Tags: arts & culture

Transportation Planning: Adaptation Through Connection

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As we help communities design their streets, transportation systems, and public spaces, we recognize the uncertainty that big changes can bring. By focusing on the fundamentals of walkable communities and safe, accessible networks, we will be resilient.

New Year, New (Existing) Building REcertifications

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Three buildings in Pittsburgh earned performance recertifications with help from evolveEA: 411 Seventh Ave (Energy Star), US Steel Tower (WELL HSR), and Desmone Architects (WELL Gold).

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.

ART+PLACE: The Roots of Community Identity

Art can knit together the lived experience of neighborhood identity with long term and sometimes abstract principles of community development. The Pittsburgh community of Larimer has been cultivating a local culture of sustainability through ecodistrict planning and has used art and creative placemaking to build capacity around neighborhood stormwater issues, urban agriculture and economic development.