parks & open space

Overlook – book review

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in Book Reviews | 8 Comments »

OVERLOOK, Exploring the Internal Fringes of America presents a panoramic view of how land is used in United States. This book is for the curious who want to inhabit, investigate, and learn to interpret the environment.

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San Mateo’s Shoreline Parks

Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in Architecture | 4 Comments »

Endres Ware provided architecture and engineering services for two parks in San Mateo along the Bay Trail, a 450-mile continuous open space corridor around the San Francisco Bay, helping to transform the once desolate and often windy expanse of waterfront.

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Emeryville’s Doyle Hollis Park

Monday, June 21st, 2010 Posted in Architecture, Environmental | 2 Comments »

Thoughtful design is not something one expects to find in the restroom buildings of public parks. So it is a pleasure to publish a noteworthy example of thoughtful, even elegant, design in the restroom facilities of the City of Emeryville’s Doyle Hollis Park.

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After It Came and Went

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Designer Activism, Environmental | No Comments »

The Ninth World Social Forum 2009 took place in Belem, Brazil but did little to highlight the city’s own social problems.

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Lawrence Halprin’s Gardens at Levi’s Plaza

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Environmental, Landscape Architecture | 3 Comments »

Levi’s Plaza, San Francisco’s most beautiful corporate estate, includes a spacious public park with streams, stepping stones and gardens, is a reminder of the civic generosity the blue jeans giant.

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Lawrence Halprin’s new outdoor theater in Stern Grove’s Concert Meadow

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Environmental, Landscape Architecture | 5 Comments »

“To create a mystical place where one would be inspired to reach into oneself.” This was landscape architect Lawrence Halprin’s intent in designing a new outdoor theater for San Francisco’s Stern Grove Concert Meadow.

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Cargo Way/Bay Trail Conceptual Design Study

Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in RCCo Projects, Urban Planning | No Comments »

Planning effort to develop a conceptual design for Cargo Way, a segment of the Bay Trail to make it safe and attractive for pedestrians and cyclists while ensuring the industrial boulevard serves the City’s industrial and cargo freight transportation needs.

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Greening the Port of San Francisco’s Backlands

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Urban Planning | No Comments »

The latest master plan for the Port of San Francisco’s 47 acres Backlands, Piers 90 and 94, identifies potential tenants with both the means to build and operate within a sustainability program.

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