2011 CNU Charter Award honorary mention – holding up quite well as residents settle in.
Cottages on Greene - 5.18.12
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The Box Office in Jan/Feb Better Cities & Towns
Better Cities and Towns, the new incarnation of New Urban News, featured an in-depth story on the Box Office in their latest issue including interviews with Jonathan Ford, Peter Gill Case, and Joe Haskett. Read the story below or check out the full Better Cities and Towns issue (which we think is EXCELLENT) at this link.
Jan/Feb Better Cities & Towns
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Jonathan Ford’s “Great Places in Balance With Nature” Featured on Planetizen
Jonathan Ford’s “Great Places in Balance With Nature: Beyond LID” article was featured on Planetizen today – read the article here.
Post-Industrial “LID”: a Design Opportunity
Post-industrial Providence - 100% Impervious
Those who know me know my frustration with the current implementation of Low Impact Development (LID) as an one size fits all application of evolved stormwater management tools within the same old disconnected land use framework. Halfway solutions apply LID technology to poor site design on projects whose locations very often support disinvestment in our existing downtowns, are at cross purposes with watershed-scale objectives, and increase separation and disconnectedness. More on this topic can be found in a recent series of blog posts here and an upcoming Planetizen article on the topic of specific site design techniques for vibrant places in balance with nature.
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Tagged block/street/building, stormwater management, stormwater urbanism
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Steel Yard on the Cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine
The cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine, December 2011
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Tagged construction, environment, MBD news, stormwater management
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We’ve Moved!
MBD is thrilled to now call the Box Office home.
The Box Office (image: Nat Rea)
The Box Office is a new office building constructed from 32 recycled shipping containers in the West End of Providence. As part of the project’s design team, MBD contributed to the design, permitting, and construction of this innovative, award-winning project. Now we’ve moved in!
MBD at Build Boston: November 16
Jonathan Ford will be speaking at Build Boston on Wednesday, November 16 at 1:00 pm along with Don Powers, Dan Gainsboro, and Len Iannuccilli as part of the “Principles of Cottage Court Development” session. Hope to see you there!
Simsbury, CT Stormwater Article Update
Design Guidelines include numerous Simsbury-specific conceptual designs and diagrams (drawing: Russell Preston)
On September 30, MBD completed work on a stormwater ordinance and design guidelines for Simsbury, Connecticut. The work is unique in its approach, funded by CT DEP as an LID program but transcending one-size-fits-all LID to integrate the most advanced LID toolkit of BMPs with the unique land use and natural conditions found in Simsbury, and effectively enable the vision expressed in the Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development and the recently adopted form-based Simsbury Center Code.
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Tagged environment, MBD news, stormwater urbanism, zoning
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Cottages on Greene in HUD “Breakthroughs” Newsletter
Cottages on Greene, a recently completed affordable housing cottage court development in East Greenwich, RI, was featured in this month’s HUD Breakthroughs newsletter. The article can be viewed here, or read the full text by clicking below:
Box Office Wins 2011 RI Monthly Gold Design Award
Box Office - 2011 RI Monthly Design Award
MBD is thrilled to announce The Box Office is a winner of a 2011 Rhode Island Monthly Gold Design Award! Congrats to the team, especially mastermind Peter Gill Case ofTruthbox Architects and architect Joe Haskett of Distill Studio. Click here for more information about the project.
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