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Sausalito plans more parking in busy corridor

Marin Independent Journal

Two SWA Projects Win WLA Professional Awards

World Landscape Architecture

Alam Al Roum: Qatari Diar’s $29.7Bn Bet On Egypt’s North Coast

Construction Business News Middle East

Revitalized Metcalfe Playfield nearing completion

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MAD opens shenzhen’s tengyun center with lifted, cloud-like offices

Designboom

Virginia Beach officials unveil a memorial for everyone impacted by the 2019 Municipal Center shooting.

Coastal Virginia Magazine

In Shenzhen, the Longgang River Blueway Reactivates a Damaged Watercourse

Architectural Record

New Park Over I-35E in Dallas Exemplifies a Transportation Trend

Engineering News-Record

SWA’s Houston studio completes Hill at Sims, a new park

The Architect's Newspaper

$73 million S.F. park in the heart of Chinatown breaks ground after decades of delays

San Francisco Chronicle

City of San Francisco Expands 1455 Market St. Lease by 502,000 SQFT in $1B-Plus Deal, the Region’s Largest Since 2018

The Registry San Francisco

Neighbors Hope a New Park in Dallas Can Heal an Old Divide

The New York Times

S.F.’s biggest office lease in years comes to one of the city’s troubled neighborhoods

San Francisco Chronicle

With Halperin Park, southern Dallas gets a new civic jewel

Dallas Morning News

$30 million, 100-acre new park rises in Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood

CultureMap Houston

New 100-acre Sunnyside park marks major investment in long-neglected Houston neighborhood

Houston Chronicle

100-acre park opens in Sunnyside, neighborhood’s first in 50 years

Houston Business Journal

BoAi Lake Wins PaperCity Dallas Award

PaperCity Dallas

Dallas Built a Stunning Park on top of a 14 Lane Freeway

Fast Company

HKS and SWA complete cap park over Dallas interstate

The Architect's Newspaper

All decked out: Halperin Park debuts over I-35E in Oak Cliff

KERA / NPR North Texas

The Long-Awaited Halperin Park Opens This Weekend. Here’s How the $300 Million Project Came Together.

D Magazine

Larger than Central Park: this massive $1 billion SoCal infrastructure project is bringing a 1,300-acre mega-park and a 90,000 square feet retail hub to life

Secret Los Angeles

Thomas Balsley: Why Not Give People Something Different?

Landezine

The Best New Hotels in the World: 2026 Hot List

Condé Nast Traveler

New community pool landscaping is a dramatic swing to drought-tolerant native plants

Piedmont Exedra

After the Heists: Securing Museums Without Closing Them Off

The New York Times

Oak Cliff fought for it. Now, Dallas’ second deck park is almost here

WFAA-TV Dallas-Ft. Worth

Rewilding the city: the urban forests of Asia

South China Morning Post

7 Canopy Walks Where You Can Get a Bird’s-Eye View of Spring Migration

Audubon Magazine

San Angelo Launches Master Plan for Downtown River Parks

San Angelo Live!

Halperin Park will open in May

D Magazine

New Halperin Park brings five acres of green space to Oak Cliff in May

CBS News Texas

New southern Dallas deck park set for May opening celebration in Oak Cliff

Dallas Morning News

Halperin Park announces opening day

Advocate Oak Cliff

‘Transformational’ Deck Park Near Dallas Zoo To Open in May

Dallas Innovates

Halperin Park nears opening above I-35 in southern Dallas

NBC DFW

These Hotels Are Made for Walking

The New York Times Style Magazine

In Vancouver, The Butterfly Redefines High-Rise Living

Metropolis

The quarry that built modern Beijing gets a surprising second life

Fast Company

Life Science Campuses Catching Up To Workplace Competition

Forbes

From Pass-Through to Place: A Q&A with SWA

Vestre

A Historic California Schoolhouse Becomes a Home for Quantum Research

Metropolis

SWA’s Gerdo Aquino shares advice for applying to Best of Practice

The Architect's Newspaper

San Francisco’s Portsmouth Square renovation project by SWA and MEI Architects to begin construction this summer

The Architect's Newspaper

The Best New York City Architecture of the Past Decade

Curbed

These Houston-area communities were among the best-selling in the U.S. in 2025

Houston Chronicle

The Wait is Almost Over: Dallas’ Massive New Deck Park Set To Open Phase One This Spring

Secret Dallas

52 Places to Go in 2026

The New York Times

Addressing the Wildfire Knowledge Gap: A Q&A with SWA’s Jonah Susskind

Architectural Record

BC lands JW Marriott flag for Downtown San Antonio hotel conversion

The Real Deal

The top 10 mass-timber buildings of 2025

Dezeen

Guangzhou Shipyard Waterfront Park

Landezine

Pazhou South Waterfront Park

Landezine

A continuous green corridor connecting two urban hillsides: Hong Gang Park by SWA

Metalocus

Edith Heath’s Tiled Facade at the Norton Simon Museum Gets a Proper Restoration

Metropolis

RIBA launches new awards – and for the first winners, we look to the Middle East

Wallpaper*

State awards $6.4 million for Ballona Creek bike path extension

Urbanize

Partnership Proposes $2 Billion City Park at West Kendall Mixed-Use Development in Miami

Shopping Center Business

Exponential Ecology Meets Student Housing at UC San Diego

Multi-Housing News

Sausalito celebrates new ferry landing as bayfront gateway

Marin Independent Journal

Houston’s Alief Neighborhood Center Is a Resilience Hub for a Working-Class Melting Pot

Bloomberg CityLab

Revery Architecture alters Vancouver’s skyline with The Butterfly, a residential tower with organic curvature and custom glazing

The Architect's Newspaper

SWA/Balsley Carves Public Space out of a Dangerous Intersection

The Dirt

ENR West California and Nevada Winners Announced for Regional Best Projects Awards Competition

ENR West

How Vancouver’s New Condo Tower Blends Affordable Housing with Luxury Units

Maclean's

An urban forest and a four-mile-long bench: These are the winners of the Market Street Reimagined competition

San Francisco Business Times

San Francisco reveals Market Street revitalization plan

NBC Bay Area

Lights! Trees! A 4-mile bench! Five bold ideas to remake Market Street

The San Francisco Standard

Four-mile bench, digital banners among Market Street idea winners

San Francisco Examiner

SWA/Balsley and ParkerRodriguez transform a hazardous Washington, D.C. intersection into a new public space

The Architect's Newspaper

Walmart’s New Corporate Home

Landscape Architect

Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences: Extending in keeping with Stanford’s tradition

The Plan

Can Walmart Shed Its Discount Vibe? Its New Home Office Offers a Clue.

The New York Times

Building beyond buildings: Revery monograph

The Architectural Review

The Butterfly takes flight: The Butterfly, Vancouver, BC

Canadian Architect

Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco is getting improvements to make it worthy of its namesake

Advocate

The Butterfly” Mixed-Use Tower: Rising into the air

The Plan

Infrastructure Adaptation: A Robust City-Building Tool

Urban Land

Decarbonizing Landscape Architecture: SWA on Taking Action

Green Building & Design

Smart Landscape Architecture Strategies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Dirt

TCU to Partner With SWA Group on Campus Expansion

Pro Landscaper USA

A Xingfa cement factory’s reimagining breathes new life into an abandoned industrial site

Wallpaper*

A new hill to climb in Houston: Converted flood basins increasingly double as community parks

Houston Chronicle

Officials Say Downtown Conway Was Quietly Saved From A Water Catastrophe

Arkansas Radio

Revery integrates church into sculptural Butterfly skyscraper in Vancouver

Dezeen

New deck park over I-35 near Dallas Zoo to open spring 2026

CBS News Texas

Can fire-gutted suburbs rebuild safer? Here’s what the experts say

The L.A. Times

What’s Next for Wildfire Research?

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Infrastructure Adaptation

The Field

A new facility by Olson Kundig and SWA at Stanford University takes cues from the campus’s midcentury modernism

The Architect's Newspaper

Big Moves: An Ambitious Office Tower Redefines Urban Sustainability

Texas Architect Magazine

How towns can adapt to fire as bigger burns loom

PNAS

Inside Walmart’s Massive, Nature-Filled New Headquarters

Forbes

Zip lines? Underwater tunnels? Napa showcases ambitious RiverLine trail project

Napa Valley Register

Burlingame breaks ground on town square

The Daily Journal

Walmart HQ features mass timber at an “unprecedented scale”

Dezeen

Walmart designed its new Bentonville headquarters to be a bikeable extension of the city

Fast Company

Walmart Debuts New Home Office Campus in Northwest Arkansas

Architectural Record

Walmart global headquarters by Gensler and SWA opens in Arkansas

The Architect's Newspaper

Harvey Milk Plaza project shy of total needed

The Bay Area Reporter

Transformative 2-tower development headed to Dallas’ Design District

Dallas Business Journal

The 8 best new architecture projects in L.A. for 2024

The L.A. Times

Landscape Architect, John L. Wong, showcases rich collection of projects

The Landscape Library

Landscape architect John Wong opens up about nearly five decades of practice at SWA

The Architect's Newspaper

SWA Landscape Architects Climate Action Plan News

e-architect

Safe Solutions: Reducing Risks from Wildfire

American Society of Landscape Architects

This Bright, New Path Connects the Katy Trail to Southern Dallas

D Magazine

San Francisco Voters Pass Ballot Measure for Harvey Milk Memorial

Bloomberg CityLab

No Boundary Between Culture and Environment

The Architect's Newspaper

The Monocle Minute On Design: Thick on the ground

Monocle

TOP Xinlian Tech Office Park by SOM

Goooood

Two Big Monographs: Architecture Books – Week 41/2024

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

NBBJ’s Westmark School is Designed for Learning Differences

Metropolis

100 Altair: Architecture and City in Dialogue

The Plan

Continuing Education: High-Performance Landscapes

Architectural Record

Houston Resilience Hub Master Plan Wins APA Texas Gold Award

American Planning Association - Texas Chapter

Why you should look down—not up—when you’re near a skyscraper

Fast Company

Playbook for the Pyrocene Wins AIA California Merit Award

NBBJ completes nature-infused California school for neurodiverse students

Dezeen

An Office Tower Rooftop Designed for Outdoor Productivity

Azure Magazine

How Houston redesigned an abandoned golf course to keep a nearby neighborhood from flooding

Fast Company

Biomorphic Tencent Headquarters Takes Shape in Shenzhen

desginboom

Principal Sean O’Malley Discusses Great Park on Irvine Radio

KUCI 88.9 FM Radio

Leading Architectural Design, Render Tool Free for Students, Educators

Archinect

T+L Readers Named The Best Resorts in Mexico 2024

Travel + Leisure

How Color Can Improve Connection And Reinvigorate The Workplace

Forbes

Environmental Review Process Starts For 1301 Shoreway Road, Belmont

SF YIMBY

A $25 million bond up for vote in November may actualize SWA’s The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco

The Architect's Newspaper

Redesign of SF’s Harvey Milk Plaza one step closer to becoming reality honoring late LGBTQ+ icon

ABC7

Announcing the winners of AN’s 2024 Best of Practice Awards

The Architect's Newspaper

500-acre development split between Allen and Fairview officially underway

Dallas Morning News

Four Seasons Turtle Creek to move ahead ‘full bore’

Dallas Morning News

MAD designs undulating Cloud 9 Sports Center for Shijiazhuang

Dezeen

Allen is latest community to ponder how to memorialize lives lost in a mass shooting

Dallas Morning News

The Loop Dallas is a testament to what’s possible

Dallas Morning News

Old City Park’s long history in spotlight as Dallas Parks and Rec prepares to take over operations

Dallas Business Journal

Outdoor Spaces Will Take Place Virtually on May 8

The Architect's Newspaper

Coming To A Shoreline Near You

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Lower School Campus of Westmark School / NBBJ

Arch Daily

The Landscape Architecture–AI Buffer Zone

Metropolis

ASLA New York Honors State’s Best Landscape Architecture at 2024 Design Awards

Archinect

ASLA-NY Announces Winners of its 2024 Design Awards

The Architect's Newspaper

Johnston Marklee and SWA Complete Transformative Renovation for the Hilbert Museum that Draws from its Collection

The Architect’s Newspaper

First Look at Preliminary Design of Jersey City’s Courthouse Park

NJ.com

Community Meeting Gives Updates on $14M County Courthouse Park in Jersey City

Hudson County View

Officials Debut Preliminary Plans for Journal Square’s “Courthouse Park”

Jersey City Times

Experience Mexico’s Pacific coast with a trio of Four Seasons Resorts

Wallpaper*

At the Hilbert Museum of California Art’s Expanded Home, Art and Architecture Converge

Wallpaper

The Five New Parks That Will Transform Dallas

Dallas Morning News

Brabazon: Revised Plans for 6,500 Filton Homes Approved

BBC. com

ESOP Fables

The Architect's Newspaper

A New Park by SWA, RDC, and Red Studio in Houston Moves Forward

The Architect's Newspaper

Sausalito Approves New Ferry Landing Project Plans

Marin Independent Journal

Coming Soon: “The Most Sustainable Building in Houston”

Realty News Report

Center for Climate Action and Innovation at Sonoma Developmental Center Business Plan Released

Permit Sonoma

Extreme Placemaking: Dubai Expo City

Landscape Middle East

The History of Castro and Market and Plans for Its Future

San Francisco Bay Times

Harvey Milk Plaza “Buzz-Raiser” Meeting Coming to Castro

Bay Area Reporter

In Dallas, a Forthcoming Freeway Lid Park Reunites an Interstate-Bisected Community

Architectural Record

Whittier Approves Final Design of Greenleaf Promenade Project, Which Will Renovate Uptown Whittier

Whittier Daily News

10th Shanghai Landscape Forum: Climate Action Now!

The Field

Brackenridge Park’s Future Will Be Open for Public Input Starting Jan. 8.

San Antonio Express-News

Plans for Hudson County Courthouse Park Advance

Tap Into Jersey City

Often, it feels wrong to travel somewhere and never leave the hotel—but at this Four Seasons there’s no guilt.

Condé Nast Traveler

A 1980s Edge City Comes Back From the Brink, Minus Its Monorail

Bloomberg

First Structure Tops Out For Bayshore Highway Labs In Burlingame

SF YIMBY

Outdoor Amenities Resource: 25+ Guides to Designing Better Outdoor Amenities

Metropolis

Inside This New Mexican Retreat With Jaw-Dropping Views of the Jalisco Coast

Vogue

Can These Castro Groups Make Harvey Milk Plaza a Destination?

San Francisco Examiner

How Fire-Prone Communities Can Reduce Their Risk

The Dirt

New EaDo Mixed-Use Project Would Transform Warehouses into Trendy Restaurants, Shops

Houston Chronicle

Pagewood and Wile Interests to Develop East Blocks, a 10-Block Mixed-Use District in EaDo

Houston Business Journal

The Winning Projects of the 2023 PaperCity Design Awards Dallas

Paper City

Construction Begins on Southern Gateway Park, Set to Open in 2025

D Magazine

Paradise, California Was Destroyed by Fire. Here’s What it Looks Like 5 Years Later

Fast Company

Meeting Scheduled For Orange Memorial Park Aquatic Center, South San Francisco

SF YIMBY

USC-Adjacent Affordable Housing Coming to 1250 W. Jefferson Boulevard

Urbanize LA

Groundbreaking Expected in November for Tree-Lined Apartments in Downtown San Jose

SF YIMBY

Renovated San Jose park honors California’s “Prune King”

The Mercury News

How a Clear Lake Golf Course Became an Eco-Oasis (Opinion)

Houston Chronicle

The Future of Crockett Street?

Beaumont Enterprise

SWA and Streets for All Have a Plan to Convert L.A.’s Marina Freeway into a Linear Park with Affordable Housing

The Architect's Newspaper

Playbook for the Pyrocene Is an Open-Access Guide to Preparing for Wildfires by SWA’s XL Lab

The Architect's Newspaper

This L.A. Freeway Is the Butt of Many Jokes. Can it Have New Life as Parks and Housing?

Los Angeles Times

Port of LA Reveals Draft Connectivity Plan for Waterfront Redevelopment

Long Beach Business Journal

New Building Permits Activity For Orchard Residential In Downtown San Jose

SF YIMBY

Grassroots Proposal Calls for Transforming the Marina Freeway Into a Massive Park

Urbanize LA

Construction Tops Out For 220 Park Road In Burlingame

SF YIMBY

Irvine Plans to Make Sustainability the Heart of Great Park

Orange County Register

NEOM’s Shusha Island: The Hub for Global Coral Reef Protection

Construction Week

The Dallas Museum of Art Picks a Winner

Wall Street Journal

Dallas Museum of Art names Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos as Winning Firm in Competition to Renovate the Museum Campus

The Architect's Newspaper

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos are Winners of the Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition

Archinect

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos to Add “Floating” Gallery to Dallas Art Museum

Dezeen

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos Selected to Helm Dallas Museum of Art Campus Overhaul

Architectural Record

The Loop Comes Full Circle

D Magazine

Dallas Museum of Art Picks Little-Known Spanish Architects for Museum Expansion

Dallas Morning News

Liquid City: A Radical New Masterplan in Rotterdam Embraces the River for Resilience

Architizer

Construction Work Begins at Infamous Dave Thomas Circle Intersection

Washington Post

Fish Tales: A Post-Industrial Structure Provides a Haven for Anglers

West Side Rag

Permanent Memorial to Oct. 1 Las Vegas Shooting Victims on Horizon

Las Vegas Sun

Long Delayed $1B California Great Park Project Starts Anew

Engineering News Record

The 50-Mile Dallas Loop Trail Aims to Transform the City. It’s Getting There.

Dallas Morning News

Construction Finished For Mass Timber Offices In Moffett Park, Sunnyvale

SF YIMBY

An LGBTQIA+ Conversation in Landscape Architecture

The Field

LGBTQ+ Professional Events Offer More Than Networking

AIA.org

OLIN and SWA Are Among Shortlisted Firms to Design Memorial in Las Vegas Commemorating Victims of Mass Shooting

The Architect's Newspaper

Progress is Underway on Dallas’s Highway Cap Over Interstate 35E

The Architect's Newspaper

Irvine Breaks Ground on 300 Acres of New Green Space at the Great Park

Urbanize LA

The Great Equalizer: A Look Into the Future of Oak Cliff’s Parks

Advocate Magazine

SWA Constructs Park Over Dallas Highway to Reconnect Historically Divided Neighborhood

Archinect

Irvine Breaks Ground on Future Great Park Projects, Estimated Cost Now at $1 Billion

Orange County Register

National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Plans “Transformative” Expansion and Renovation

Commercial Appeal

Let the Post-Pandemic City Grow Wild

New York Times

Chipperfield, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Nieto Sobejano Amongst the 6 Shortlisted Entries for the Dallas Museum of Art

Arch Daily

New Vision for Southern California’s Great Park

Planetizen

SWA Group Unveils a Comprehensive Master Plan for Irvine’s Unfinished Great Park

The Architect's Newspaper

Irvine Great Park Master Plan Design

E-Architect

Campus Planning & Design Highlights from San Francisco

The Field

Official List of Season 1 Winners Unveiled for the 2023 MUSE Creative Awards and MUSE Design Awards

Everyone's Interest Press Newswire

5/31 Memorial Committee Selects Design Firm to Create Permanent Memorial

13 News Now

Walmart is Changing the Way Its Employees Get to Work

Bloomberg

Planned Jersey City Park Expected to Stimulate Development

Engineering News Record

SWA Group to Design New Park in Jersey City on the Site of the Hudson County Administration Building

The Architect's Newspaper

Six Top-Notch Master Plan Communities in the U.S.

Builder

The AIA honors Parks for Downtown Dallas with the 2023 Collaborative Achievement Award

Archinect

MoMA’s New Architecture Exhibition Stages a Wide Set of Local, Civic-Minded Design Projects

The Architect's Newspaper

Bridging Two Oak Cliff Communities: Phase One of Southern Gateway Park Construction Underway

WFAA.com

New York, New Architecture: How Is the City Changing with the Times?

The Guardian

The Best Parks in Dallas for Walks, Picnics, and Play

Paper City

The Ability for Cities to Survive Depends on Smart, Sustainable Architecture

Popular Science

A Waterfront Park as Public Amenity and Climate Mitigator

Common Edge

The Clearing Memorial / SWA Group

Arch Daily

Rochester Riverfront Area-Wide Plan Receives BSA Design Award

DesignAwards.Architects.com

Part Four: Designers, Commissioners Look Back On Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Process

Newtown Bee

1 October Memorial Selection Enters Phase 2

News 3 Las Vegas

Part Three: Designers, Commissioners Look Back On Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Process

Newtown Bee

Port of L.A. Kicks Off New Plan to Improve Waterfront access in San Pedro

Urbanize LA

How Hines Transformed Houston’s Skyline Over 65 Years

Houston Chronicle

The Office Came Back to Life This Year—Here’s Proof

Fast Company

SWA Group to Develop the Port of LA’s Waterfront Connectivity Plan

Archinect

Finding Balance: Katy, Fulshear Align Conservation Efforts with Continued Residential Growth

Community Impact

ODA Designs Mixed-Use District to Revitalize the Astoria Neighborhood, in New York City

Arch Daily

Dallas Approves 20-Year, $390 Million Plan to Redevelop Hensley Field

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Must Remove Barriers for Affordable Housing in Hensley Field

The Dallas

Hensley Field is Dallas’ Most Exciting Development Opportunity

The Dallas Morning News

Five Finalists Named for 1 October Memorial

Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Best Architecture of 2022: From Symphonic to Serene

Wall Street Journal

MIPIM Asia 2022 Awards Reveals Winners of Top Real Estate Sector Accolades

Arabian Post

OFFICEUNTITLED’s Vision for the Tower on Sunset Reflects Flamboyant West Hollywood Energy

Architizer

This S.F. Park Has Scenic Views of Alcatraz and Mt. Tamalpais. Now It’s in Dire Need of an Overhaul

San Francisco Chronicle

Sandy Hook Memorial Opens Ahead of Shooting’s 10th Anniversary

Engineering News Record

A Place of Reflection

Boston Globe

After the B3 Bull, São Paulo Wins the B32 Whale

Guia Folha

Survivors, Responders, Volunteers, Officials Gather to Open Sandy Hook Memorial

The Newtown Bee

8 Key Projects that Changed New York’s Public Space

DOMUS

Landscape Architecture Design Studio Terremoto Addresses Labor Exploitation in Its Industry

The Architect's Newspaper

A Permanent Memorial to the Sandy Hook Massacre Insists on the Possibility of Life After Tragedy

Metropolis

A Serene Memorial Honors the Victims of Sandy Hook

Surface

Sandy Hook Memorial Opens Ten Years After Shooting

Architectural Record

A Decade After the Tragedy, SWA Group Unveils Memorial to Sandy Hook Victims as a Center of Reflection

Archinect

Sandy Hook Memorial Design in Connecticut

E-Architect

Out of Horror, Beauty: A Visit to the New Sandy Hook Memorial

Curbed

Sandy Hook Memorial Opens Nearly 10 Years After 26 Killed

AP News

Support by Design: American Architects Keeping Their War-Affected Ukrainian Colleagues in Work

The Plan

Centering the Fringe

LAPlusJournal.com

Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights to Become Multi-Use Lifestyle Center

DBusiness.com

Everyone Deserves a Garden: Ping Yuen Public Housing Rehabilitation

Landezine

The Last Word: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on the Southern Gateway Deck Park in Oak Cliff

Dallas Innovates

Phase One Complete of Southern Dallas Park

Fox4

Gurner Pushes Forward with Stunning $1.7bn Gold Coast Project

Australian Property Journal

Martin Luther King Jr. Square Opens in Conway

World Landscape Architecture

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Develop Al Wasl Plaza Transforming the Role of Public Urban Space

Architizer

A Forthcoming Exhibition Series at MoMA Will Highlight Equitable and Sustainable Projects in New York City

The Architect's Newspaper

New Entrance and Plaza Coming to Harvard Avenue Crossing on the Katy Trail

People Newspapers

Connecting San Pedro

San Pedro Today

Eastward Expansion of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park Gets Catalytic $100 Million Boost from Local Philanthropists

The Architect's Newspaper

Architecture Now: New York, New Publics

MOMA.org

New Ways to Get Outside

Spirituality & Health

A Skate Park, Health Center, and Library Will Open Under One Innovative Roof in Houston

Texas Monthly

Flood Control Goes Green: How Houston is Using Nature to Combat Flooding

Houston Public Media

Sanshan Hillside Park

World Landscape Architecture

Sustainable Urban Development for Austin, Texas

Landscape Architecture Aotearoa

Working Remotely, Ukrainian Designers Get a Lifeline From U.S. Firms

Metropolis

Clear Lake’s Newest Flood Control is Exloration Green – A Park to Hold 500 Million Gallons of Stormwater

Houston Chronicle

Support By Design Aids Ukrainian Landscape Architects

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Out of Reach: Some Think Shopping Centers Could Help Arizona’s Housing Problem

TheShow.KJZZ

Reimagining Harvey Milk Plaza

KRON4

A “Sad Kinship” as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings

New York Times

Uber Focuses on Employee Needs in New San Francisco Headquarters

The Architect's Newspaper

Blue Carbon and Urban Resilience

NewCities.org

Fighting Flooding in Houston and New York

Hire Ukrainian Designers

Archinect

The Green New Deal: What’s Next for Landscape Architects?

The Dirt

Sunday Commentary: Mixed-Use Strip Malls Seen as a Tool to Alleviate the Housing Crisis

Davis Vanguard

Converting Strip Malls into Mixed-Use Development Could Address California’s Housing Crisis

Smart Cities Dive

How San Diego Lends Itself to Urbanizing Suburbia

The War in Ukraine Has Devastated Local Designers, So U.S. Firms Are Giving Them Jobs

Fast Company

HBJ’s 2022 Landmark Awards: Mixed-Use Winner and Finalists

Houston Business Journal

Willow Waterhole: How a Flood Control Project Bloomed into a Beautiful, Recreational Green Space

Houston Chronicle

NBBJ Unveils a Nature-Imbued Los Angeles Campus for Neurodiverse Students

The Architect's Newspaper

Landscape Architecture and the Science of Climate Change

Hire Ukrainian Landscape Architects Displaced by War

E-Architect

Uptown ATX Mixed-Use Community in Austin

E-Architect

American Landscape Architects Extend Hand to Displaced Ukrainian Colleagues

LAND: Updates from ASLA

UL10: The Green Outdoors

Urban Land

A New View in Ambleside: Grosvenor Ambleside, West Vancouver, BC

Canadian Architect

Dallas Diamonds: Virgin Hotels

Texas Architect

Hot Property: An Environmentally Friendly Texas Modern Masterpiece in Bluffview

D Magazine

Virgin Hotels Dallas

Gooood.cn

Guest Opinion: Milk Plaza Plan Has Broad Support

Bay Area Reporter

Construction Commences on Uptown ATX, a 66-Acre Mixed-Use Community in Austin, Texas

Architects Data File

Shanghai Landscape Forum: The Future of Landscape

King Harbor is Revamping Its Public Amenities with Resident Input

The Log

How this Suburban Office Park Went from “Fried Egg” to “People Plaza”

Fast Company

South Waterfront Greenway

Landscape Architect

Committee for Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Memorial Reaches Out to Other Cities that Faced Similar Loss

WHRO Public Media

$21.5M Downtown Houston Reconstruction Project Turns Two-Way Street into Pedestrian-Friendly Corridor

Texas Contractor

SF’s Portsmouth Square Gets $66 Million Upgrade in 2025

FunCheap SF

The Striking Architecture Projects Set to Shape the World in 2022

CNN.com

Bao’an Cultural Complex in Shenzhen

E-Architect

Six Designers from Across the Globe Pool Their Expertise to Design The Camellias Club in Gurugram

Elle Decor

Here’s what S.F.’s China Beach Bathhouse Will Look Like after a $20 Million Renovation that Starts in 2022

San Francisco Chronicle

Redondo Beach 2021: School’s Back, Webb launches, Pier Gets Love, BeachLife Live

Easy Reader News

AD’s 12 Most Anticipated Buildings of 2022

Architectural Digest

Bao’An Performing Arts Centre, China by Rocco Design Architects Associates

Gooood.cn

Coastal Design: The New Waterfront Parks Making Waves

Arch Daily

Houston’s Canopy Walk at High Island

Landscape Architecture New Zealand

I-35 Deck Park by Dallas Zoo Will Have Major Wow Factor − and a Driving Mission

Dallas Innovates

In Jacksonville, SWA’s New Vision for the City’s Riverfront

Architects and Artisans

In Jersey City, SWA Group Unveils a Massive Overhaul for the Once-Blighted Bayfront

The Architect's Newspaper

Shady Canyon: One of OC’s Most Prestigious Communities

Irvine Standard

Bridgeland Unveils Plans for Butterfly-Themed Lakeside Park Full of Fun Amenities

Houston Chronicle

ULI SF Releases Dublin SCS Property TAP Report

SF.ULI.org

SWA/Balsley’s Nelson Mandela Park Master Plan Recognized with ASLA-NY 2021 Design Award

Architect Projects

Nelson Mandela Park Master Plan in Rotterdam

E-Architect

Demolishing a “Bridge to Nowhere” is First Step in $66 Million Redesign of S.F.’s Chinatown Park

San Francisco Chronicle

When It Comes to Protecting Our Waterfronts, Nature Knows Best

Next City

How Businesses Learned to Embrace Sustainable Design—and Where It’s Headed Next

Fast Company

Nelson Mandela Park Master Plan in Rotterdam

E-Architect

Rochester Taps Team to Help Create Riverfront Vision

Yahoo! Sports

Sf Arts Panel Backs Latest Harvey Milk Plaza Design

Bay Area Reporter

1 Month to Go: Expo Dubai 2020 Reveals New Images

Arch Daily

Couped in Mansions

Fortune India

Rancho Mission Viejo is One of First MP Communities to Get Firewise Designation

Connect California

Expo 2020 Dubai Garden in The Sky and Water Feature Factsheet

Eat 'N Stays

Madinaty City Development Northeast of Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Construction Review Online

Tim Gurner Plans $1.25B Luxury Gold Coast “Island” Escape

Daily Telegraph

What Students Should Know About Conservation and Rewilding

Keystone PhD Studies

Stanton Leaders Say City Will Match What Boys & Girls Club Fundraises for Improvements

Orange County Register

Nelson Mandela Park Adds a Breath of Fresh Air to an Industrial Part of Rotterdam

Inhabitat

In a Sea of Luxury, Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal Rises to the Top

Forbes

SWA Group Designs High Boardwalk in High Island, US

World Architecture News

Linear Park Planned Next to Downtown Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Facility

Urbanize LA

Memorial for Sandy Hook Massacre Victims Nears Construction

Seattle Times

Take a Look at Oak Cliff’s Future Bridge Park

Art and Seek

Deck Park Will Finally Give Historic Neighborhood “A Place to Walk to”

D Magazine

Mirei Shigemori: Abstraction, Not Elimination

The Dirt

Your First Look at Oak Cliff’s I-35E Deck Park Master Plan and Why This Project is a National Model

Dallas Morning News

Castro Community Group Tries Again to Redesign Harvey Milk Plaza

San Francisco Chronicle

Inside the Park Boom Making Downtown Dallas Nearly Unrecognizable

D Magazine

Revive and Reboot

Landscape Architecture Magazine

SWA Group Reveals Final Design for Inclusive Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza

Dexigner

The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza: Preliminary Design Revealed

San Francisco Bay Times

New Facilities in a Post-Industrial Texas Landscape Welcomes Migratory Birds – and Onlookers

Architect's Newspaper

Can the Castro Get Its Groove Back?

San Francisco Business Times

Excavation Begins for West Hollywood’s Melrose Triangle Development

Urbanize LA

Morphosis Reimagines the Skyscraper with Hanking Center

AASArchitecture

This Harvey Milk Memorial Brings Green Space to San Francisco

Inhabitat

SWA Group’s Permanent Sandy Hook Memorial in Connecticut, The Clearing, Will Break Ground this August

The Architect's Newspaper

Egyptian Developer TMG Plans $32B Residential City in Cairo

Trade Arabia

SWA’s Plan for a Resilient Jacksonville Riverfront

Architects and Artisans

Atkins Proposes Billion-Dollar Public-Private Plan for Downtown Redevelopment

Jacksonville Business Journal

Introducing the Riverfront Jacksonville

jaxriverfront.com

Construction to Begin This Summer for Chinatown High-Rise

Urbanize LA

Bayou Greenways Park Opens This Week as Part of Master Plan for Greener Houston

Houston Chronicle

Architectural Interventions Revitalize Texan Bird Sanctuary

Icon

YMCA of Greater Houston Breaks Ground on Outdoor-Focused Facility in Spring Area

Houston Business Journal

Find New Resilience by Telling Your Story

The Dirt

Here’s How Replacing Parking Lots With Parks Will Transform Downtown Dallas

D Magazine

Overseas No.105: Jieru He

Gooood.cn

Whose Eyes on the Street?

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Softer Ground: Reclaiming Wetlands through Design

Arch Daily

New Look for a World Famous Shared Path in Santa Monica

Landscape Architecture Aotearoa

Here’s What a Ballona Creek Bike Path Extension Could Look Like

Urbanize LA

Two Options for Culver City’s Revamp of Media Park

Urbanize LA

3201 Allen Parkway Wins 2021 HBJ’s Landmark Award

Houston Business Journal

Skanska and BIG Unveil a Cluster of Office Towers for Downtown Houston

Texas Architect

SWA/Balsley Unveils Nelson Mandela Park Master Plan for Rotterdam

Building Design and Construction

Creating The Tree-Lined Outdoor Spaces Tenants Want Is No Walk In The Park

Bisnow

16 Projects Recognized in Fay Jones School’s 2020 Alumni Design Awards Competition

University of Arkansas News

A 100-Year-Old Park Is Remade with Beauty, Ecology and Function in Mind

Retrofit

“Big Nature” Breaks Ground: Walmart’s New Home Office

YouTube

Four Design Concepts Presented for Harvey Milk Plaza Renovation Project

Bay Area Reporter

Landscape Architecture Meets Industrial Reuse at Smith Oaks Sanctuary in Texas

Wallpaper

Mutations

Rice Design Alliance

Permanent Sandy Hook Memorial Taxpayer Vote Scheduled for End of April

Hartford Courant

“We Pray That We’re Almost There:” Sandy Hook Memorial Could Finally Be Constructed

Milford Mirror

I Dream of Shopping

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Architectural Gardens Around the World to Soothe the Soul

Wallpaper

SWA Group Helps Plant 300 Blooming Trees in Tribute to Late Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta

Archinect

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park

PS Paisea

Future Houston: Designs for the City We Might Become

Houston Chronicle

Harvey Milk Plaza Project Announces Design Reset

San Francisco Bay Times

Castro Neighborhood Group Announces New Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign Team

Hoodline

A Harvey Milk Memorial Is in the Works for the Castro – Again

San Francisco Chronicle

Paveletskaya Plaza: Moscow’s New Public Park Attraction

World Architecture News

A Fight to Save a Corporate Campus Intertwined With Nature

The New York Times

Newtown to Vote on $3.7 Million “Living Memorial” to Sandy Hook Shooting Victims

The Wilton Bulletin

SWA Group Designs a Pandemic-Age Pedestrian Plaza in Laguna Beach

World Architecture News

The World’s Most Beautiful Corporate Campus is about to be Turned into Warehouses

Fast Company

New Weyerhaeuser Campus Development Faces Pushback in Washington

Arch Daily

The Cultural Landscape Foundation Launches Campaign to Halt “Inappropriate” Development at Historic Weyerhaeuser Campus

The Architect's Newspaper

Hindsight is 2020

Laguna Beach Independent

Sacramento Railyards Development Plans 5,000-Seat Event Venue in Central Plaza

The Sacramento Bee

Re-Imagine Media Park – Culver City and Los Angeles to Partner for Community Workshop

Culver City Crossroads

Downtown Culver City Park Revitalization

West Side Today

Jersey City Planning Board Unanimously Approves Bayfront Redevelopment Plan

Hudson County View

Armenian American Museum to Finally Break Ground this Summer in Glendale, California

The Architect's Newspaper

Jianhua Plaza Featured

World Landscape Architect

Thompson Dallas Hotel Breathes New Life into George Dahl’s 1965 Modernist Masterpiece

Paper City

Houston OKs Plan to Let Downtown Bars, Restaurants Along Main to Serve Food and Drinks in the Street

Houston Chronicle

SWA Group Makes Progress on New Mixed-Use Sculptural Plaza in Guangzhou, China

Archinect

Elk Grove Honored by AIA East Bay 2020 Design Awards

AIAEB.org

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Honored by ULI’s New York Chapter

ULI.org

New York City Public Design Commission Announces 38th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design Winners

The Architect's Newspaper

AEC Leaders Explore Solutions to Worst-Case Scenarios

Building Design and Construction

Houston’s Bid for Park Equity

City Monitor

Floating Bridges Make Up SWA Group’s Design for a Mountain Park

Metropolis

For Thomas Balsley, Public Space Is the Truest Form of Democracy

Metropolis

Stanton Rounds Up New Beach Boulevard Food and Lifestyle Center, Rodeo 39

Los Angeles Times

Photo Gallery: the Winners of AIA Dallas’ 2020 Built Design Awards

Dallas Innovates

What D.C.’s “Dave Thomas Circle” Would Look Like with Sculptures and Greens

Washington Business Journal

Industry Outlook for Resilience

Urban Land

Unique new park and hiking trail breaks ground in downtown Houston

Culture Map Houston

At Hensley Field, the City Council Eyes a “Blank Canvas” the Size of Downtown

D Magazine

Houston 2020 Visions: A City in Pursuit of Holistic Resilience

houston2020visions.org

Idea to Rescue Bars, Restaurants in Downtown Houston Would Put Customers on the Street

Houston Chronicle

Talent Versus Mastermind: Tom Balsley

TOPOS

An Entire City in Vertical Form: An Interview with John Wong

Design Wanted

SWA Group Tapped for Freedom Park Master Plan in Atlanta

The Architect's Newspaper

Culver Steps

Architect Magazine

The Pandemic Offers an Opportunity to Re-Wild Our Communities

The Dirt

The Promenade on Forest

Architect Magazine

How to Redesign the World for Coronavirus and Beyond

Politico

Promenade on Forest Opens to Spread-out Customers in Laguna Beach

Orange County Register

City Unveils Markham Square Project Plans

Log Cabin Democrat

Promenade on Forest Opens in Laguna Beach

Los Angeles Times

Evoking a People-Centric Landscape Design

Scale

After COVID-19, What’s Next for Landscape Architecture?

Metropolis

Laguna Beach Approves Recommendations to Implement Economic Recovery and Business Development Plan

Los Angeles Times

Pacific Plaza Wins 2020 ASLA Texas Honor Award

Texas ASLA

Hunter’s Point South Wins 2020 Green Good Design Award

Green Good Design

Lighting For Fun: This Public Park in Dallas Makes the Most of the Night

Metropolis

Building Core Begins to Rise for 34-Story Landmark Apartment Tower

urbanize.la

Confronting COVID-19: Healthier Buildings and Optimizing for Mental Health

Urban Land

Post-Pandemic World Could Be “A Little Slower, A Whole Lot Greener”

Houston Chronicle

Six Practices Bringing AI into Architecture

Architecture and Design

Selectmen’s Vote Sets Permanent Memorial Construction Process Into Motion

The Newton Bee

An Architecture Critic Reflects on Dallas Open Spaces During COVID-19

Dallas Morning News

Gerdo Aquino on Resilience in Practice in the Context of COVID-19

LArchitect

The Thin Green Line

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The Offices: Everything Changes

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Welcome to the Agrihood

Curbed

Houston’s Exploration Green Cited in National Engineering Competition

Civil and Structural Engineer Media

Hunter’s Point South Park Overall Winner at the Archmarathon Awards

archmarathon.com

This Landscape Architect Helps Turn Chase Center Blue and Yellow

San Francisco Business Times

Rene Bihan Crafts Landscape Amid Bay Area Development Boom

East Bay Times

Strategically-Placed “Dog Intercepts” Keep Pacific Plaza Human-Friendly

CLAD Architecture and Design News

Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Park and Natural Areas Awards Honor SWA Work and Clients

Houston-Galveston Area Council

Flooding by Design

Land8.com

Kuala Lumpur’s Exchange 106 Tower Wins CTBUH Award of Excellence

Exchange106.my

Resilient Houston Plan Released

houstontx.gov

“A Toolbox for User Experiences”: Rene Bihan on Chase Center

Landscape Forms

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Wins 2020 AIA Award

American Institute of Architects

Architectural Highlights in Dallas over Last Decade

Dallas Morning News

The Warriors Get a New Home, and New Neighbors

The New York Times

Mission Accomplished

Stadia Magazine

“The Clearing” Memorial Will Honor the 26 Victims of Sandy Hook

The Hartford Courant

After a Disheartening Turn, Renewed Hope for Sandy Hook Memorial

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown Dallas’s Perfect Pacific Plaza Park

World Architecture News

PayPal Lives its Values with San Jose Headquarters Redesign

The Registry

Pacific Plaza Park is a Victory for Downtown Dallas

Dallas Morning News

How New Memorials Reckon with Gun Violence in America

Curbed

Hunter’s Point South Completes a Queens Coastline Years in the Making

The Architect's Newspaper

Principal Kinder Baumgardner on Baton Rouge Lakes

Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Reading New York Urbanisms

Columbia University MSAUD Curriculum

Warriors’ Chase Center Scores With Fans

San Francisco Chronicle

New Park Opens In Downtown Dallas

CBS Dallas

‘We’re not stopping’: Dallas opens new downtown park to the public

The Dallas Morning News

A peek inside the newest green refuge in downtown Dallas as Pacific Plaza opens Monday

The Dallas Morning News

Pacific Plaza Ushers in Quartet of New Parks in Dallas

Culture Map Dallas

Nature-based Solutions are Our Best Defense Against Climate Impacts

The Dirt

Hunter’s Point South a Model for Urban Design in the Age of Climate Change

Fast Company

Hunter’s Point Featured on CBS Morning News

CBS This Morning

University of Chicago Booth School of Business in Hong Kong Wins Prix Versailles Design Award

University of Chicago News

Dallas Arboretum Food and Herb Garden Wins a 2019 Gold Trowel Award

Texas Masonry Council

LA Plaza Village Opens in Los Angeles

Curbed LA

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Wins 2019 Innovation by Design Award

Fast Company

SWA/Balsley Designs Public Space for Schuylkill Yards

WHYY Philadelphia

SWA Part of Project Team for Walmart’s New Headquarters

The Architect's Newspaper

3 SWA Dallas Resort Designs Make the list: 2019 World’s Best Hotels

Travel + Leisure

Schuylkill Yards, with landscape by SWA/Balsley, takes a step forward

Archinect

SWA Will Beautify Walmart’s New Campus

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Birders’ Paradise for Houston Audubon

Marketplace

New Tenants at Culver Steps

urbanize.la

Video: El Paso considers memorials

CBS

Sean O’Malley on Doodling

The Planning Report

Houston SWA-designed Promenade Park Opening in Fort Wayne

Inside Indiana Business

Gallery: Field Guide to Urban Plazas

The Guardian

SWA Houston Featured in Continuing Education: Coastal Resilience

Architectural Record

Urban Solutions for Extreme Heat

Fast Company

Trail to Connect Victory Park and Dallas’ Design District

D Magazine

Culver City’s Culver Main Steps Are Completed

Culver City Observer

PayPal Headquarters photo gallery

Biz Journal

ASLA Strategies to Combat Climate Change

Bustler

Work Wraps up at the Culver Steps Development

urbanize.la

Bruner Foundation honors Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park with a silver medal

Metropolis

Vision is Green in Urban Design: Reclaiming Land for Downtown Parks in Dallas

The Field

Shanghai International Dance Center

designboom

New development in forgotten Houston district Alief

Bisnow

How Drones Can Aid in Resilence Evaulation

Shenzhen’s Shekou Promenade featured in 10 transformative landscapes

Urban Land

Why Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park is a Rudy Bruner Award finalist

Metropolis

Glendale Park design moves forward

Urbanize.LA

Perched on Hong Kong’s Steep Cliffs, a New Academic Center Harnesses Its Sweeping Views

Metropolis

New aquatics Center provides coveted gathering space for Elk Grove, CA

Elk Grove Citizen

Esencia at Rancho Mission Viejo Wins NAHB 2019 Master Planned Community of the Year Award

Builder.Media

From Wasteland to Highlight: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park

TOPOS

Buffalo Bayou Promenade is one of 20 landscapes in ASLA Exhibition: Smart Policies for a Changing Climate

American Society of Landscape Architects

SWA Transforms Prison site into University of Chicago Business School in Hong Kong

FuturArc

SWA/Balsley’s riverside parks transform dock along the Yangtze River in Shanghai

SHINE

Local ASLA Chapters Honor 14 Designs from SWA Studios

PRWeb

SWA landscape for new adaptive reuse project in Houston Heights

Houston Chronicle

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Among Finalists for NYCxDesign Awards

Interior Design

SWA/Balsley to work on Philly’s Schuykill Yards philly.com

philly.com

Former SWA CEO Kevin Shanley to receive bayou stewardship award

The Katy News

Ying-yu Hung and Ricardo Lara Park featured in ASLA blog

The Dirt

Shanghai International Dance Center

Arch News China

Convenience Store Site Becomes Mixed-use Landscape in Houston

chron.com

High Island Nature Tourism Enhancement Project

Houston Audubon

How Shifting Trends Will Influence Future Office Design

Bisnow.com

Traditional Chinese Opera gets a Modern Home in Hong Kong

ArchDaily

Sun City Kobe Wins 2 NAHB Awards

NAHB

A Flood-proof Park in New York

Azure

355-Unit La Plaza Village Gets Unwrapped

urbanize.LA

Buffalo Bayou Park Named as Finalist for Rudy Bruner Design Award

Architectural Digest

Beloved urban Houston park blooms with national design award nomination

Culture Map Houston

Esencia at Rancho Mission Viejo Wins NAHB 2019 Master Planned Community of the Year Award

Builder.Media

SWA’s Buffalo Bayou Park is one of five finalists for Rudy Bruner award

Metropolis

Must Defensive Design Be Hostile?

Architectural Record

New Hotel Tower in the Works for Dallas Uptown District

Sun City Kobe retirement community, a seamless merger of architecture, landscape, and interiors

Long Island City explodes architecturally ahead of Amazon’s arrival

Hurricane-Proof Park: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park

“The Clearing” Selected for Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial

Garden Grove and Santa Ana OK Development of Willowick Golf Course

Improvements for Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire?

Chron

Top 50 Master Planned Communities of 2018

The Making of a Memorial: Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial

Live and Learn: AI and the Shaping of Landscapes

SWA Chairman John Wong to Speak at Stanford on February 13

The Next Frontier in Office Space? The Outdoors

Exhibition: Urban Sensorium by XL Lab, SWA’s Research and Innovation Arm

Woodbine and IMG Academy Complete The Legacy Hotel

Small Changes Can Have Big Architectural Impact: Modifying a Chinatown Housing Tower

IMG Academy, Woodbine Complete Boutique Hotel in Central Florida

SWA Design in Japan Cited as Future of Senior Housing

Hospitality Design

5 Public Parks in NYC by SWA/Balsley

SWA Designing Landscape for 27-Story Tower in L.A.’s Chinatown

2018 Was the Year of the Aspirational Park (Hunter’s Point South among Them)

Buffalo Bayou Park, Post-Harvey is chosen for LAF Case Study Investigation

“Best of 2018” includes Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park: Building for Complex Experiences

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Shines in 2018 Landscape Architecture Highs and Lows

Security Features to be Built into Sandy Hook Memorial Design

Maximizing the Potential of Drones: SWA Weighs In

Hunter’s Point South Among “15 Simply Amazing Gathering Spaces”

SWA Teams Up with Zaha Hadid Architects on the Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre

Archdaily

XL Lab: Incubating Innovation in Practice

34-Story Landmark Apartment Tower Begins Work in L.A.

A Mexican food-themed museum is coming to downtown L.A. in 2019

Former industrial site in Queens transformed into Hunter’s Point South Park

Heights warehouses to see new life as urban retail and office destination

From Wasteland to Highlight: Hunter’s Point South

HUNTER’S POINT SOUTH WATERFRONT PARK NYC PHASE II

A Tasteful Place Wins 2018 Dallas Topping Out Award

Topping Out Awards

2 SWA PROJECTS AMONG ULI HOUSTON 2019 DEVELOPMENT OF DISTINCTION FINALISTS

A Tasteful Place Wins North Texas ULI Impact Award

A Storm-Resilient Park in Queens

Five Projects Helping Make the Case for More Urban Open Space – ULI Report Cites 2 SWA Designs

Urban Land

SWA partners with Piramal Realty to launch Ravit at Piramal Revanta in Mumbai

AIANY and ASLANY honor 2018’s best transportation and infrastructure projects

Ricardo Lara Park Honored by ULI with Community Impact Award

Many Ideas for Willowick Development

Sun City Kobe Tower

Los Angeles Designers Tackle “Bridge” Housing

Could You Stop Chronic Flooding by Repurposing a Golf Course? See Exploration Green

A Romantic Approach to Resilient Design: Hunter’s Point South

A View to a Tree: Dallas Arboretum

Hunter’s Point South Among Top Tour Events during Archtober

The rise of New York’s new leisure waterfront

SWA-designed park to shield public housing project from 12-lane freeway in L.A.

SWA’s Design Selected for Sandy Hook Memorial

Five Parks That Have Connected Communities Vie For One ULI Award

10 Fun Facts about the New Hunter’s Point South Park in Long Island City

Untapped Cities

Green Grow the Rushes: Hunter’s Point South

Winning Design by SWA Chosen for Sandy Hook Memorial

Elizabeth Shreeve on Panel Branding Emerging Napa District

3 Lush Parks Drastically Remake the East River Waterfront

Post-theory Notes on Houston

SWA Joins L.A. Architects to Offer Design Ideas for Appealing Homeless Shelters

Sandy Hook Commission Settles On Design For Long-Awaited Memorial

Winning design by SWA chosen for Sandy Hook memorial

SWA Design Selected for Town’s Permanent Sandy Hook Memorial

SWA Joins ULI Team Designing Better Shelters

Hunter’s Point South Park by SWA/BALSLEY and WEISS/MANFREDI

Leveraging Landscape: Tools for Urban Resilience

Ride a Bike! Reclaim the City book features Buffalo Bayou Park

Newtown Poised To Select Sandy Hook Memorial Design – SWA Among 3 Finalists

Baxi River Forest Island: ULI Urban Open Space Finalist

Ricardo Lara Linear Park: ULI Urban Open Space Finalist

A Park Lover’s Tour of Houston

ULI’s Open Space Award Nominees: 2 of the 5 finalists are designed by SWA

Hunter’s Point South Phase II

Planner Elizabeth Shreeve Talks Return on Resilience: A Dollar of Prevention Is Worth $6 in Avoided Costs

SF Studio Presents Sandy Hook Memorial Design Proposal

Slideshow: Senayan Square Plaza in Jakarta

Buffalo Bayou Park One of 16 Most Instagrammable Places in U.S. Cities

LAF Selects Hunter’s Point South as a Case Study

Rancho Mission Viejo Defies Expectations for Master-planned Communities

Newly expanded Hunter’s Point South Park highlights a greener future for NYC parks

SWA is Landscape Architect for L.A.’s Crest Apartments

SWA Wins 2 Golden Nugget Awards from PCBC for Best Master Planned Communities

New resilient waterfront park helps protect NYC from storm surges

Phase two of Hunter’s Point South Park officially opens on the LIC waterfront

6sqft

Hunter’s Point South Park Is a Model for Urban Flood Resiliency

Architectural Digest

In Long Island City, second phase of Hunter’s Point South waterfront park debuts

Curbed

New Queens Park Restores Wetlands That Double as Resiliency Infrastructure

Gerdo Aquino on Take Me to the River Scheme

Landscape Architects Outline Blueprint for Healthy, Climate-Smart, Environmentally Resilient Communities

To build a Trinity Park, Dallas should learn from Houston’s Buffalo Bayou

Dallas News

Smart Businesses are Locating in Spring Branch, TX

Culver Steps Wins Los Angeles Architectural Award

27-story tower proposed for Chinatown retail center site

Illuminated Futures – XL Lab Study

27-Story Tower to Rise Near Chinatown Station

On the Resilient Waterfront: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park

Expect the Unexpected

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Taste Farm to table at the Dallas Arboretum

Oklahoma’s Guthrie Green in “Best Parks in Every State”

At Ease: UC Berkeley Memorializes Bill Callaway in Style

ULX: Open Spaces Amid Density

Residents, AgriLife Extension, others work to ‘Harvey-proof’ Houston-area community

Emerging Details on Downtown’s Newest District, East Quarter

Downtown Dallas District Has New Name

Ying-Yu Hung Elevated to the Council of Fellows

ASLA

Will the new Bagby be the best street in Houston?

Three Perfect Days: Houston

Wood Frame Rises for LA Plaza Cultura Village

Slideshow: Houston-area communities with the coolest amenities

Oceanwide Plaza Tops Out in DTLA

Profile: Gerdo Aquino

Armenian American Museum moves forward after Glendale City Council vote

The Architect's Newspaper

Glendale OKs designs for Armenian American Museum, surrounding park

Curbed Los Angeles

Exhibition: Ride a Bike! Reclaim the City!

Heights Mercantile Wins Commercial Landscape Design Award

Studio Gang unveils renderings for tower in Los Angeles’ Chinatown

Glendale City Council Approves Armenian American Museum and Surrounding SWA-designed Park

Using agriculture to grow communities

Bicentennial Park Case Study: Shaping sky-high visions into just-right solutions

Design Plans for West Beach Splash Playground OK’d by Santa Barbara City Council

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park

Wichita City Council approves plan for Naftzger Park’s new look

Draft master plan for O.C. fairgrounds includes new main entrance and parking structure

Scale Factor: Humanizing a University Campus in Sprawling Monterrey

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Can Houston Apply New York’s Big Thinking On Flood Projects?

The city wanted feedback on Naftzger Park and a good redesign is the result

Evelyn’s Park Sets Green Standard With Net Zero

Sun City Kobe Opens in Japan

Dexigner

What’s Up with Buffalo Bayou Park’s Recovery from Harvey?

The second phase of Hunters Point South Park will be ready for visitors by summer

A retail district in Houston reimagines the strip mall, one building at a time

Phase II of Hunters Point South Park Expects Late Spring, Early Summer Opening

Third Public Library is Coming to Elk Grove

Elk Grove Citizen

Luxury Senior Living Community Sun City Tower Kobe in Japan

The Suburban Golf Course, Reconsidered For The Age Of Climate Change

Plazas new and old are poised to reshape L.A.’s urban outdoors

Olympic Venues Pack A Punch In A Pocket

11 ugly urban underpasses now functioning as public parks

Curbed

Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Shreeve

Green Street Improvements Completed at Milton Street Park

Greystar Proposes Massive 6-Block, Mixed-use Project in Redwood City

Lush Gardens in a Japanese Tower

Sands Bethworks: Transforming USA’s Largest Brownfield

Crane Action at the Culver Steps Development

Work begins for office building at 8777 Washington

Community Celebrates Opening of Milton Green Street Project

Video: Milton Street Park Opening

Eye on Design: Outdoor

Avenida Houston Wins Top ULI Award

ULI Award-Winning Houston Park Weathered Harvey, Offering Lessons For All Flood-Prone Cities

Avenida Wins ULI Houston Development of Distinction Award

Aquino meets supporters for Armenian American Museum setting in Glendale

New gateway to Deep Ellum? Downtown Dallas’ sleepy east side getting major upgrades

Heights shopping center is a blend of new and preserved

Houston Chronicle

2017 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award to Prison Garden by Sausalito Studio

Community learns about proposed Glendale Central Park redesign

Six of the World’s Most Timeless Landscape Designs

2018 Olympic Nordic Events Venues are Most Compact Ever

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Selected for Case Study Investigation

Houston Chronicle Award for Avenida at the Convention Center

Houston Chronicle

10 Beautiful Examples of Reflecting Pools Reshaping Architecture

West Marin Ranch

Inspire% [08]: Elizabeth Shreeve Interview

Renderings revealed for Armenian American Museum in L.A.

The Curbed Guide to Texas

Design Unveiled for New Plaza in Downtown Culver City

Why are we wrecking our best modernist landscapes?

Checking in on the $140-million La Plaza Village

How Cities Can Harness the Flood-Fighting Powers of Urban Parks – Guide Featuring SWA

New Master Plan Unveiled for Glendale Central Park

SWA Master Plan for the City of Lougheed

Trees fight flooding. Houston needs a lot more.

Houston tackles destructive threat of hurricanes and flooding

Buckminster Fuller’s Influence Continues to Grow: Helping the most vulnerable among us

Video: Stuck in holiday traffic? At least we can look at Houston Bridges

Buffalo Bayou Park Wins International Award From Urban Land Institute

‘Urban market district’ is all aglow in Houston’s Heights

San Francisco Residents Score with Warriors’ New Sports and Entertainment District

ULI Global Awards for Excellence: Buffalo Bayou Park (Texas)

Buffalo Bayou Park Wins a ULI Global Award for Excellence

Dream Cars: Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Space

Why is walkability so hard to develop in Houston?

Houston Urban Renaissance Project Holds Korean Public Hearings

SWA designs grounds for luxury residential tower in Mumbai

Landscape Lecture at Gardner Museum: Gerdo Aquino

Maximizing the Margins: ‘Leftover’ Spaces Can Become Parks Along the Los Angeles River

Heights scores first MFAH pop-up gallery

Auberge to Manage Mukul in Nicaragua

Dallas Arboretum Tops Most Beautiful List

Millennials ditch the golf communities of their parents for a new kind of neighborhood

How – and Where – Should Houston Rebuild Differently After Harvey?

The Proven Value of Resilient Design

Some suburbs work with nature. Why can’t the rest of the city?

Post-Harvey Houston Can Learn from Suburbs Designed with Nature

Woodbine, IMG Academy Break Ground on 150-Room Hotel South of Tampa

Dallas Studio’s Sanya Edition Highlighted in 52 Places to Go in 2017

Designers Envision a Revived Chicago Waterfront

Houston Bridges and Buffalo Bayou Park Win American Architecture Prize

Bayou Preservation Association slates ‘From Awareness to Action’ symposium

Woodbine Development, IMG Academy begin development on luxury Florida boutique

Hotel Management

New $12 Million Garden Provides a Green Retreat in Dallas

From Filth to Fun: Big Designs for the Chicago River

Baumgardner Interview: Autonomous Cars in a Future of “Wayknowing”

Design Plan Unveiled for New Rangers Field

What is the future of the Chicago riverfront?

Design firms dream up new riverfront spaces—including a zip line, pools and performance spaces

Design of Texas Rangers new $1.1B ballpark meant to be ‘epic, game changing’

What lurks in the sludge that Harvey left behind?

101 Ways to Improve Transportation in Your City

SWA’s newly promoted professionals

9 New Visions for Chicago’s Riverfront From World-Class Architects

Make it Better

Post-Harvey: How We Use Buffalo Bayou Park

American Society of Landscape Architects Convenes Blue Ribbon Panel on Climate Change and Resilience

Design Awards 2017: The Cistern

What to see and do during the Chicago Architecture Biennial

The Bayou City: Reclaiming Houston’s Signature Waterways

Houston park redesigned to withstand flooding

Exhibition Opening: Urban Sensorium from XL

Buffalo Bayou Park and designing a resilient future for Houston

XL Lab Exhibition: The Smells, Sounds, and Tastes of Future Cities

SWA to Design Landscape Architecture for 76-Acre Mixed Use Development in Dublin

Toronto gaming provider to spur expansion, redevelopment at three casino sites

Four designs unveiled for Naftzger Park

Woodbine believes casino plans will mesh with proposal to build new Toronto community

Woodbine’s ‘city within a city’ casino expansion expected to generate 2,500 jobs

Transformation Unfolding Quickly in EaDo Houston District

Witness on the Water: Houston’s Sunset Coffee Building

Design Hacks From SF Designer Showcase House 2016

POPSUGAR

Reduced Parking Needs Will Occur Faster than Cities Can Sustainably Grow

City Park Instead of Parking Lots

Design Advocates: 5 People Making American Cities Better for All

Trying to please everyone with Naftzger Park

Donor Names Dot Features at A Tasteful Place

Port Houston Continues Strong Path Toward Growth

A Message of Peace

Leadership Designer Spotlight: SWA Group

Winning Shanghai Tower Park

Dallas Arboretum Debuts A Tasteful Place, A Year-Round Food Oasis

Dallas Arboretum

Commission sees plans for The Farm at Alamo Creek

Shreeve Named Chair of Urban Land Institute’s Sustainable Development Council

How 10 Reflecting Pools Reshape Architecture: The Burj Khalifa

Video: The Creativity Quiz with Kinder Baumgardner

Net-zero Getaway Ranch in Northern California

SWA to Collaborate with Laguarda.Low on OCT Bao’an Waterfront

SWA Designs Rank #1, #4, #5 in Top 10 Resort Hotels in Mexico

Rainbow Drive-by: Houston Bridges

$200 Million Waldorf Astoria Opens in Beverly Hills

Advocates say Baton Rouge Lakes can be transformed but not without funding

4 New – and Newly Renovated – Parks We Love

Plan to cap the 101 freeway in Downtown LA with a park moves forward

Resort at Pedregal Ranks #2: The 10 Best Infinity Pools in the World

Green Street Begins Construction Along Ballona Creek

Honor for Hui-Li Lee

Marin Independent Journal

The High Line’s Ambitious Next Act

Remodeled Bicentennial Park in Hawthorne reopens after 20 years

Video: Can Traffic Be Beautiful? Chapter 2

Will Drones Lead to a Boom in Landscape Architecture?

Two-day Workshop Seeks Riverfront Urban Design Strategies

Woodbine Entertainment Announces $10 Million Investment in Mohawk Racetrack

Video: Can Traffic Be Beautiful? Chapter 1

Making A Lasting Difference: 25 Extraordinary Developments Are Finalists for ULI’s Global Awards for Excellence

ASLA Elevates 23 Members to Council of Fellows

Using Children’s Photographs to Beautify Houston Freeways

Project of the Week: California Academy of Sciences Living Roof

Greenroofs.com

Tame the Sun: Complex Paving Patterns Deflect Urban Heat

Sausalito Principal Hui-Li Lee Elevated to ASLA Fellow

As Self-driving Cars Hit the Road, Real Estate Development May Take New Direction

Hundreds Give Feedback to Shape SF State’s Development

Making Houston Freeways a Little Less Ugly

Houston Chronicle

Making Houston Freeways a Little Less Ugly

Replacing the Worst Kind of Infrastructure with the Best

Traces: SWA Sketches

SF Plans Makeover of Historic Portsmouth Square

How 3 design Firms Use Showreels to Present their Work

City Within a City: Woodbine Entertainment Group’s New Toronto Development

The Biophilic Design Movement Takes Shape

SWA Wins 3 2017 Awards

Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire Designed for Sustainability

Landscape Futures

Behind the Scenes at Evelyn’s Park: Photos

Vineyard Estate

Let the Water Tell the Story: Brackenridge Park

Dallas Approves Construction of New 3-Acre Park Downtown

Pacific Plaza is First of Four New Parks in Downtown Dallas

Synthetic Nature: Parks Along Buffalo Bayou

Three Concepts for Revitalizing Mission Viejo Village Center

Buffalo Bayou Park Interview

Gerdo Aquino to Speak at U of Florida on 3/31

City of Chicago Asks Architects to Envision Future of Riverfront

The Architect's Newspaper

Announcing the Chicago Urban River Edges Ideas Lab

Rethinking Houston: Prioritizing People without Banning Cars

Houston Chronicle: Outlook

City Park is Enticing Houstonians to Play Outside

Art at the Avenida

Brackenridge Park’s “Intervention” Brings 100s of Minds to the Table

Meet a Local Planner: Elizabeth Shreeve

Northern News

Luxury Hotel, Condos Coming to the River Walk

Uptown Whittier Plan to Make it More Walkable

ULI’s DOD Open Space Award Video: Buffalo Bayou Park

New High-end developments bring the city to the suburbs

A New Attitude for Downtown: Avenida Project is Nod to Houston’s History

Tom Balsley to Speak at ASLA-NY Event on Design and Climate Change

Migration Machine at Main Street: Avenida Houston

Interiors Awards 2017: Sustainable – The Cistern

Self-driving Cars Could Spell Revolution for Houston–or not

ULI Names 2017 Developments of Distinction

Bisnow Houston

How Do You Plan a Park that’s Meant to Flood?

Infinite Mapping: 3-D Scanning and the Holographic Landscape

Landscape and City-building are Inseparable

The Cistern is ID’s Piece de Resistance Winner for 2016

Interior Design

7 Ugly Urban Underpasses Now Functioning as Public Parks

Evelyn’s Park: Bellaire’s First Front Yard

XL Lab Has Designs on the Future

Buffalo Bayou Park Wins 2016 Best of Design Award for Civic Institution

Avenida Houston to Become Superbowl’s Front Door

The Future of Neighborhoods: Five Projects that Show How We’ll Live

Community-building Landscape Architecture

Video: Waterfront Master – Buffalo Bayou Park

Marriott Readies for Superbowl

Superbowl Gamechanger for East Side of Downtown

Sean O’Malley Promotes the Value of Landscape Architecture

San Jacinto Plaza’s Celebration of Lights

LA and Laguna Studios Win 8 Awards from SoCal ASLA Chapter

Best New Public Design Projects in NYC

Reborn on the Bayou: Buffalo Bayou Park

Western Walk: San Jacinto Plaza

Pedestrian-friendly Changes to Houston’s Allen Parkway

SWA and Thomas Balsley Associates Have Announced the Formation of SWA/Balsley

Shanghai Tower is Best Tall Building Worldwide 2016

Life and Limb: Four Principals Talk about Risk Management

Urban Renewal: Turning Green

USC Conference: Landscape Architecture as Necessity

Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

Imagine There’s No Drivers

Buffalo Bayou Park is Urban Open Space Finalist for ULI’s DoD Awards

Texas-shaped Lazy River Pool Near Completion

It Takes One: Tom Fox

The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Here’s How Self-driving Cars Will Transform Your City

Landscape Architects See LA as Living Lab for Combatting Climate Change

Parks Perspective: Chuck McDaniel on Pacific Plaza

Play on the Prairie – Guthrie Green Park

The Corporate Campus: A Local History

The Urbanist

S’Activer en Douce

The Building and the Bayou: Views of the Dunlavy

Aquino Headlines Landscape Architecture as Necessity Conference at USC

Residents see visions of shops, restaurants along Mission Viejo’s Oso Creek

Could Rising Seas Force the Bay Area to Solve its Housing Crisis?

Fast Company

Houston Park Planning Projects Win National Awards

Three 2016 ASLA Awards for Prominent SWA Waterfront Projects

Mukul Resort in Nicaragua

Nation’s 1st K-8 Urban Farm School Teaches Kids How to Grow their Own Food

SWA Wins Two 2016 Excellence on the Waterfront Awards

Waterfront Center

Parks Can Give a 20 Percent Boost to Property Values

Johnson Fain and SWA Group Break Ground in L.A.’s Historic Center

Heights Retail Complex to be an “Anti-mall”

Freeway of Love: Houston Highway Improvement Project

Paradise Under the Expressway

Butler Town Center Dream Team Named

Miyi Tower and Master Plan – Studio SHIFT and SWA Group

Marin’s Spa-like Sustainable Hospital Breaks Ground

A Casino and Mixed-use Development Will Fill One of Toronto’s Last, Large Undeveloped Sites

The Architect's Newspaper

DODLA: Gerdo Aquino on the Value of Shared Outdoor Space

RUHM

SWA to Plan Toronto’s Last Large Undeveloped Site

Geometrical Projection: Nanchang Greenland Jiangxi Gaoxin

Rural Renewal: A Sonoma County House Design Driven by Landscape

Residents Review Bend ‘O the River Park Plan in Houston

Houston Highlights New Relationship to the Natural Landscape

SWA Creates Dynamic Oasis in Chengdu, China

Work Begins on LA Plaza Cultura Village

Shanghai Tower Wins Best Tall Building Asia and Australasia

Largest US Planned Zero-Net Community

The New Landscape Declaration: Visions for the Next 50 Years

Urban Parks: From Dumping Grounds to Centers of Energy

Mission Viejo Wants Residents Help in Creating Vision for Future City’s Core

Agrihoods take root: a housing trend rooted in ag

Rosa Barba Landscape Prize Finalists Announced

Woodbine Entertainment Group Selects SWA Group as Master Planner

SWA Remakes El Paso’s 100-year-old Historic Park

Highlights from the San Francisco Decorator Showcase

Las Ventanas al Paraiso Named Best International Resort

SWA incorporates Beauty, Ecology and Programming to Remake El Paso’s 100-year-old Historic Park

El Paso’s San Jacinto Plaza

Driverless Cars Will Shrink Our Roads and Radically Reshape Urban Space

Sustainable Landscapes: SWA Projects show how it’s done

SWA Remakes Historic Plaza in Downtown El Paso

Buffalo Bayou Park’s Spanking New Water Works is the Coolest Open Air Venue in Houston

TCLF Video: The Houston Transformation

A Pershing Square Redesign that Would Bring Farming to Downtown LA

2016 Northern California ASLA Awards Honor Four SWA Projects

Four Competing Designs Revealed for Pershing Square in Downtown LA

Tim Peterson, Houston Principal, Becomes ASLA Fellow

Buffalo Bayou Park is Community Impact Winner

Buffalo Bayou Park Wins Epic Award for Green Space from PaperCity Magazine

Get Out: Buffalo Bend Nature Park

Better Block is Urban Design

Houston’s Green Makeover – Coverage of the TCLF Conference

CEO Gerdo Aquino is landscape architect for a 2016 P/A Award winner by Morphosis

Watershed Moment: a landscaping project in Fuzhou responds to the site’s topography

Fort Bend subdivision one of dozens across U.S. mixing suburbia and farmland

Houston Stakes a Claim as the Nation’s Emerald City

Linear Park Opens Along Ballona Creek

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26-Story Robert AM Stern Condo Tower Proposed Next to Beverly Hilton

Chengdu Performing Arts & Entertainment Center Landscape Design

Houston Bets on the Bayou: Bayou Greenways Plan

Square on a Seam: Ricardo Lara Linear Park

Lesson Plans: Buffalo Bayou Promenade

Architecture Boston

Fremont Council Picks Civic Center Plaza Design

Self-driving Cars Could Reshape Houston

Oxnard to Turn Alleys into Amenities

New Nature Park Provides Green Space in Houston’s East End

Star Designers to Offer Free Park Tours

The Houston Chronicle

In the Future, You Won’t Be Buying Cars

A Landscape Design for Jeddah Tower

“Speculations on a Post Industrial City” by Kinder Baumgardner

LSU Design Week