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Michael Van Valkenburgh AssociatesLatest Stories

pavilion at Hermann Park
Space City

The Commons at Hermann Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Marlon Blackwell Architects opens in Houston

rendering of trail system along a bayou outside of downtown houston
Officially in the Pipeline

Eastward expansion of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park gets catalytic $100 million boost from local philanthropists

A large O-shaped brick complex on the brooklyn waterfront
Fronting

Morris Adjmi evokes Brooklyn’s industrial history at Front & York

waterloo park, arranged with whirling paths and a metal pavilion
Green And Grey

At Austin’s Waterloo Park, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates weaves nature and infrastructure

Athletic Endurance

Colby College’s sprawling athletics center outperforms even the harshest Maine winters

A cascading massing of square building blocks, to replace the Mattin Center at johns hopkins university
A BIG Intervention

BIG will replace Johns Hopkins University’s Mattin Center with a cascading complex

photograph of spotfire training
Friendly Fire

It’s time for designers to embrace fire as the ecological and cultural force that it is.

view of downtown dallas from bridge
When Life Gives You Decommissioned Jails...

WEISS/MANFREDI selected to transform former jail as part of massive Dallas park project

an illustration of brooklyn bridge park, with the site of Brooklyn Bridge Plaza underneath the brudge
Bridging the Gap

Last piece of Brooklyn Bridge Park approved by Landmarks Preservation Commission

Aerial photo of a playground in the Gathering Place park
Park, the Gathering

Tulsa’s Gathering Place aims for reconciliation

Hunters Point Library from the back at night
The Browsing Circuit

Steven Holl’s amble-worthy Hunters Point Library is finally open

This Year's Best

TWA Hotel, Snøhetta projects, The Shed top TIME‘s World’s 100 Greatest Places

More Parks Please

Michael Van Valkenburgh is slated to design a 77-acre linear park for Buffalo

Michael Van Valkenburgh’s design for the 66.5-acre riverfront park includes a fantasy playground featuring seven different themes for kids of all ages.
Tulsa's Tree Kingdom

Michael Van Valkenburgh transforms Tulsa’s riverfront into a fantastical green parkland

Aerial rendering of MVVA's West Riverfront Park in Detroit
The Future is Green

Major investment coming to Detroit and Buffalo’s waterfront park projects

Rendering by Design Distill of Hudson Yards park
West Side Wonderland

New renderings revealed for western expansion of Hudson Yards park

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Bridging the Final Gap

Pier 3 at Brooklyn Bridge Park is now open, making the parkland 90% complete

Gateway Opening

Long-awaited museum beneath St. Louis’s Gateway Arch opens to the public

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