- Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper is a lower-risk and lower-cost local development strategy.
- Public Art magazine sat down with Cynthia Nikitin to discuss the organization’s philosophy behind creating successful public spaces. Translated from the Korean.
- Civic spaces are an extension of the community. When they work well, they serve as a stage for our public lives.
- An opportunity for fresh thinking about how we design and use court spaces.
- At their best, civic institutions nurture and define a community’s identity.
- Partners for Livable Communities talks with PPS about how museums, churches, libraries, colleges and arts organizations are reaching beyond their walls to work with communities.
- In an era when cities and towns are changing rapidly, public spaces are the key to reviving civic engagement. Here's how one city is making it happen.
- The creation of the "information superhighway" threatened to make libraries obsolete, but today they are as prominent as ever, redefining themselves as community centers for the 21st Century.
- No need to retreat indoors--great public spaces draw people 12 months a year.
- A tip sheet about how good public spaces make sense for building owners, managers and tenants; with focus on how they can attract tenants, increase customer satisfaction, contribute to the economic bottom line, improve security, and make maintenance and renovations more manageable.
Eleven Principles for Turning Public Spaces Into Civic Places
A step-by-step guide to place-oriented planning and design. Includes recommendations and case studies from Boston, Miami, Denver, and Chicago, among other locales.
- Civic buildings, particularly museums and libraries, are already using world renowned architects who are designing iconic architecture to make a statement about the importance of their facilities. However, very few have tried to use the architecture to create a place.