Feb 24, 2025 · Urban Design Forum Releases Their Platform of Ideas for New York’s Next Leaders CONTACT: Hadley Stack, [email protected], New York, NY – Today, Urban Design Forum released Vision for a Better City: 25 Ideas for a Healthy and Safe New York , a platform for courageous leadership for New York’s next mayor.

Jan 29, 2025 · ML: We completed a really interesting project in Oklahoma City, partnering with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and their African American Cultural Heritage Fund, the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority, AEA consulting; and Open Design Collective, a local design firm. We led a feasibility and community visioning study around the ...

At the end of 2024, we asked Urban Design Forum Fellows to help us shape our platform for the next administration. With the 2025 mayoral election approaching, Urban Design Forum crafted a forward-looking platform based on ideas from our publications over the last four years.

Oct 9, 2024 · Once an iconic airport serving West Berlin, its closure in 2008 led to its transformation into one of the world’s largest urban parks. In 2014, Berliners voted in a landmark referendum to keep Tempelhofer Feld free of development in perpetuity.

We are a member-powered organization of 1,000+ civic leaders committed to a more just future for our city. Our Mission Urban Design Forum connects and inspires New Yorkers to design, build and care for a better city. Our History For over 40 years, we have shaped the conversation around the future of New York City […]

Sep 4, 2020 · The material design of urban spaces affects the outcome of viral events; but also increasingly, the choreography of elements within urban spaces is affecting viral events. The placement of inflammatory objects, the creation of barriers and non-access zones, and the deployment of participating parties tactically affect the outcomes of viral events.

We have convened nearly 50 Urban Design Forum Fellows to advise on 21 Visions for 2021, a collection of ideas for New York City’s next leaders. A multi-racial, multi-generational group of professionals – ranging in ages, industries, and backgrounds – mapped the current, systemic, and future challenges in New York City’s built environment.

73 Ideas for a Healthier New York City. In 2022, 30 Urban Design Forum Fellows came together – including architects, landscape architects, epidemiologists, transportation planners, trauma therapists, artists, community and economic development leaders, and physicians – to explore how neighborhood planning could improve physical and mental health outcomes for all New …

Sep 4, 2020 · WATG is a global multidisciplinary design firm specializing in hospitality, entertainment, gaming and urban design. Founded in the wake of WWII in Honolulu 75 years ago, the firm remains independent and employee-owned to this day—pioneering, collaborative and with a profound respect for heritage.

Meet our cohort of urban leaders who will survey the world to take a big swing at New York City’s housing crisis. With leaders in policy, design, organizing, public health, development, law, philanthropy and journalism, our inaugural class of Fellows is …