Category Archives: News
Places feature interview with Chris Reed of Stoss
Check out this excerpt from a Places interview one of our favorite “kick-a**” landscape designers. (Team Stoss at work on Streamlines, 2010) Interview: Quilian Riano Landscape Optimism: An Interview with Chris Reed Earlier this year I interviewed Chris Reed … Continue reading
From Vision to Reality: Join Us for the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative
The wait is over, and much earlier than expected: The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced last night (6 April) the formation of the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative (MR|DI), the successor to the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition that will fulfill … Continue reading
TLS/KVA’s team members are “solid gold”
The TLS/KVA team is more than the two “marquee” firms of Tom Leader Studio and Kennedy & Violich Architecture. RiverFIRST proposal partners include Sherwood Civil Engineering and Knippers Helbig (engineering); ConsultEcon (economics); and Proverb (graphic design), as well as these … Continue reading
Completing the Circle
Plymouth Bridge 360 With the 10 February announcement of TLS/KVA as the MR|DC\’s winning team, the design competition closes the circle on an amazing, transformative design process. Beginning this week, we\’ll be preparing a series of short observations on the … Continue reading
Looking forward for the Minneapolis Riverfront
On behalf of the Park Board, competition co-sponsor the Minneapolis Parks Foundation and our Partners, I\’d like to thank the Minneapolis StarTribune for its recent recognition of the role Minneapolis Parks play in our city\’s economic health. In its January … Continue reading
Comment on the Design Proposals
Comments from the public on the four finalists’ designs, along with future community engagement activities developed post-competition, will be relevant to the identification and features of a selected riverfront project. Update: Thank you for all of your comments and discussion … Continue reading
Reserve your seats for the design teams’ presentation, Thursday, January 27
Here’s the scoop: Update, January 7: As of last night, all tickets were snapped up and the Walker is no longer taking reservations. Boy, that was fast! The Walker will have a waitlist; see deets on their website or our … Continue reading
Designer’s Notebook: Team Stoss
Here’s the scoop Chris Reed, Principal of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, sent us this post: Had a great (and cold!) few days along the river. Our local partners—Bob Close and Brue Jacobson of Close Landscape Architecture and Kim Chapman of Applied … Continue reading
Designer’s Notebook: Team Turenscape
Steve Durant of team Turenscape submitted the following blog post and gallery. Enjoy! The Turenscape team converged again on the Minneapolis riverfront, in our studio space at MS&R Architects in the Mill City Museum right after Thanksgiving. Over … Continue reading
