrofitting communities for success in the post-COVID era
Webinar Recording
Climate Solutions Webinar Series: Why now, and why us?
Report
Quick and creative street projects
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Pandemic challenges and solutions: Leveraging the virtual design studio
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How do we shift to a circular economy? It starts with dumping the end-of-life concept
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We can build healthier streets by prioritizing the human experience
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How to use funding trends to promote healthier lifestyles and better public space
Webinar Recording
Ontario’s New Soil Regulation - Panel Discussion
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EV is the bridge to transit’s AV revolution—and now is the time to start building it
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Investigating PFAS: Key concerns for sampling programs
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A Smart(ER) approach to mobility: Prioritizing equity and resilience
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Brownfields, synchronized: Pros and cons of aligning development goals with remediation
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How is transit responding to reopening?
Podcast
The SCOPE, Episode 1: Heat Resilient Cities
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How to overcome the 3 most common obstacles in long-term community development
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Elevating mobility infrastructure into a destination of its own
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Sidewalk equity: How data helped Boston make better decisions
Published Article
Adapting to climate change in New York City
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Passports to a net zero carbon future
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Listening to the land to design an urban Indigenous healthcare facility
Report
COVID-19 Recovery Strategies for Downtowns
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Elevating low-rise development—it’s a SWELL idea
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Design Quarterly Issue 13 | After the Reset
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Recycle your building: 8 reasons to consider adaptive reuse and retrofitting
Webinar Recording
Designing with equity in mind: Rethinking how we approach projects
Presentation
Designing for Impact: Hubs and Corridors
Article
Micromobility Q&A: Are we on the road to a future of connected, Complete Streets?
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How smart cities can become resilient to extreme heat
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Community spirit can strengthen collective resilience—and you can design for it
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More than just another bus route: Can Bus Rapid Transit spur compact urban development?
Report
Planning a resilient future for defense communities
Video
Enabling barrier-free mobility with autonomous vehicles
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Can we learn to share? How the sharing economy can help launch the mobility revolution
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From zero to hero: Kick-starting the rebirth of North America’s malls
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We can think differently to create more equitable outcomes in city building
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How do we design a car-lite future for our cities?
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
Video
What can Self-Driving Cars learn from Aviation?
Published Article
Living with Water in New Orleans
Podcast
Design Hive: April Schneider on making cities more livable 
Article
Taking design to new heights through market insights and innovation
Video
Rolling out new mobility pilots
Video
Making mobility work for people
Video
Planning for the future of mobility
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The American Rescue Plan Act: 4 questions to get thinking about infrastructure projects
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Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19
Published Article
Making Richmond Hill future-ready: Interview with David Dixon
Video
Stantec kicks off the United Nations’ Decade on Ecosystem Restoration RIGHT!
Video
Building Trust: The Role of Safety in AV Deployments
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The Lily Pad Network: A natural analogy to advance resiliency
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Maintaining momentum: 3 ways to keep a large development project moving forward
Published Article
Lights, candles, action: How St. John's can find more bright spots in the dead of winter
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3 public engagement practices for holistic urban planning
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Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: Improving urban social equity and wellness
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Developing a new open space in your downtown community? Here are 5 key ideas to consider
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 11 | Empowering Design
Whitepaper
The Future of Mobility: Remaking Buffalo for the 21st Century
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Embodied carbon is changing the buildings conversation
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How to stave off the wintry chills and embrace the outdoors this COVID-19 winter
Video
Improving New Zealand housing
Webinar Recording
Winter City Design
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Building industry diversity: 5 ways to empower disadvantaged business enterprise firms
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Dinner in a “snow globe”—one designer’s plan to help restaurants during a COVID-19 winter
Webinar Recording
Global Panel on COVID-19 Responses in Vulnerable Urban Contexts
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Working 9 to 5 has been a double climate change whammy
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Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
Published Article
Is this the beginning of a micromobility revolution?
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Winter city design: 3 ways to save our small businesses this COVID-19 winter
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
Published Article
How to make the most of COVID winter
Webinar Recording
Mall Remix: breathing new life into old malls
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Beyond Complete Streets: Could COVID-19 help transform our roads into places for people?
Webinar Recording
Just Suburbs: Creating Equitable Opportunities in Suburban Development
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UV lighting in building infection control: Can passive light safely kill coronavirus?
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How has shopping changed over the past 100 years? A look at the evolution of retail
Published Article
Published in STRIVE Magazine: Starting a journey toward homeless solutions
Brochure
Looking to launch Automated Vehicles in your community? We can help.
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Looking at our streets differently now and after COVID-19
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Are medium-density neighborhoods the answer to community planning in the future?
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A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 4): How will cities change?
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A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 3): New infrastructure
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Planning for life in cities after the pandemic
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A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 2): Changing perspectives
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A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 1): Pandemic prevention
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What’s in a number? Understanding reported PFAS concentrations
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How will stimulus funding and post-COVID-19 recovery create a more resilient country?
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Disaster preparedness in the midst of COVID-19
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The new “shovel ready”: Preparing for COVID-19 infrastructure stimulus funding
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Can drone technology help us mitigate the impact of future natural disasters? Absolutely
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In the face of more extreme weather, how do we equitably fund stormwater utilities?
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Ontario’s new excess soils regulation: What do infrastructure owners need to know?
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Your guide to resilient infrastructure planning and investments
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Walking—our oldest mode of transportation—can inform the future of urban mobility
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Phytoremediation: What is it, and why might it be right for your contaminated site?
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We need to start talking NOW about shared autonomous mobility—5 urban dividends
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Sponge city: Our urban landscapes have untapped potential to absorb stormwater
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The US Integrated Planning Bill: 10 steps municipalities can take to reap the benefits
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Does your city need a corridor study? Set the foundation for success with these 3 tips
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From the Design Quarterly: Meet me at the new mall—10 ways to make them cool
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Ontario has updated its brownfield regulations—what do the 7 key changes mean?
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Feed the future: Human existence may depend on the success of the Second Green Revolution
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From the Design Quarterly: Seeing civic infrastructure differently
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From the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
Published Article
Published in Global Water Intelligence: Coastal projects bring Stantec a flood of work
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Want to elevate your smart city planning game? This 7-step roadmap gets you hyperconnected
Published Article
Repurposing Retail Centers: Profiles in Adaptation, Repositioning and Redevelopment
Video
What is a smart city?
Presentation
Smart cities research: Building a Hyperconnected City
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Redefining lost urban spaces: 5 ways to turn a laneway into a “lanescape”
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Standard method – help or hindrance?
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3 benefits to embracing an integrated approach to building design
Article
Published in Railway Age: Transit-Oriented Development, Philadelphia Style
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6 myths about embracing non-toxic materials in interior design
Article
Published: Rebuilding Main Street in Rural America
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Sidewalk Labs plan is setting a precedent in its approach to mobility
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
Published Article
Published in How We Respond: New Orleans Residents Respond to Flooding w/ Citizen Science
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The connected, autonomous road ahead: Key challenges and opportunities for road operators
Published Article
How cities can find funding for aging infrastructure
Article
Published in Railway Age: Transit Oriented Development – Chicago
Video
Evolving Cities: Infrastructure Update
Presentation
Presentation: Transit Oriented Development: Holistic Value Capture
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A decade of ecosystem restoration: Protecting planet Earth for future generations
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Diverse industry partnerships strengthen community projects
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City planning: A guide to equitable planning for your community
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Weaving mental healthcare spaces into the neighborhood
Published Article
Published in NRU Toronto: Designing the smart city
Published Article
Published in Planning magazine: May you live in interesting times
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[With Video] 3 surprising things I discovered from hacking 21st-century city challenges
Publication
Stantec Idea Hackathon: Toward a Smart Toronto (Idea Book)
Article
Published in Metro Magazine: Retrofitting garages for zero-emissions buses
Webinar Recording
Saving our Suburbs (Part 3) – Smart Suburbs
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[With Video] How can technology from video games bring flood risks to life?
Published Article
Published in Hydro Review: Samoan Islands lead renewable energy efforts
Article
Published in Railway Age: TOD: How New York got it right
Article
Published in Railway Age: P3s key for Transit Oriented Development
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[With Video] Envisioning the revitalized design of the Old Sacramento urban riverfront
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Design Quarterly Issue 06 | Destination Zero
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From the Design Quarterly: Embracing the unknown when thinking big data and smart cities
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How can we build smart cities of the future?
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From the Design Quarterly: How are we designing for livable cities today?
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How to navigate aging infrastructure and utility conflicts in urban areas
Published Article
Published in American Infrastructure: The AI Interview – Lisa Beutler, President of the AWRA
Published Article
Published in Railway Age: Innovation From a ‘P2’ System
Published Article
Published in Planning Magazine: Curb control
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Do you want a transit-friendly sports stadium district? Here’s how to do it right.
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Infrastructure Week 2019: Brownfield development is the future of the US urban landscape
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Infrastructure Week 2019: Parks as infrastructure—providing resilience and quality of life
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Wet-weather infrastructure: Smart analysis and TOTEX planning equal savings and resilience
Published Article
Published in REDNews: How updates to floodplain mapping will impact Texas
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From the Design Quarterly: Housing design that keeps the city within reach
Published Article
Published in ENR: Drilling down to defend against drought in Atlanta
Video
All Things Urban: Joe Geller talks Stantec’s Urban Places
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This Earth Day, let’s embrace the full spectrum of sustainability
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From the Design Quarterly: Teaching sustainability and energy conservation through play
Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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Art and architecture meet in the desert
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What happens downtown doesn’t stay downtown: The ripple effects of a strong center city
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Downtown Columbus, Ohio: A case study in the mobility revolution
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Micro-apartments: Are these tiny units coming to the suburbs?
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From ancient to contemporary: How to design a monastery in the 21st century
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From the Design Quarterly: Speak up. Get involved. Shape the future.
Webinar Recording
Saving our Suburbs (Part 2) – How to Seize Emerging Opportunities
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Joining America Walks opened my eyes—it’s a long path to genuine walkability for everyone
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From the Design Quarterly: Landscapes that do more
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How do we find funding for cities? It’s all about getting creative with partnerships
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Curiosity and artistry: 6 takeaways on downtowns
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Extreme caution! The trials and tribulations of renovating historic buildings in NYC
Webinar Recording
Saving our Suburbs (Part 1) – How to Create Successful Suburbs
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From the Design Quarterly: What happens when hospitals move out?
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Infrastructure: The most important conversation you’re not having
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Design Quarterly Issue 04 | Intersections
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Driving economically robust downtowns from buildings that are already there
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The science of wayfinding—a formula to increase transit ridership
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Planning for disasters: 3 ways science can help deliver drinking water after an earthquake
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Roundtable: Imagining a day without water—with planning, it’s something we can avoid
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Using an environmental review tool to yield planning and economic development benefits
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Counting every space: What parking inventories tell us about cities
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Wildfire recovery: Creating a resilient home for outdoor education from ashes
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From the Design Quarterly: Forecasting change for baby boomers and millennials
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What if your neighborhood could make you healthier?
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Coastal crisis: We’re running out of sand along Florida’s beaches—what’s the solution?
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Engineering the impossible at Nunavut’s Iqaluit Airport
Video
David Dixon discusses the next generation of urban places at NZPI 2018
Article
International Downtown Association Report: The Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities
Article
Building urban energy resilience through education: The E-Pop Park
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In the battle of suburbs vs. cities, could both be winning?
Video
Livable Cities: Designing the World’s First WELL Community
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Creating a new paradigm for traffic safety—trade the car for other transit options
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Four questions we must answer to design truly smart cities
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From the Design Quarterly: Switching on the off-season
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Looking back at Infrastructure Week: We have our marching orders—educate and advocate
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How can we improve combined sewer overflow reporting? We need a smarter approach
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What does affordable housing look like in a thriving metro area?
Video
Preserving affordable housing in Denver
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Seeing the future: Harnessing the power of virtual reality for community engagement
Published Article
Planning on the Cellular Level - Planning Magazine, May 2018
Article
Realizing the benefits of largescale property acquisitions to reduce flood risk
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Urban Places Idea Lab: Tweaking plans, designs, and sustainability strategies
From the Design Quarterly: Living small means the city is your living room
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A new way to approach community involvement for brownfield projects
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What does Value of Downtowns report tell us about tomorrow’s cities and regions? (Part 2)
Video
It takes a village: Re-envisioning a main street in Rolesville, NC
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Boxed in by changing markets, 20th-century suburbs learn how to reinvent themselves
Published Article
Read a free chapter of Suburban Remix, edited by Jason Beske & David Dixon
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What does The Value of Downtowns report tell us about today’s cities? (Part 1)
Publication
Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Autonomous vehicles could ruin our downtowns. But not if we act now
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Digging Deep into Data — How cell phone activity data enhances transportation planning
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The renovation of iconic Wrigley Field is an example of large-scale building recycling
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Can Caribbean islands modernize their way to affordable, resilient energy grids?
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Indigenous healthcare facility design, a conversation (Part 2)
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Garden cities & movement: achieving 'good growth'
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Can a city’s downtown be its portal to prosperity?
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Why your community needs its own Complete Streets design guidelines
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Boston's Guide to Placemaking for Mobility: Reclaiming streets for the people
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Creating communities from defunct suburban malls
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Hooked on classics: Why do we still study classical architecture?
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The future of school design: Net Zero should be the norm
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Opening day at Wrigley Field: A behind-the-scenes view
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The digital utility is within our reach
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Communicating cars: Understanding the road to autonomous vehicles
Published Article
The next big disruption is here
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Decoding Canada’s Climate Innovation Program
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City building: How to use place-making to get intensification right
Article
Determining infrastructure life cycle costs with the CLIC tool
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A US Infrastructure Report Card 2017 preview
Article
Turning the tide: Helping shoreline communities create ecologically balanced seawalls
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Planting for the future: Enhancing communities with a thriving tree canopy
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Embracing the chill: Turning winter into a design asset
Article
Inside a micro-unit: Living small, sharing more, and creating affordable urban housing
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Public realm for 21st-century cities
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How we found hidden energy savings in water treatment plants
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The Jane Jacobs conundrum (Part 1): 3 urban trends driving economic inequality
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How good urban design can make city residents healthier
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Landscape architects: On the front lines of the battle for resilience
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Finding a solution: Will sea level rise still be a concern in 50 years?
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Making a case for living small and sharing more in urban areas
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What role do parks play in our communities?
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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): It’s not just about the station
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Ditching the rink to skate on a rolling ribbon of ice
Blog Post
The battle of development: Urban core or suburbs?
Publication
Stantec ERA Issue 8 | The Extreme Weather Issue
Interactive
Microgrids can provide resiliency during extreme weather events
Interactive
How to manage flooding while improving the cityscape
Interactive
You have an energy transition or climate action plan, but is it integrated?
Interactive
What does it take to turn around a declining mall?
Interactive
Mobility hubs are on the way
Interactive
Explore The Autonomous Vehicle City
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Quiz: Is your community automated vehicle ready?
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United for Infrastructure: Exploring our changing urban landscape
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Making urban places work for people
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The Stantec Idea Hackathon: Big ideas for our biggest challenges

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Climate Solutions Webinar Series: Climate solutions that work

Climate Solutions Webinar Series: Why now, and why us?

Ontario’s New Soil Regulation - Panel Discussion

Designing with equity in mind: Rethinking how we approach projects

Winter City Design

Global Panel on COVID-19 Responses in Vulnerable Urban Contexts

Mall Remix: breathing new life into old malls

Just Suburbs: Creating Equitable Opportunities in Suburban Development

Saving our Suburbs (Part 3) – Smart Suburbs

Saving our Suburbs (Part 2) – How to Seize Emerging Opportunities

Saving our Suburbs (Part 1) – How to Create Successful Suburbs

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8 challenges holding back vertical farming facilities

Retrofitting Hammond, IN’s downtown core from car-centric to a walkable neighborhood

VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology

How to curb skepticism around Nature-based Solutions

Learn strategies to guide our communities in unlocking new urban opportunities

Stantec.io Podcast: The Soil Risk Map Episode

Stantec.io Podcast: The Smart Cities Episode

Creating Better Spaces

5 trends from CES that will majorly impact the built environment

The Mighty Bus: Transit Hero of Our Growing Community

Debunking 7 myths and embracing a universal design mindset

Design Hive: Robyn Whitwham on designing for mental health

Today’s parking lots are tomorrow’s mobility hubs. Why is it a better use of space?

Design Quarterly Issue 17 | New Design Essentials

Delivering the Goods: Urban freight in the age of e-commerce

One module at a time: The future of affordable housing

Adapting our green spaces for a changing climate

Nature-based protections against storm surges

Digital frontiers, reimagining science, engineering, and design

How mega events can be catalysts for change

Five Lessons Learned Drafting an MBTA Communities Overlay for Lowell

Designing for a client’s nature-driven mission

It takes a village: Managing water in a time of climate change

How can utilities prepare for the next big storm?

Supply and demand: Energy security in the UK

7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm

Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero

Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk

Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences

Increasing capacity and funding for rural communities

Our approach: The Climate Solutions Wheel

[With Video] 7 approaches to creating affordable housing for artists

So, you’ve committed to becoming a net zero community. How do you get there?

Constructing a new park and transportation corridor on Manhattan’s shore

Avoiding the wrecking ball: Restoring purpose in aging commercial properties

Automated vehicles: Plan now, switch on later

7 approaches to building reuse to help existing properties reach net zero

A new era of downtown opportunity

For your next urban playground or revitalization, consider nature-based solutions

A different West Side Story: How a boulevard changed Manhattan

Reflecting on Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy for World Landscape Architecture Month

Design Hive: April Schneider on making cities more livable 