Cushing Terrell is pleased to join Governor Steve Bullock, the Montana Department of Administration, the Montana Historical Society and its Board of Trustees, along with partners Main Street Design and Sletten Construction in celebrating the ground blessing for the Montana Heritage Center.

More than 10 years in the making, the $52.7 million expansion and renovation project will be a state-of-the-art repository for the states historic collections and resources, serving as a place for learning and discovery. When complete, the project will nearly double the size of the existing building and include 66,000 square feet of new space, plus exterior and interior renovations to 66,995 square feet of the existing 1952 Veterans and Pioneers Memorial Building. The Cushing Terrell design melds new with historic, using the space between the two structures to create a dramatic entry that will seamlessly connect the two facilities.

The vision for who we can be in the future really has also been built into this process, bringing together diverse voices from across our state from east and west, north and south, our tribal nations, men and women, young and old it will be reflected right here, said Governor Steve Bullock at the ground blessing ceremony. Those voices will shape its architecture and landscaping the way that our mountains and our plains and those winding rivers have shaped each and every one of us. This building design also looks to the future by incorporating sustainable features that will showcase the ingenuity and the values that make Montana such a special place.

Aerial view rendering of the expanding Montana Heritage Center showcasing the melding of the new and historic structures. Cushing Terrell

Taking inspiration from the states geology, the new building will appear to emerge from the earth, symbolically referencing the Lewis Overthrust, the geophysical collision of tectonic plates that drove one plate over another and helped to define Montanas landscape. The landscape design will continue the sense of exploration with features and plantings that mimic (on a micro scale) the journey from the plains and grasslands to the foothills and forests and finally to mountain landscapes. Linking it all together is a river-like trail that will flow from one ecosystem to the next.

We hope the exterior environment provides visitors an opportunity to feel an intimate connection to the spectacular Montana landscape and the people who have lived here over the generations, notes Wes Baumgartner, landscape architect, Cushing Terrell.

The design concept for the Montana Heritage Center is meant to convey the feeling that nature is a driving force behind why people live in the state. The buildings exterior represents the diverse and ever-changing Montana landscape, the backdrop for the lives of its residents. From the inside, the building is a vessel that preserves and highlights the remarkable stories of Montanas people. With a commitment to sustainability and creating healthy spaces, the project is pursuing both USGBC LEED and IWBI WELL certifications and is anticipated to be complete in 2024.

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The planned Indigenous House at University of Toronto Scarborough.

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Smoke detectors and birch trees. These are two things that an architect would not typically mention while talking up an ambitious new building. But for the Indigenous House at the University of Toronto Scarborough, these matters are critical. Here, connections with Indigenous traditions and ways of thinking will be everywhere, from the guts of the building to the landscape that accompanies it.

This is a showcase, Alfred Waugh of Vancouver-based Formline Architecture told me recently, for how we can bring ideas of Indigenous knowledge together with Western science, to create a 21st-century building that has one foot in the past.

Mr. Waugh, who is a member of the Fond Du Lac Denesuline Nation of Saskatchewan, is among a small group of architects in Canada exploring what Indigenous architecture means now, as the country has moved into a period of reconciliation. His work including the Toronto building, which should break ground this year provides a range of answers to that question, from the symbolic to the technical. He was one of 18 designers who contributed to Unceded, an exhibition on the theme that represented Canada at the Venice Architecture Biennale. And in 2018 he completed the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC.

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Formline is designing the Indigenous House together with Torontos LGA Architectural Partners and landscape architects Public Work.

The centre will be a long, loosely triangular building with round social spaces at either end, cradled by earth ramps seeded with medicinal plants.

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Modelled loosely after a wigwam, and sited above Highland Creek, the centre will be a long, loosely triangular building with round social spaces at either end, cradled by earth ramps seeded with medicinal plants. It promises to be beautiful, with a variety of materials and a three-dimensional complexity to its form. A curving grid of glue-laminated timber will support the roof and nod to traditional bentwood construction techniques.

Inside it will hold a mix of academic and social spaces, ready to welcome community members and field trips from nearby schools, said Kelly Crawford, UTSCs assistant director for Indigenous Initiatives. This building is about getting people to come together, she said. Historically, Indigenous people havent found places like that within an institution, a place where they can feel like they belong.

Heres where smoke detectors come in. Or rather, they do not. One spiritual practice common to many Indigenous people is smudging, the ceremonial burning of sacred plants such as cedar to remove negative energy. In most contemporary buildings, that would set off a smoke detector. At the Indigenous House, that wont happen. The fire protection system uses a heat detector instead. Smudging can happen anywhere.

Mr. Waugh says that a connection with nature is a key part of his practice: In Indigenous culture, nature is at the centre of our value system. Accordingly, the Indigenous House reaches out into the landscape, he said, and engages the landscape in a meaningful way. It will be built into a new rise, providing long views over the adjacent valley.

The centre will be as energy-efficient as possible, drawing on specific precedents in Indigenous building.

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And the landscape will feature plants of traditional significance, including birch, a tree thats native to Canada and thus meaningful to all Indigenous peoples, Mr. Waugh said. The designers will choose other native tree and plant species in consultation with local elders.

The centre will be as energy-efficient as possible, drawing on specific precedents in Indigenous building. Mr. Waugh showed me a specific example, captured in a drawing by an anthropologist and architect: It depicts a thick-roofed wigwam with a central campfire, built on a foundation of recessed rocks. The stone would hold the warmth of the fire, he explained, even as a birchbark air shaft at one side allowed fresh air to displace the smoke.

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The basic principles of heavy insulation and using the warmth of the earth to moderate interior temperatures are in keeping with contemporary green building practices. So the Indigenous House architects and engineers are employing a higher-tech version. The buildings fresh air will pass through so-called earth tubes set 2.7 metres below ground, which will use the moderating force of the ground to moderate room temperatures. Cold air will be warmed slightly in winter; hot air cooled slightly in summer.

This will be architecture that goes deep.

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IN studio has built this japanese house with a diagonal faade, which ensures great views of the valley and hills that extend in front of the property. located on a hilly residential area, ten minutes by train from yokohama, the newly-built home is designed for a couple with small children. the diagonal shape of its faade also dictates the irregular forms of its roof and balcony, which, together with the floor-to-ceiling windows, add to the unique character of the project.all images by makoto yoshida, unless stated otherwise

IN studio has designed the residence in a hilly residential area of newly-constructed homes characterized by strict building restriction lines. the project features a house-shaped volume and a diagonal faade that shifts the line of sight to secure the best possible views of the surrounding landscape. at the same time, the small garden located in front of the house secures enough distance from the street.

the japanese architecture studio has set the slab of the upper floor higher than the house opposite to it, creating a wide, open space in the ground level. the long, full-height windows bring ample natural light within the interior while providing views of the surrounding landscape. inside, the two levels of the house are connected via a wooden staircase with an intermediate landing big enough to fit a desk with a library and a small utility room.image by izumi kosasa

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architect: IN studio (izumi kosasa, naoko okumura)

location: asahi-ku, yokohama-shi, kanagawa, japan

building area: 39.74 m2

total floor area: 72.27 m2

structural design supervision: studio stem (mikio nakajima)

sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom

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VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ Win Competition to Design the Aquatic Center for Paris 2024 Olympics

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Dutch architectural office VenhoevenCS with its French partner Ateliers 2/3/4/ have won the competition to design the Aquatics Centre for the Olympics Games of 2024 in Paris. The innovative sports center, connected by a new pedestrian bridge to the existing Stade de France, will host competitions for water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming. It will also be transformed into a Boccia stadium during the Paralympics. Designed for multifunctional use, the only building to be built for the Games, will remain for the people in Saint-Denis, after the event.

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Located in one of the most problematic neighborhoods in France, the project is an important investment in the future of Saint-Denis. Comprising also of green public space and a new bridge that connects the stadium with the Stade de France, the largest stadium in France, the project will lead to a building that offers an innovative and monumental Aquatics center to the people in Saint-Denis: a place to learn how to swim, to practice sports, to relax and meet. Moreover, this proposal also creates a connection, with the new heart of the future Eco neighborhood of La Plaine Saulnier.

In collaboration with Bouygues Batiment Ile de France, Rcra, Dalkia and the client Mtropole du Grand Paris, the winning proposal features a wooden roof, a suspended shape with minimal construction height that strictly follows the required minimum space for tribunes, people and sightlines, thereby minimizing the amount of air that needs to be conditioned during the coming 50 years. Doubling the required minimum percentage of bio-sourced materials, the project can host up to 5000 spectators around the multifunctional competition pool.

Showcasinghow sustainable design concepts can lead to a new architecture, one that contributes to improving the quality of life in our cities, the plan goes beyond environmental regulations and requirements, creating a livable and healthy city district for the people in Saint-Denis. Inspired by nature, VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ generated space for one hundred trees that will be planted to improve the quality of life and air, stimulate biodiversity, and create new ecological connections.

Taking on the energy challenge, the project puts in place a smart energy system, where 90% of the needed energy can be provided with renewable or recovered energy. In fact, the solar roof will be one of the biggest solar farms of France and will cover 25% of all required electricity production, which is the equivalent of the electric power use of 200 households, and the water system re-uses 50% of the remaining water. Finally, other design criteria include upcycling, with furniture made out of wood waste coming from the construction site, and tribune chairs made out of 100% recycled plastic collected from schools in Saint-Denis.

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We put a high value on nature, wild or tamed. We create arcadias, be they around country houses such as The Grange in Hampshire or in London square gardens. Victorian cities, with their millions of coal fires, were so polluted that we created suburbs all of which follow an ideal of leafiness whose ineffable expression is Hampstead Garden Suburb. Its significant, there, that garden was part of the name.

We are also a nation of gardeners, whatever the space available a balcony or a window box are enough of a canvas to paint some flower picture on. (I once worked with an editor who grew tomato plants in his office, oblivious to the effect of the grow bag on the walnut veneer of the early 18th-century bureau beneath it.)

Late Victorian England developed a style of gardening painterly, bosomy, uncorseted that remained the image of terrestrial perfection for more than a century. This was our thing. You can still see it at Gertrude Jekylls Munstead Wood. Derek Jarman even managed to magic plants out of the shingles that surround Prospect Cottage, at Dungeness: an extreme garden because of its unpromising position, a garden of consolation because of the circumstances in which it was made, after Jarman had been diagnosed with HIV.

Allotments are gardening democratised; they have an ethic and an aesthetic of their own. And it is not only spaces specifically reserved for plants and vegetables that are gardened in England, but whole landscapes; the lace of damson blossom that decorates the Lyth Valley in Westmorland every spring is the result of the conscious actions of farmers, over the generations, in planting and looking after the trees.

Do they do this purely for the value of the damson crop? I doubt it.

Beauty is a criterion for inclusion. There has to be Salisbury cathedral, built of a piece, unlike most medieval cathedrals, and seen across water meadows, as it was when John Constable painted it. Of all the lovely villages in the West Country I chose Blisland; Sir John Betjeman raved about the church of St Protus and St Hyacinth, carved with such labour out of the adamantine stone, where the painted screen, made in the 1890s, brought him to his knees.

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COME on, we've all done it - the second you've bought a lottery ticket, you're straight online, looking at what fancy, big houses you could buy with your millions.

Sadly, it's highly unlikely you'll ever be on the winning end of the lottery, but it's nice to dream, isn't it?

For a cool 925,000, you could be the proud owner of one of Walmersley's "most prominent homes."

Originally dating from 1926, the four bedroom house in Mather Road sits in a plot of around one acre, around a mile from Bury Town Centre and occupying a secluded position.

Estate Agents Pearson Ferrier said: "We understand the property was constructed as a mill owners house in line with the industrial heritage of the area.

"The current owners have just completed a total renovation programme and are to be commended on their attention to detail and sheer high standard of workmanship throughout."

The bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen renovation are all by Clive Christian and no expense has been spared in retaining as much of the character of the Art Deco period- while retaining all conveniences and appeal for modern day living.

Approached via remotely operated entrance gates the accommodation includes an entrance porch, inner hall, lounge, dining room, garden/sunroom, kitchen with 'Aga' and utility room.

To the outside there are gardens which have been designed by a prominent landscape architect, reclaimed York stone patio, two sheds - which are attached to the house, and a newly constructed garage complex built entirely in keeping with the character of the main house.

All in all - not a bad place to be living. You'll just have to cross your fingers extra tight the next time time the lotto rolls around...

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Dezeen has teamed up with Exhibit Columbus to live stream four talks exploring how architecture and design can act as catalysts in the centre of the USA, with topics including indigenous design, climate resilience and technology.

Taking place fortnightly between 15 September and 29 October 2020, the talks form part of the Exhibit Columbus symposium titled New Middles: From Main Street to Megalopolis, What is the Future of the Middle City?

What is the future of the middle city?

Exhibit Columbus is an annual exploration of architecture, art, design, and community in the city of Columbus, Indiana. Previous editions have seen street installations by design duo Formafantasma and architect Snarkitecture, and a giant hammock by SO-IL.

The 2020-2021 edition, curated by Iker Gil and Mimi Zeiger, takes Columbus' central location in the heart of the USA as its departure point. Speakers include designer Radha Mistry, futurist Dan Hill and designer-activist De Nichols.

All four talks will be streamed at http://www.dezeen.com/exhibit-columbus.

"Exhibit Columbus' 2020 symposium New Middles, in partnership with Dezeen, gathers thinkers, designers, architects, artists, and landscape architects to discuss 'What Is The Future of The Middle City?'" the curators said.

"This question, posed from Columbus, Indiana in the middle of the US heartland and rooted in the Mississippi River watershed is one important to many urban centres locally and globally."

"The series builds on Columbus' role as a historic host and speculative think tank on design, asking the city and sister mid-sized cities to consider the role of design and architecture as civic catalysts, especially when faced with the most pressing issues of our time: from community health to climate change impact, from equity and social justice to emergent technology."

Thematic Conversations

The New Middles symposium will explore four topics: Futures and Technologies; Resiliency and Climate Adaptation; Arts and Community; and Indigenous Futures and Radical Thinking.

For each talk on Dezeen, referred to in the symposium programme as Thematic Conversations, there will be a corresponding Columbus Conversation talk later in the week hosted by Exhibit Columbus featuring winners of its annual prize. These conversations will be used to inform a series of public installations that will be unveiled next year.

"Each bi-weekly topic is structured as a call-and-response between Tuesday 'Thematic Conversations' hosted by Dezeen featuring national and international thought leaders, and Thursday 'Columbus Conversations' that localise the topics, bringing J Irwin and Xenia S Miller Prize recipients into discussion with local experts and community stakeholders around future-forward initiatives being undertaken in Columbus during its bicentennial year," the curators said.

"These dialogues serve as foundational research for all New Middles participantsas a kind of Exhibition Design Brief and 'Community Design Brief' that identifies topics, themes, and writings for community partners while growing exhibition participants' understanding of Columbus' culture and context as they conceptualise their commissioned installations for the fall 2021 exhibition."

Symposium aims to "positively move our cities forward"

The curators hope the symposium will address current local and global issues and help to shape the future of cities not only in central USA but also around the world.

"In a moment when we most need reflection, creativity, and innovation to envision new ways of being, New Middles considers Columbus a place to destabilise assumptions, and imagine new architectures and landscapes as a way to positively move our cities forward," they said.

Read on for details of the full programme of talks on Dezeen and find out more about the Exhibit Columbus programme at exhibitcolumbus.org.

New Middles: Futures and Technologies7:00pm, Tuesday 15 September 2020

The first live talk, called New Middles: Futures and Technologies, will take place on 15 September at 7:00pm UK time (2:00pm EST).

Moderated by Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, the talk will bring together futurists Dan Hill and Radha Mistry to discuss the uses of strategic foresight and storytelling in design. The panellists will also examine how current conditions in the Midwest might speculate the future of middle cities everywhere.

New Middles: Resiliency and Climate Adaptation7:00pm, Tuesday 29 September 2020

Exhibit Columbus curator Iker Gil will host the second conversation, in which designer Iaki Alday and landscape architect Kate Orff will reflect on how their practices respond to local and planetary climate crises.

The talk will focus on the Mississippi Watershed and the ecosystems and habitats of its plains. It will be broadcast on 29 September from 7:00pm UK time (2:00pm EST).

New Middles: Arts and Community7:00pm, Tuesday 13 October 2020

The third talk, New Middles: Arts and Community, will take place on 13 October at 7:00pm UK time (2:00pm EST). It will look at how arts spaces and cultural organisations are shaping the future of rural, urban and in-between places in response to recent calls for equitable civic space for a diversity of communities.

Hosted by Exhibit Columbus director Anne Surak, the panel discussion will feature architect and urban designer Paola Aguirre, artist-writer-researcher Matthew Fluharty and artist-cum-design strategist De Nichols.

New Middles: Indigenous Futures and Radical Thinking7:00pm, Tuesday 27 October 2020

The final talk in the series, New Middles: Indigenous Futures and Radical Thinking, will stream on 29 October at 7:00pm UK time (2:00pm EST). Itwill explore time, indigenous design, landscape and how alternative perspectives might reimagine North American narratives.

The panel will feature designer Chris Cornelius, The Land Institute founder Wes Jackson, artist-architect Joar Nango and speculative artist and designer Ash Eliza Smith. Exhibit Columbus curator and Dezeen columnist Mimi Zeiger will moderate the discussion.

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On July 1, North Carolina governor Roy Cooper approved government funding for a new landscape in the heart of Raleigh designed by the late architect Phil Freelons team at Perkins and Will. Called the North Carolina Freedom Park, it will honor the African American experience.

Funding for the project had stalled along with the rest of the states budget in the Republican-controlled legislature, but after the nationwide Black Lives Matterled protests following the killing of George Floyd in May, legislators approved a special mini-budget that included funding for the park. The project could break ground in the coming months.

Its a major breakthrough for an initiative that has been in the works for years. The Paul Green Foundation, an organization created in memory of the Pulitzer Prize-winning North Carolinian playwright, whose work frequently focused on struggles for justice in a racist society, proposed the project in 2002. A board initially led by the late historian John Hope Franklin secured state approval for the park to occupy a one-acre site between the governors mansion and the state legislative building in 2011, and in 2016 the board issued a request for proposals for the parks design.

We did not want statues, said Reginald Hodges, former executive director of the Durham Literacy Center and a member of the parks board of directors. We wanted ordinary people highlighted, and a view toward the future.

Freelons team, from the Durham office of Perkins and Will, won with a design conceived as a kind of historical excavation exposing the buried histories and contributions of Black North Carolinians. The design features paths that cut through the landscape, bounded by retaining walls engraved with quotes highlighting the Black struggle, Hodges said.

Black contributions and the struggle for freedom have not been highlighted in Raleigh and North Carolina, in general, Hodges said. We see the park as a place where the contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and their struggle for freedom will be recognized and honored for their role in building our state.

After Freelon won the project, plans for the park evolved to include a flame-shaped sculpture inspired by a quote from North Carolinian civic leader, activist, and editor Lyda Moore Merrick: My father passed a torch to me, which I have never let go out. The Beacon of Freedom, as the perforated metal sculpture will be called, will be fabricated by Denver-based studio Demiurge. It will stand in the center of the park surrounded by the engraved walls and plantings executed by Durham-based landscape architecture firm Surface 678.

Freelon died in 2019, leaving the park in the care of Perkins and Wills urban design leader in North Carolina, Michael Stevenson. The project will be one of Freelons last executed projects, a fitting cap for a career that shaped many of the countrys most significant spaces dedicated to celebrating African American culture.

This park is about promoting an aspect of history that has not been as celebrated as it shouldve been, Stevenson said. Phils career was built on ideas about social justice and equity, and how architecture and design play a role in that. He believed that excellence in design was a critical aspect of promoting those ideas, and that people from all races and income levels deserved access to the best design and architecture have to offer. The Beacon will highlight that these struggles are ongoing.

While the governors approval of state funding is a large boost for the project, the board is still looking for an additional $1 million from private sources. Assuming that the money is raised and there arent significant coronavirus-related delays, the board is hoping to open the park at the end of 2021.

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Denizen Bushwick features 911 apartments (20% affordable), 15 mega-murals, and 100,000 sf of outdoor space, including a 17,850-sf public park. ODA New York designed the entire 1.2 million-sf developmentarchitecture, interiors, and landscape designfor developer Rabsky Group. Indoor amenities include a bowling alley, pool, game room, boxing ring, chefs kitchen, rock climbing wall, spin studio, yoga studio, golf simulator, and movie theater. Rooftop amenities: a dining area with four kitchens, a mini-golf course, a hammock garden, a dog park, and a fully staffed garden with 250 native New York tree species and 1,200 species of shrubs and perennials, plus a rooftop farm. The enterprise sits on land once occupied by the Rheingold brewery (1854). At one time, Brooklyn was home to hundreds of breweries, among them Piels Bros., Schaefer, Liebmanns, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. For years, Rheingold, The Extra Dry Beer, hosted the annual Miss Rheingold contest. Brooklynites of a certain age will recall its classic jingle: My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer (bump-bump). Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer. Also on the team: ADG Engineering (SE), Philip Habib & Associates (CE), MG Engineering (MEP), LaufsED (faade consultant), Schuco (curtain wall contractor), Azzarone Contracting Corp. (concrete contractor), and Woodworker (GC). The mural above is by Aaron Li-Hill, a Canadian visual artist based in Brooklyn, who took inspiration from historic Native American culture. The pool mural (opposite) is by Italian-born artist Pixel Pancho, whose Pixelpancho Studio is based in Miami. These and 13 others were commissioned for the project by ODAs nonprofit organization OPEN, founded in 2017 to support artists and neighborhood organizations.

Related Californias recently completed tower, Fifteen Fifty, rises 400 feet at 1550 Mission Street, San Francisco. Its 550 residences range in size from studios to three-bedrooms, plus a penthouse collection. Market-rate leases run $3,500 to $9,900/month; 20% of the units have been set aside for low-income families. Also featured: the 32,000-sf Equinox Van Mission Fitness Club, the new Bar Agricole tavern, a 12,000-sf private park, and an art collection by Jessica Silverman Gallery. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (architect) combined with Marmol Radziner (interiors and landscaping) and Build Group (GC) on the enterprise.

Booth Hansen Architects designed 61 Banks Street for developer Draper & Kramer. The 58-unit luxury apartment building is the first such construction on Chicagos Gold Coast in 35 years. Darcy Bonner & Associates (interiors), Jacobs/Ryan Associates (landscaping), and Leopardo (GC) contributed to the eight-story project. The two- and three-bedroom rentals and maisonettes feature Bosch and JennAir appliances, wine refrigerators, and Kohler and Toto bath fixtures.

The Harvey, Charlestown, Mass., is one of the first five-over-one wood construction projects and the first LEED for Homes Platinum (Multifamily) apartment building in the Boston region. Designed by CBT and built by Lee Kennedy Co. for Catamount Management Corp., the 177-unit community has five EV charging stations, storage for 184 bicycles, a dog wash and dog run, and a rideshare lounge.

Seattle-based Cocoon House supports homeless and at-risk youth through short- and long-term housing. Its new LEED Silver facility in Everett, Wash., provides meals, counseling spaces, a computer lab, classrooms, and recreation spaces for those transitioning out of homelessness. The 40 apartments are organized in neighborhoods of 8 to 10 units, each with a common kitchen, laundry, and living room. GGLO (architect) also did the interior and landscape design. Kirtley-Cole Associates was the GC.

The Related Group and Dezer Development completed the Residences by Armani/Casa, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., with interior design by Giorgio Armani, architecture by Csar Pelli (1926-2019), and landscape architecture by Enzo Enea. The 308 condominiums start at $2.9 million and go up to $17 million for the 5,986-sf north-facing penthouse.

Two new affordable communities are located with a half-mile of a trolley stop and close to grocery stores, restaurants, and healthcare services in San Diego. Stella offers a mix of 80 studios and one-bedroom supportive housing units for formerly homeless persons or those with special needs. Bluewater has 80 one-, two-, and three-bedroom units for low-income families earning 30-60% of AMI. Developer Affirmed Housing partnered with Suffolk (GC), Studio E Architects, Kettler Leweck Engineering, IVY Landscape Architects, NEXUS for Affordable Housing, Interfaith Community Services, and Solari Enterprises.

Parq on Speer, Greystars 16-story residential/retail tower in Denvers Creative District, has been named to the 2019 Elite 1% ORA Properties list and a 2020 Kingsley Excellence Winner. Designed by Ziegler Cooper, the 302-unit community has townhomes, penthouses, and apartments from studio to three-bedroom. All residences have smart lighting, Nest thermostats, and Wi-Fi-enabled entry. Amenities: two dog runs, Peloton cycling, a yoga studio, a sports lounge, and a catering kitchen with microbrew taps.

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The Gardens at Texas A&M is not currently hosting events, but remains open to visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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With a hope to foster greater connections betweenThe Gardens and Texas A&M Universitys campus, Texas A&M AgriLife recently appointed Michael Arnold, professor of landscape horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to be the director of the public garden and green space.

Positioned with world-leading expertise in gardens and strong business acumen, Arnold will work to ensure the space continues to grow and serve the Texas A&M community.

Michael Arnold, director of The Gardens and professor of landscape horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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Arnolds passions are a unique intersection of teaching and researching horticulture. A popular professor of plant materials at Texas A&M, Arnold is a former president and chairman of the board for theAmerican Society of Horticultural Sciencesand former chair of theTexas Superstarscommittee.

His research has primarily focused on the landscape establishment of container-grown plants and transplant establishment factors as well as new plant development. Now, he is looking forward to extending his passion of teaching and horticulture into the community.

I have unwavering confidence that Dr. Arnolds passion for horticulture, business savvy and dedication to teaching will elevate The Gardens as a destination, ensuring the space continues to grow as a unique treasure to this community, saidPatrick J. Stover, vice chancellor ofTexas A&M AgriLife, dean of theCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciencesand director ofTexas A&M AgriLife Research.

Arnold and Joseph Johnson, the manager of The Gardens who oversees the day-to-day construction, maintenance and management of the space, are looking forward to seeing Phase II the development of the 20 acres adjacent ot the Leach Teaching Gardens come to fruition. In conjunction with the landscape architect, White Oak Studio, the team is close to completing the program of requirements and will soon start feasibility studies.

Along with the continued planning for Phase II and a renewed focus on greater collaborations, Arnold and the rest of The Gardens team hope to encourage opportunities for classes and research groups across campus to utilize the space. He also hopes to extend the impact across the state and continue engaging with their many invaluable partnerships like theJunior Master GardenerandMaster Gardenerprograms.

Although The Gardens is not currently hosting in-person events due to COVID-19-related restrictions, it is open to visitors.

The Gardens is a great place to visit while conducting physically distancing, Arnold said. This semester, we are serving as an outdoor classroom space for courses from across campus and we are encouraging students to study while enjoying this beautiful green space. We have a great opportunity to be a safe haven for our students across campus who are looking for a bit of normalcy while coping with challenging times.

For those who cannot physically join us, we are continuing to offer online media experiences. Like we are every semester and especially with the current climate, we hope to be a valuable safe resource for all, he said. We look forward to the future when we can all join hands to continue building upon the wonderful efforts of all who have helped us achieve the dream of realizing The Gardens.

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