This week, the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy announced that New York City-based Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and British architect David Adjaye will lead the transformation of West Riverfront Park.

In the most powerful world cities, inequality and unaffordability have gone hand in hand with growth. Can Berlin learn from these cautionary tales of urbanization and grow inclusively?

A new park in Pittsburgh will attempt to reconnect the Hill District to downtown. Like many low-income neighborhoods of color, the Hill District was gutted by urban renewal projects and cut off from downtown by a highway project in the 1950s.

There’s growing concern that the construction of light-rail transit along the full Atlanta BeltLine loop may not be moving forward as planned. As MARTA officials work to finalize what they can afford to build with the limited funding available, an advocacy group is mobilizing citizens to demand transit for the BeltLine.

The Bentway’s urban designer, Ken Greenberg, discusses successes and lessons from his forty-year career, the innovations of cities around the world that inspire him, and the challenges of addressing the complexity of today’s urban issues.

Some eco-minded groups that traditionally focus on rural conservation are turning their attention to urban areas, in an effort to combat inequality and sprawl.

The latest projections suggest that urban areas will swell at an astonishing pace. As cities grapple with how to plan for this unprecedented population growth, some city leaders see an opportunity to exchange ideas and initiatives with others around the globe.

Equitable development is the primary focus of Building Bridges Across the River, the nonprofit organization behind the 11th Street Bridge Park project in Washington, D.C. The nonprofit has attracted the attention of major funders to support the implementation of the park’s equitable development plan.

The community-led design process for Detroit’s West Riverfront Park has set a new precedent for public engagement in architecture. The four competition finalists have spent the past five months learning what local Detroit residents want to see at West Riverfront Park.

River LA has been selected by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to be part of a two-year process to update the Los Angeles River Master Plan. The Master Plan Team will also include Frank Gehry, OLIN, and Geosyntec.