Media Information and News Coverage

Press Materials

TLS/KVA Named Winning Team, 10 February 2011

• Press Release (Designer) – TLS/KVA Named Winning Team [pdf]
• RIVERFIRST Proposal Summary [pdf]
• About TLS/Tom Leader [pdf]
• About KVA [pdf]
• Sheila Kennedy, Frano Violich Biographies [pdf]
• Fact Sheet – Jury Evaluation Criteria [pdf]
• FAQ – MR|DC 10 Feb [pdf]
• Download RIVERFIRST full proposal and video via the TLS/KVA page

Additional Press Materials

• Press Release – Ken Smith, TLS/KVA, Stoss, Turenscape Unveil Visions for Mpls Riverfront 1/31/11 [pdf]
• Press Release – Design Team Presentations Jan 27 at the Walker 1//10/11 [pdf]
• Press Release – Designer Ask Survey & Community Meeting 11/30/10 [pdf]
• Press Release – MR|DC Shortlist 11/8/10 [pdf]
• Press Release – MR|DC Jury 10/7/10 [pdf]
• Press Release – Announcing RFQ 9/16/2010 [pdf]

• Fact Sheet – Parks and the Economy [pdf]
• Fact Sheet – About the MR|DC 12/7/10 [pdf]
• Fact Sheet – MR|DC Community Engagement [pdf]
• Fact Sheet – MR|DC Jury Biographies v. 10/7/10 [pdf]

Slideshow – Land, Water, People: New Parks in Practice

Resource List

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

Fact Sheet – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board [pdf]

Minneapolis Parks Foundation

• FAQ – Minneapolis Parks Foundation [pdf]
• Fact Sheet – Minneapolis Parks Foundation [pdf]

Selected Coverage

Winner Announcement

• Minneapolis StarTribune, “Ideas flow through the river, too” 7 Mar
• Minneapolis StarTribune, “Graphic: A new vision for the riverfront” 7 Mar
• ASLA’s The Dirt, “Minneapolis’ Bold New Riverfront” 2 Mar
• ArchDaily, “RIVERFIRST: Kennedy & Violich Architecture and Tom Leader Studio” 16 Feb
• The Line, “Mississippi Riverfront Design Contest winner to ‘go with the flow’” 16 Feb
• Architecture Lab, “TLS/KVA Team are the Winners of the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition,” 14 Feb
• Twin Cities Daily Planet, “Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition winner announced” 13 Feb
• Urban Choreography, “Tom Leader Studio/KVA Team Wins Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition“
• Treehugger, “Berkeley/Boston Team Wins Competition to Redesign Minneapolis Riverfront. Now the Real Work Begins.” 12 Feb
• ArchPaper blog, “Minneapolis Riverfront Redesign Team Selected” 11 Feb
• MinnPost, “Winning design for Minneapolis riverfront brings people to water’s edge” 11 Feb
• Minneapolis StarTribune, “East-West team wins competition to guide revival of Minneapolis riverfront” 11 Feb
• Bustler, “TLS/KVA Team Wins Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 11 Feb
• NorthNews, “Riverfront design finalist announced” 10 Feb
• KSTP-TV, “Minneapolis Riverfront Design Winner Puts the “River First” 10 Feb
• The Journal (Mpls), “Winner announced in Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 10 Feb
• MPR, “Winner named in Mpls. riverfront design competition” 10 Feb
• Prairieform, “Riverfront design competition winner announced” 10 Feb
• The Green Skeptic, “RIVERFIRST Project Considered River’s Needs First in Minneapolis” 10 Feb

Series

Patrick Nunnally\’s commentary at the River Talk blog at IonE\’s RiverLife Program

• “And now the real fun begins on the Upper Minneapolis Riverfront” 10 Feb
• “What should the future of the Minneapolis Riverfront be? Ask the public!” 7 Feb
• “The Next Generation of Parks 4: Turenscape” 4 Feb
• “The Next Generation of Parks 3: TLS/KVA” 3 Feb
• “The Next Generation of Parks 2: Stoss Landscape Urbanism” 2 Feb
• “The Next Generation of Parks 1: Ken Smith Studio” 1 Feb

World Landscape Architecture Series, by Damian Holmes

• “TLS/KVA RIVERFIRST wins Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 11 Feb
• “MRDC | Ken Smith Workshop: city of the river” 7 Feb
• “MRDC | Stoss Landscape Urbanism: STREAMLINES” 7 Feb
• “MRDC | TLS/KVA: RIVERFIRST” 7 Feb
• “MRDC | Turenscape: THE RESILIENT RIVER” 7 Feb
• “Four finalists present their visions for the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 3 Feb
• “Minneapolis riverfront design competition finalists announced” 9 Nov 2010

Finalist Submissions & Presentations

• Opus Magnum, University of St. Thomas, “Four visions of the Minneapolis Riverfront” 9 Feb
• Green Design HQ, “Finalists present their projects in competition to redesign Minneapolis’ riverfront” 5 Feb
• Prairieform, “A peek at the Riverfront Design submissions” 4 Feb
• World Landscape Architect, “Four finalists present their visions for Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 3 Feb
• Switchboard, “See innovative proposals for the Minneapolis waterfront” 3 Feb
• The Line Media, “Mississippi Riverfront Design Competition: Four finalists lay out inspiring visions” 2 Feb
• Fox9 Morning News, “Designs on the Mississippi riverfront” 1 Feb
• Bustler, “Four Shortlisted Designs Unveil Visions for Minneapolis Riverfront” 31 Jan
• Minneapolis StarTribune, “1 river, 4 designs for development” 29 Jan
• Neerland&Oyaas562, “Seeing tomorrow unfolding today” 28 Jan
• The Journals, “Finalists in riverfront design competition present their visions” 28 Jan
• Minneapolis StarTribune, “One river, four designs on the future” 28 Jan
• MPR, “Mpls Mississippi river design competition down to wire” 28 Jan
• Minneapolis StarTribune, “Four Mississippi riverfront visions for Mpls to be unveiled” 27 Jan

Earlier Coverage

• Mill City Times 26 Jan
• KARE 11 Saturday 22 Jan
• MinnPost.com 19 Jan
• Twin Cities Metro Jan
• Twin Cities Daily Planet 18 Jan
• Minneapolis StarTribune (Editorial) 5 Jan
• Mill City Times 4 Jan
• Camden News 1 Jan
• Southwest Journal 13 Dec
• MinnPost.com 3 Dec
• Camden News 1 Dec
• MPR 29 Nov
• MinnPost.com 24 Nov
• Friends of the Mississippi River
• The Line 17 Nov
• USAToday.com
• Minneapolis StarTribune 9 Nov
• NPR.org
• Finance & Commerce 9 Nov
• World Landscape Architect 9 Nov
• AECCafe.com 9 Nov
• Mill City Times 9 Nov
• MinnPost.com 8 Nov
• MPR News 8 Nov
• Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 8 Nov
• MPR News 7 Nov
• Camden News 1 Nov
• Downtown Journal 14 Oct
• Minneapolis StarTribune 13 Oct
• Secrets of the City 27 Sep
• The Line 22 Sep
• Finance & Commerce 21 Sep
• Mill City Times 21 Sep