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TagLawrence Public Library: Creating a New Civic Hub for a City
In anticipation of AIA Kansas City’s annual Design Excellence Awards next month, we’re putting the spotlight on the Lawrence Public..
Human Scale Patterns: Entry Features
Cars have erased “human scale” from our traditional patterns of city building, which means we are no longer designing our cities to be..
Planning for People: Understanding Mixed-Use
The term “mixed-use” ought to earn top spot in the planning jargon hall of fame, for the number of times that these projects are heralded..
Propelling the Pedestrian
As Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote for the 1964 Jacobellis v. Ohio obscenity case, “I know it when I see it”. When..
Building Value or Building Debt?
he first Case Study of the “Plan to Build Value” series.
Lately, there has been much public debate about development incentives. People..
Planning for People, Not Cars
A note from the KC Planning Studio of Gould Evans:
The last 50 years of car-based planning and development have driven our cities down..
KU Research Studio Report: Transforming Vacancy to Vibrancy
A common challenge facing American cities is the vacant lot. It’s a contagion – one abandoned lot drags down property values, leading to..
Twenty Years Young
Twenty years ago we opened the doors to our Gould Evans Phoenix studio – time flies when you’re having fun! And while we celebrate this..
STEAM Studio, Innovation Engine
Take a peek into a day in the life of STEAM Studio, the incredible educational environment housed in the loft space of our Kansas City..
Architecture, Automobiles and Automatons at STEAM Studio Open House!
What do these three things have in common? They are all products of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields that benefit..