Rabbijn Maarsenplein is a square in The Hague that is named after one of the victims of the Holocaust who was an essential member of the surrounding community. The square formed the heart of the Jewish quarter of The Hague until World War II changed everything for the people and location. An endeavor to honor […]
Located next to the Royal Fine Arts Museums in Brussels, Belgium, the Jardin des Sculptures (Garden of Sculptures) combines the natural beauty of the area with a variety of thematically linked sculptures. This combination has transformed what was an empty alley next to a museum into something that instead enables a different type of engagement […]
Tunnels serve as essential means of transportation in cities across the world but few have been transformed in a way that allows them to still support this such purposes while also becoming something more like Cuypers Passage (Cuyperspassage) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Decorated with hand-painted Dutch tiles, Cuypers Passage embraces the history of the region […]
Buffalo Bayou Park runs alongside the banks of the Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, Texas. While the area has long served as a central element of the city, transforming it into a literal and figurative gateway for the entire city has enabled it to become something much more for residents and visitors. Developing and Renovating […]
As the city of Denver’s first significant transportation hub, Union Station is an important piece of Colorado and United States history. The facility helped connect the country and stimulated the growth of Denver but changes to how people traveled meant that it fell into disuse. Instead of being disregarded, the building has been transformed into […]
The Bethlehem Steel plant supplied the United States with critical building materials and served as an essential element of the Lehigh Valley region for over a century in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This literal piece of regional history could have been lost when the plant was closed but it was instead transformed into SteelStacks, a ten-acre campus […]
Old City Hall Apartments represent an important transformation of a historic building located in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A piece of history that might otherwise have been lost or destroyed has instead become an important part of the present and future of the city and community. Technical High School & Old City Hall The oldest public […]