Author / Doug Suisman
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Suisman presents Arc at foreign ministry in Paris
Doug Suisman presented the Arc to a joint Franco-Palestinian conference held at the Quai d’Orsay, the riverfront home of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference on the Arc was arranged by Valerie Hoffenberg, special envoy to the Middle East for President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Palestinian Ambassador to France was in attendance, along with…
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Arc wins 2010 "Future Project of the Year" at World Architecture Festival
The Arc was awarded best master plan and Future Project of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. Barcelona, November 5, 2010–The 2010 <ahref=”http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/winners.cfm”>World Architecture Festival has given its coveted “Future Project of the Year” prize to the ”The Arc”, a visionary master plan for a Palestinian state. The Arc, designed by Suisman…
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Suisman wins two of three 2010 Honor Awards for Urban Design given by AIACC
The iQuilt project in Hartford and the Arc project in Palestine, both designed by Suisman Urban Design, receive Honor Awards by the AIACC. Los Angeles, 2010 – The American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) has awarded two of three coveted 2010 Honor Awards in Urban Design to Suisman Urban Design for its iQuilt project,…
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Palestinian Ministry of Transport and RAND take next steps for the Arc project
Minister of Transport and Doug Suisman representing RAND Corporation sign a joint Memorandum of Understanding. Ramallah, West Bank, 2010–The Palestinian Minister of Transport and Communications Saadi al-Krunz and Doug Suisman representing RAND Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a cooperation between both parties to prepare a vision plan based on the proposed Arc project,…
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NEA Awards Hartford $250,000 Grant for iQuilt plan by Suisman Urban Design
Project is Named Nation’s Top Recipient for Culture-Based Urban Design Grants. HARTFORD–July 16, 2010–The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that the city of Hartford and the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts have won a national grant worth $250,000 for the iQuilt, a culture-based downtown design plan developed by Suisman Urban Design. Of…
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Suisman presents iQuilt to "1000 Friends of Connecticut"
Culture-based Pedestrian Plan for Downtown Hartford. Hartford, March 2010–Doug Suisman and Tyler Smith presented the iQuilt project, a culture-based pedestrian plan for downtown Hartford, to participants at the annual meeting of 1000 Friends of Connecticut, the state’s major “Smart Growth” organization. The conference took place at the former G. Fox Department store on Main Street,…
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Suisman presents the Arc at J-Street’s first national conference
Large crowd attends panel on economic development as a pathway to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Washington, October 2009–Doug Suisman presented the Arc project for a Palestinian state to an overflow audience at the first national conference held by J-Street, the highly visible new lobbying group that describes itself as “pro-Israel, pro-peace”. There were more than…
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Canyon School’s new look complete
Campus renovation includes new color palette, historic photomurals, wayfinding signs, and graphic standards. Santa Monica Canyon, September 2009–After several years of collaboration with the administration, faculty and parents of Canyon Charter School to develop a long-term vision for the school campus, Suisman Urban Design has completed its work on an extensive renovation of the school…
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Suisman presents iQuilt to Bushnell and Wadsworth Boards
Hartford’s reknowned art museum and performing arts center are keys to a new pedestrian plan for downtown. Hartford, September 2009–In back-to-back presentations to the trustees of the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and the Wadsworth Atheneum, two of Hartford’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, Doug Suisman highlighted the most recent features of the “iQuilt”, the culture-based…
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Suisman presents iQuilt at EPA Green Infrastructure Workshop
Managing Wet Weather With Green Infrastructure. Hartford, July 2009–Doug Suisman of Suisman Urban Design was invited to Hartford to presents the iQuilt project at the “Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure” workshop held by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The workshop encouraged conversations with national experts, municipal operators, state and federal regulators, as well as…
