Author / Doug Suisman
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Suisman selected to help link cultural assets on Pittsburgh’s North Side
The Childrens Museum of Pittsburgh has selected Suisman Urban Design to lead one of four design teams examining prospects for urban revitalization in Pittsburgh’s North Side district. The museum is one of a number of nationally recognized cultural institutions on the North Side, including the Andy Warhol Museum and the Mattress Factory arts center; the…
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Gulf South Regional Perspective After Katrina
RAND Corporation has turned to Suisman Urban Design to help develop a comprehensive strategy for its new RAND Gulf States Policy Institute. Based in Jackson, Mississippi, the Institute was created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Institute now provides immediate access to RAND’s research and analytical services for regional decision-makers. Suisman helped RAND describe…
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Suisman Urban Design takes home a 2006 P/A Award for the ARC
At an awards ceremony attended by more than 300 people at the Center for Architecture in New York, Doug Suisman accepted a prestigious P/A award for Suisman Urban Design’s project with RAND Corporation, “The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State”. The P/A Awards program, now in its 53rd year and administered by Architecture…
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The Arc wins 2006 AIA National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design
The U.S. architectural profession’s highest recognition of excellence; jury calls project “compelling” and “visionary”. Suisman Urban Design received the architectural profession’s highest recognition of excellence for a project when its plan for a Palestinian state, “The Arc”, won a national Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The…
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Suisman and RAND develop innovative wellness center for Qatar
In partnership with RAND Qatar Policy Institute, Suisman Urban Design develops innovative national prototype for Qatar. Working with RAND Health and the RAND Qatar Policy Institute, conceptual prototypes for primary care centers developed Suisman Urban Design were presented in December to the newly formed Qatar National Health Authority. RAND has been a leader in helping…
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The Arc wins a 2005 AIA/Los Angeles Honor Award
Only Honor award in the Unbuilt category; jury was unanimous, called the project “elegant”, “unprecedented” and “breathtaking”. Suisman Urban Design’s “Arc” project, an infrastructure master plan for a Palestinian state, was the sole winner of a coveted Honor Award in the Unbuilt category of the AIA / Los Angeles’s 2005 Awards program. The awards were…
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Suisman discusses New Latino Urbanism at Cal State LA
Formed by Suisman’s fifteen years research on Mexican, Latin American urbanism; Los Angeles area a lab for combining tradition and innovation. Doug Suisman joined Landscape Architect Mia Lehrer to discuss design directions for “Latino New Urbanism” at a well attended conference on the campus of Cal State Los Angeles, organized by the Transportation and Land…
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Suisman presents Arc in New York at Columbia and Jewish Community Center
In a series of public presentations, the RAND project and Arc concept receive wider public attention. “The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State” was Doug Suisman’s subject at two speaking engagements in New York, at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University, and at the Jewish Community Center…
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Suisman briefs Palestinian Prime Minister Qurei
Represents the RAND Corporation, presents Arc project; PM expresses appreciation for RAND’s efforts and depth of thinking on Palestinians’ behalf. Representing the RAND Palestine State Study Team, Doug Suisman traveled to Ramallah where he briefed Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and his senior staff. Qurei signalled the public nature of the meeting by calling in the…
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"First Street Now!" Plan unveiled
New First Street development, streetscape plan by Suisman-Campbell-Rios for Project Restore; strong political support in downtown Los Angeles. After more than two years of planning and design, Project Restore unveiled the new conceptual master plan for First Street in downtown Los Angeles. The plan was prepared by a consortium of three award-winning firms: Suisman Urban…
