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Trauma-informed design (TID) is a practice that aims to create environments that promote healing and well-being for children who have experienced trauma. TID draws on evidence-based research from disciplines such as brain science, biology, social work, and architecture to identify and minimize potential trauma triggers and design buildings that foster a sense of safety, comfort, and choice. Four recent projects, including a school, a shelter, a mental health facility, and a retreat, showcase the principles of TID in youth-centered settings. These projects prioritize privacy, transparency, connection to nature, and the integration of art to create spaces that affirm and support the healing process. [Extracted from the article]

A series of stepped terraces, with conversation benches at each level, connect the building to the street, and a prominently located social stair also connects to the rooftop terrace. With that very much front of mind for the design team on the Heron, the LEED Platinum- targeted building is designed as a resilience hub where residents can shelter in place during a crisis. An innovative hybrid typology, the Northtown Library and Apartments, collocates 44 units of affordable senior housing and a new branch library in a 65,000-squarefoot complex located in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Chicago. [Extracted from the article]

The article delves into the evolution of Spokane's Riverfront Park from its Expo fairgrounds origin to its recent revitalization, led by the Berger Partnership. It explores the historical significance of the park's location along the Spokane River, its cultural ties to Indigenous tribes, and the impact of urban development on the area's transformation.

EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN AS A VISITOR passes through an office-building lobby, images that are partially glimpsed in one wall - raindrops, time-lapse clouds, a school of fish - subtly respond: the rain softly falls; the fish swim alongside. Engaging building users with architecture-integrated interactive media is a key EGD strategy at the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Biology Research Building at Stanford University. "The more integral the dialogue between architects and experience designers, the better the project serves its audience", says SEGD's Jones. [Extracted from the article]

Ingels describes the solution for the tower as a in one, a simple meeting of requirements; the lower buildings, by contrast, represent most of the detailed design work. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,029 TALL BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN Vancouver's location on a small peninsula on the Pacific coast comes with all-natural non-negotiable boundaries to urban growth. Vancouver House - a 515-foot, 53-story mixed-use development designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and completed in 2020 (it sold out in 2014) - reinterprets the tower on a podium in response to a uniquely challenging site. [Extracted from the article]

Interior streets are designed as slow streets where vehicle access is limited to local traffic, with the central interior roadway becoming a pedestrian zone that serves as more of a front yard, similar to the Dutch woonerf, or living street. " Based on public outreach to better understand neighborhood needs, Chicago has implemented 125 blocks of shared streets and an outdoor dining program in which about 500 establishments are participating at 250 locations across the city. URBAN FUTURE DO YOU THINK you have the answer to why the chicken crossed the road?. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on challenging misperceptions about skateboarding and promoting its integration into urban spaces, exemplified by Vancouver's CitySkate strategic plan. It reports that the plan aims to expand skate amenities citywide, including in streets and public spaces, recognizing the social and recreational benefits of skateboarding while aiming to activate urban areas and foster community engagement.

The article focuses on Waterfront Toronto is the organization stewarding the phased transformation of formerly industrial lands on Lake Ontario, which forms the city of Toronto's southern edge and at twice the size of Los Angeles's San Pedro Waterfront Project of New York's Battery Park City.