Author / Doug Suisman
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Downtown Santa Monica Redesign Featured in Palisadian Post
The streetscape renovation by Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. with Suisman Urban Design was the subject of an extensive article by Libby Motika in the Palisadian Post, entitled “Cities Thrive on Village Ideas.” It provides a thorough overview of the history of the Promenade and the plans to upgrade the street’s infrastructure and appearance.
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Zimmer Children’s Museum asks Suisman to help envision (and locate) its new home
The Zimmer museum has asked Suisman Urban Design to help it develop a strategy for determining its new location and the character of its new urban and architectural setting. Working with CEO Esther Netter, Museum Director Julee Brooks, and a special committee of the board, Suisman will lead a four-month process. The result will be…
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Suisman’s plan for Vancouver media arts campus helps gain $110 Million grant
Suisman Urban Design has prepared an urban design master plan for the Great Northern Way (GNW) Campus and the new campus of Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD). The Great Northern Way Campus in East Vancouver is a former industrial site which the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute…
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Work could start on iQuilt’s first big project next spring
By Kenneth R. Gosselin – The Hartford Courant Construction is expected to begin next spring on three areas crucial to the iQuilt plan — State House Square, Gold Street and Union Station — a first major step in making the city’s center more easily navigated by pedestrians, cyclists and those who ride the bus. City…
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Doug Suisman speaks at MoMA: "The Walking City as a Child’s Muse"
In conjunction with the exhibition Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000, the Museum of Modern Art presented a half-day symposium exploring the impact of play in urban environments on childhood development. The symposium was organized by longtime playground advocate Jane Chermayeff. The sessions featured play theorists, architects and designers, and educators. The afternoon…
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SUD engaged by Vancouver arts university to help envision new campus
Suisman has been asked by Vancouver’s Emily Carr University of Art and Design to help envision their new home. ECUAD will move from their current campus on Granville Island in downtown Vancouver to the new Great Northern Way digital media campus on the edge of downtown on a former industrial site.
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Suisman Interviewed as Part of “Unfinished Business” Exhibition
Doug Suisman’s seminal monograph, “Los Angeles Boulevard,” was featured at the exhibition called “Unfinished Business,” created by the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. The exhibition celebrated 25 years of discourse in and around Los Angeles under the umbrella of the Forum. Suisman’s book was originally published by the Forum in in 1989…
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Hartford celebrates first EnvisionFest
Envisionfest debuted yesterday and is Connecticut’s Capital City Festival featuring over 100 events, activities, and performances. Every aspect of this free event showcases Hartford’s abundance of innovative history, arts, and extraordinary cultural wealth, allowing a unique opportunity for people of all ages to discover and celebrate the capital city. Hundreds of live entertainment and hands-on…
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Downtown-wide wayfinding completed
Just in time for the first EnvisionFest, Hartford’s Downtown Wayfinding system – a critical part of the iQuilt Plan – has been completed. It is the first physical iQuilt project to be implemented. Installed at approximately 45 Central Business District and Capitol area intersections and consisting of over 266 “Pedhead” signs and 135 “MiniMaps,” the…
