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PIT Takes Flight: Building a Sustainable Legacy at the New Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal

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evolveEA leads sustainability at the new Pittsburgh International Airport terminal, advancing resilient, energy-efficient design for modern aviation.

Christine Mondor, Principal
FAIA, LEED AP, EcoDistricts AP

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Wayfinding and Transit Design: True Accessibility and Universal Design

As we design transit stations, it is important to remember that for many people with disabilities, several barriers remain in navigating to and within the pedestrian environment. Ron Brooks will be talking at Mpact with Sarine Sahakian about wayfinding, universal design, technology and its challenges and opportunities.

Missing Middle Models: Planning for Equity

In another Missing Middle Models blog post, we talked with Christine Walker of Navigate LLC about the strategies involved in establishing and operating a Community Land Trust to address housing needs, as well as design and market strategies that are shaping equitable communities in mountain destinations like Bozeman, Montana.

Missing Middle Models: The Rise of Modular Construction

The growing trends of modular construction and automation—technology that some of our current residential projects are utilizing—is one piece of this puzzle. We would like to share the benefits and challenges that can come with different approaches to modular construction and possible implications for the future of housing development globally.

Making an Mpact

evolveEA recently became a member of the Mpact national steering committee. Breen Masciotra reports back from a recent planning meeting

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.

Our Infrastructure Beyond 2022

Cities need a vision for infrastructure beyond 2022: for 5 years, 20 years, and 50 years, or longer. It's a design challenge we cannot afford to squander.