Neighborhood community building

In collaboration with the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and members of the East Harlem community, SCAPE designed a renovation for the 103rd Street Community Garden—an empty lot-turned-multidisciplinary garden and community space. Local residents were engaged to provide input on preferences for the garden in a design-build process beginning with a public charrette and culminating

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Pearl Street Pedestrian Mall in Boulder, Colorado. www.sitephocus.com

Residents in the zero-energy housing community, the first for rent in Portland, expect to pay nothing for electricity.

The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative announced plans to renovate a vacant three-story building into a community center as the centerpiece of a mixed-use urban development.

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Two retrofit experts have a new book that is an essential reference for transforming suburban landscapes.

Image 12 of 32 from gallery of Architecture for Humans Proposes Zero Emission Neighborhood to Address Climate Change. Courtesy of Architecture for Humans

In Martin Luther King Jr.’s home of Westside Atlanta, a nonprofit is partnering with the City and public and private organizations to transform disadvantaged neighborhoods using a new urban design plan.

The Embrace of Buildings : A Second Look at Walkable City Neighborhoods