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What do nature, technology and community have to do with redefining the impact of an airport? Watch the video below as our aviation director William R. Peduzzi, P.E. joins our client and partners to talk about how airports introduce travelers to a city in Part 2 of this series.

There’s a lot of focus on finding solutions to build out social rent housing at the moment, but there are still thousands of families living in temporary accommodation. If you want to be part of the solution, get your tickets for the Summit below

In this Design Roundtable for Correctional News Magazine, Senior Principal Jim Beight joins other justice architecture industry experts to weigh in on trends, challenges, and innovations shaping secure housing design. Check it out on page 14: https://lnkd.in/eRq47s9Q

Charles Eames famously said, "Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design." Architecture and community needs undoubtedly intersect. In the SEATTLE DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Affordable Housing feature, Ben details the City of Tacoma's Home in Tacoma (HITP2) efforts that aim to address the efficacy of jurisdictional codes. Sprinkling in personal anecdotes coupled with his experience on the city of Tacoma's Permit Advisory Task Force, Ben outlines the programs in place and efforts behind affordable housing in the City of Destiny. Read the DJC feature here - https://lnkd.in/g6gT-ke4

If you missed our Pittsburgh event, check out this recap to catch a few highlights. Plus, don’t miss out on our upcoming webinar series next month, where we’ll dive into important discussions on healthcare. Join us to stay informed and engaged! #MODLOGIQ #modularconstruction #fullvolumetric #panelizedwalls #lightgaugesteel

Announcing PlacemakingUS's "Public Realm Roundtable!" A national and international gathering of #publicspace and #placemaking leaders in NYC June 13-16. 🗽 The Public Realm Roundtable is a national gathering of government and supporting organizations who build, maintain and enliven public space. New York City’s Mayor Adams, business districts and the Alliance for Public Space Leadership have come together to forge a new position in government, the Director of the Public Realm. This revolutionary new role could become a best practice that the top cities across America should want to pursue. A gathering of those responsible for the public realm including parks departments, property management bureaus, public works managers, and government-adjacent players like BIDs, “Friends of” organizations and conservancies will convene in New York City this June to have a series of thematic roundtable discussions to share good practices, innovations and discuss pain points in our collaborative and emergent work to create praise-worthy public realms. Key Topics of Discussion 🤔 Catalyzing and Keeping Cross-Department Synergies to Complete Vast Transformation 🤔 Maintenance and Enlivening of Spaces with Partners through Permits, MOUs, and License Agreements 🤔 Equity and Anti-gentrification Tactics 🤔 The Next Frontier: Reforming Already-Existing Public Spaces for Better Use: 🤔 When Streets, Sidewalks, Parking Spaces, Buffers and Margins become new centers of Public Gathering 🤔 Making the Case: Connecting the Realm to its Outcomes like Health, Economy, Climate, Sociability and other positives outcomes to attract partners and ease permissions https://lnkd.in/enN6e8mt The event is in collaboration with Ya-Ting Liu and her NYC Office of the Public Realm, Pratt Urban Placemaking and Management, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, Social Life Project, PlacemakingX, Street Plans and many more. Further details for sign-up coming soon! Global #PlacemakingX leaders participating so far include Daniela Chacon Arias, Guillermo Bernal, Ramon Marrades, Lex de Jong 莱克斯, Tim Tompkins, Madeleine Spencer, Ryan Smolar, Ethan Kent, Mike Lydon, David Burney, Fred Kent and others... #NYCPublicSpace #PlacemakingUS #PlacemakingNYC #PlaceGovernance

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻... 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹 SR partners Anna Shapiro and Nick Ffoulkes have co-written a piece on the practice’s connection to Bristol, and how post-industrial sites such as Mead Street, Temple Mead Quarter, are fertile ground for innovation, ingenuity and new perspectives on communities. “Imagine a place rejuvenated in partnership – collective action that welcomes the convergence of home, work, culture, shopping education. A place free of mono; a place that champions the power of poly. A place built by reconnecting people – councils, developers, consultants, and the public – to find common ground and mediate tension about what the future looks like.” Read the full piece here:

Long-term, loose fit and low energy remains at the core of our approach. Derwent London Executive Director Emily Prideaux highlights the importance of collaboration in creating spaces that adapt not just for decades but for centuries. Explore how these principles shape our vision for London in EG’s feature: https://lnkd.in/ezUd4FKf

If you are an architect, if you are firm owner, if you find yourself dreaming of starting a firm, if you are a student and you want to learn more about how the business side of the profession is run. If you are even just curious about how you might do one thing better then you need to attend this conference. Even better than all of that is the wonderful, supportive community. You will find yourself in conversation with other architects / firm owners having coffee in the morning, or maybe a drink after the sessions are completed and you will hear about how those people overcame struggles with their practice, you can share stories and learn some new things you can try. Those people that you meet and talk to then become resources for you in the future of your firm. We are all here in this community and are accessible and want to help each other. This is not just about immediate improvements in your business, but lifelong sustained connections and growth. But if you wait to register, and it sells out and you end up kicking yourself for not taking action sooner then you have no one to blame but yourself. Stop what you are doing right now and go register. It will be the best decision you make this year.

Yesterday, we kicked off a series of thought leadership events revolving around the “𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀” initiative by the NYC Department of City Planning We hosted an impactful virtual roundtable event focusing on this transformative initiative that aims to reshape NYC’s urban landscape by converting underutilized office spaces into residential units, addressing the housing shortage, and creating vibrant, livable communities. Our esteemed panel was led by the amazing Edith Hsu-Chen, Executive Director of NYC Department of City Planning, with participation of Brian Tormey, NTP from TitleVest and First American, David Rosenberg from Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., and our very own CEO and Co-Founder Avi Aflalo. We showcased how, through our innovative 3D platform, transit-oriented development and town center zoning (Just 2 examples from the “City of Yes” robust initiative) can be contextualized, visualized, and ultimately planned with just a few clicks. It was exciting to demonstrate how our technology can revolutionize urban planning and development. The Q&A session featured some very insightful questions that significantly enhanced the understanding of the "City of Yes" initiative among NYC real estate professionals. Thank you to everyone who joined and participated in this super important discussion! We look forward to continuing these important conversations while driving innovation and shaping the future of NYC’s urban landscape with our groundbreaking 3D platform for urban planning.  Missed the event? You can watch the full discussion here- https://lnkd.in/d2pADF-5 #Simplex3D #VirtualRoundtable #CityOfYes #UrbanPlanning #nyc #3dmapping #realestate #architecture #Zoning #Innovation