Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

ARTICLES

Moody Amphitheater and Waterloo Greenway

Austin, Texas

Josephine Minutillo

November 9, 2021

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A revitalized park and new outdoor theater in Austin enhance the city’s cultural offerings.

Snapshot: Max Family Garden by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Brooklyn, New York

Kara Mavros

August 19, 2020

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An 8,000-square-foot space provides an intimate backdrop for daily life on a triangle-shaped site next to a performing-arts venue.

Pier 3 at Brooklyn Bridge Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

New York

Beth Broome

August 3, 2020

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An epic waterfront park in New York nears completion as its final pier is developed for active and passive use.

Obama Presidential Center Lawsuit Will Proceed, Slowing Progress of Construction

Zach Mortice

February 20, 2019

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A federal judge ruled that a nonprofit organization can go ahead with its claims that public parkland was improperly handed over to the Obama Foundation.

Gateway Arch Grounds and Museum

St. Louis

Josephine Minutillo

June 29, 2018

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A subtle but radical redesign of the Arch grounds in St. Louis opens in July.

Michael Van Valkenburgh and David Adjaye Win International Landscape Competition for Detroit’s West Riverfront Park

Victoria Newhouse Alexander Gorlin, FAIA

April 10, 2018

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The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy named the pair winners of a $50-million competition to redesign a 22-acre park along the Detroit River.

Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Plaza

Taking the edge off: A federal plaza with a controversial history undergoes another revolution, this one combining elements of a public square and a garden with a high level of craft.

Laura Raskin

August 16, 2013

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Sitting in Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates' (MVVA) Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Plaza in downtown Manhattan, at Worth and Lafayette streets, you could forget that a former iteration of the quiet plaza sparked one of the most outsized controversies about public sculpture and artists' control over the fate of their work.