Tag / Suisman Urban Design
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Bushnell Park North Breaks Ground
The first major piece of Hartford’s iQuilt Plan has broken ground. A road diet has given shape to Bushnell Park North, a pedestrian promenade lining the northern edge of Bushnell Park. Slideshow of progress images here
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USC Annenberg’s Josh Kun Praises Los Angeles Boulevard:
“Doug Suisman’s Los Angeles Boulevard is making me look at the city in totally new ways…there are revelations at every turn, and the writing is as powerful and poetic as anything I’ve come across in awhile.” See the full commentary below by Josh Kun, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism, USC Annenberg School of…
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Architects Newspaper on the Pits
Michael Webb writes about the recently renovated Observation Pit at La Brea Tar Pits in his latest article in the Architects Newspaper. Read more about how the “building and bones achieve an effective fusion of the recent and distant past”. Take a look here: Architects Newspaper
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Pali High Beautification Underway
The first of a series of projects that are part of Pali High’s beautification effort was recently completed. Sue Pascone, newsletter editor of the Post 283 News writes about the origin of the project and the effort to realize future phases. Take a look at the article here. PaliHi Beautification Underway – Post 283 News
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Pali High California Garden
The first in a series of gardens for Palisades Charter High School is underway! SLIDESHOW
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ORO Editions will republish Doug Suisman’s classic, "Los Angeles Boulevard"
Suisman Urban Design is pleased to announce that in the Spring of 2014, ORO Editions will publish the 25th anniversary edition of Doug Suisman’s seminal monograph, Los Angeles Boulevard. Since its first publication by the Los Angeles Forum in 1989 in a limited run of 1,500 copies, the book has been much sought after and difficult…
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Suisman to serve on prestigious jury for World Infrastructure Awards
World Architecture News (WAN) has invited Doug Suisman, FAIA, to be a member of its jury for the newly launched World Infrastructure Awards for 2013. The jury includes members from internationally renowned engineer and architecture offices of Foster Associates, Buro Happold, HOK, and Arup. Since 2008, WAN has successfully run the World Architecture Awards; in…
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iQuilt Plan wins Award of Excellence from Connecticut Main Street
Suisman Urban Design and its client, the iQuilt Partnership and the City of Hartford, have received the Award of Excellence from the Connecticut Main Street Center. The award was given to Suisman’s iQuilt urban design plan for downtown Hartford, in the category of Public Space Master Plan. Suisman has been progressively designing and supporting the implementation…
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$100K state grant for Suisman’s “Inside/Out” placemaking in Hartford
The iQuilt Partnership has won a highly competitive placemaking grant from the State of Connecticut’s “Arts Catalyze Placemaking” (ACP) Program. Suisman Urban Design will lead development of iNSIDE/OUT, the iQuilt’s project focusing on a collection of beta sites that will demonstrate a wide variety of ways to externalize Hartford’s cultural assets. Pilot projects will be sited…