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Phoenix Apartments – tree box filter update
This tree box filter by StormTree was installed as a cost-effective water quality & infiltration tool at the Phoenix Apartments affordable housing project in Providence. More details and construction install pictures here.
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ABC National News Shipping Container Architecture Article (including Box Office)
On November 23 ABC National News featured the Box Office, home to Morris Beacon Design (we were also the project’s civil engineer), as part of an article about shipping container architecture in the US. Read it here…
Construction Update: Olney Village
In-progress bioretention construction at Olney Village, a Providence scattered site affordable housing infill project for Olneyville Housing with ICON Architecture. This site includes 13 units in four new buildings, one building is mixed-use with a m
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Paul Cuffee School Awarded EPA Cleanup Grant
I was thrilled to attend yesterday’s ceremony honoring the announcement of EPA funding for the Paul Cuffee School brownfield remediation project – which will transform a Providence brownfield into a new parking lot and playing field for the exist
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Cottages on Greene – a Year Later
2011 CNU Charter Award honorary mention – holding up quite well as residents settle in.
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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 … Continue reading
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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
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 so
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We’ve Moved!
MBD is thrilled to now call the Box Office home. 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 … Continue reading