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This initiative, supported by the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department, aims to revitalize the area along Gratiot Avenue.

At a discussion in the Bishop Arts District, a panel of urbanists addressed how the city can grow without leaving behind its neediest residents.

Ideas that never get proposed never happen. The reverse is also true.

What even is a mama chari? And what do they have to do with PIR?

Many of that acreage sits empty. How about turning some of it into small neighborhood parks?

Look below for Archinects latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. This weeks featured employer highlight includes openings in New York City, Dallas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles/West Hollywood. For even more opportunities, head over to the...

Following last week’s look at an opening for an Architect/Designer at Build Block, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Landscape Designer at the Better Block Foundation. The role, based in Dallas, TX, “goes beyond the...

Following last week’s look at an opening for an Architect/Designer at Build Block, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Landscape Designer at the Better Block Foundation. The role, based in Dallas, TX, “goes beyond the...

Landscape Designer Job Description Better Block Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering communities and fostering the growth of healthy, vibrant neighborhoods through urban innovation. We are seeking a passionate Landscape Designer to join our team in Dallas, Texas...

A coordinated effort between the city and two nonprofits will turn a parking lot for a food distribution center into a friendlier place where a community can gather. They also hope it might be the start of a new way of looking at parking.