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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…
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Mayor’s Office invites Suisman to join design panel for new Sixth Street Bridge
The office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has invited Doug Suisman to join a distinguished group of architects and community leaders to advise on the selection of a winner in the competition for a new Sixth Street Bridge across the Los Angeles River. The existing bridge, built in 1932 and designed, like many of…
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Courant editorial supports iQuilt
The Courant editorial board encourages everyone to think about filling empty buildings downtown as a key goal of the iQuilt Plan. Buildings Are Major Piece of Hartford Revival
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Suisman joins LA Times Architecture Critic Hawthorne on the boulevard
Christopher Hawthorne Kicks Off His Boulevard Series With Atlantic and a Nod to Los Angeles Boulevard by Doug Suisman. Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne’s front-page feature on Atlantic Boulevard kicks off his year-long series on Boulevards. In the article, he writes: “Suisman’s concise and shamefully underappreciated 1989 study of the history and design…
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Suisman selected to help reimagine the 21st century children’s museum
The MetLife Foundation & Association of Children’s Museums announced the selection of Suisman Urban Design and three other international firms (Levenbetts, muf Architecture, WANTED landscape) to participate in a year-long design exploration of the future of the children’s museum. “The Reimagining Children’s Museums Project is an exploration of what it means to experience a children’s…
