Placemaking

architecture and urban design projects

Take Aways from Open Streets PGH 2025

by Thoughts?

James Hollister weighs in on the importance of events like Open Streets PGH, and why a car-free afternoon can catalyze change in every community.

Missing Middle Models: A Milestone for the Mountain West

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Jackson Hole's housing crisis could get relief with the Northern South Park neighborhood development, aimed at middle income families with few affordable options in the Wyoming community.

Triboro Ecodistrict

Millvale, Etna, and Sharpsburg are three rivertown communities whose pursuits of district scale sustainability brought them together as a multi municipal ecodistrict to pool their forces.

Grow Pittsburgh

evolveEA's relationship with Grow Pittsburgh goes back over ten years and includes several engagements across our strategy, planning, and architectural design services.

Ice House Studios Courtyard

Starting with the imperative of controlling rainwater flow, evolveEA's interdisciplinary approach to the Ice House Building Courtyard included landscape design, hardscaping, roofing, plumbing, green roof and structural elements for the public art space.

Greenways for Pittsburgh 2.0

In 2017, evolveEA led a refresh of the Greenways for Pittsburgh plan first developed in 1980. Through extensive research, community engagement, a review of existing greenway programs, and a series of workshops with various City Departments, the team developed a policy guide with recommendations to improve policies around the stewardship, design, development, and management of greenways in the City.

Millvale Food Hub

The Millvale Food Hub is a mixed-use building located on the main street of Millvale’s Town Center. The project called for the renovation of an historic building that had been left vacant for over a decade. Our community visioning process helped establish the goal of attracting a food-based business as a primary tenant, since Millvale had previously been dubbed a food desert.

Allegheny Together

Through the Allegheny Together program, evolveEA provides strategic planning and technical support for business districts in Allegheny County.