Gio Bio Miami, a book I authored in 2020 for the landscape architecture firm ArquitectonicaGeo, examines resilient landscapes in the flood-prone Miami. One essay stood out as a favorite of mine because it delved into practice of using competitions to reward contracts. For the client, it’s a win win. They get to choose from designs they don’t pay for and the design firms absorb the costs. So how do the architects recover the value of unbuilt projects?

"The profession doesn’t present itself as diverse. It is getting better, but falls behind other industries. There could be more role models – and more diversity in the media."

-Architect David Adjaye

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There was probably some concern about the sustainability of a park here. Not the socioeconomic problems associated—that exists in a lot of urban park areas. But with the current condition, it just seemed like a herculean task. And it is
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-Superintendent

Darren Boch, Patterson Great Falls National Historic Park