Design Quarterly looks at equity: promoting parity in housing, creating culturally relevant healthcare, providing city services fairly, making career education more flexible, and research in neglected housing types.
Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
This issue of our buildings thought leadership publication looks at how architects, engineers and experts are creating new tools to harness data for building design, planning and operations.
Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
This issue of our buildings thought leadership publication looks at how architects, engineers, and specialists are creating new tools to harness data for building design, planning, and operations.
Designing Complete Streets for towns and suburbs, not just for big cities
Complete streets are for suburbs and towns too. Once considered a planning strategy for the urban core, making streets safe and inviting for all users can be accomplished in communities of any size, location, or demographics.
Digging Deep into Data — How cell phone activity data enhances transportation planning
Cynthia Albright and Graeme Masterton discuss how they used cell phone data to understand the seasonal activity, develop annual counts, and identify the most popular destinations in Lake Tahoe.
Digital Cities - Fire Flow
Michael Morrisroe, Water Infrastructure Lead, discusses how Fire Flow, which models water supply and pressure as well as building use was created in response to a fatal fire.
Downtown Columbus, Ohio: A case study in the mobility revolution
From scooters to self-driving shuttles, an urban planner returns to his hometown and sees the future of mobility.
Driving economically robust downtowns from buildings that are already there
Using innovative tools to convert old commercial space and create the environment needed for new office towers.
Dryden Wastewater Treatment Plant
Through innovative planning, we created a virtually odorless, LEED certified facility that has several unique features. With reduced energy requirements and associated operating costs, the Dryden wastewater treatment plant is saving the city money.