After a decade of contention and adaptation, the memorial is finally opening as both a dramatic tribute to the war hero who became President and a jewel of public space.

A tiny museum garden in Salem, Massachusetts, draws on Asian and American influences.

In St. Petersburg, Florida, a historic pier is redesigned for a new era.

Architects give a voice to those often overlooked in the design process.

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

Shrouded in greenery, a mixed-use complex reshapes a plaza at the heart of Düsseldorf.

A large development outside of Houston provides recreational features while managing flooding naturally.

A Seattle-based architecture firm deftly orchestrates a new site for the Louisiana Children’s Museum by a lagoon in the Big Easy.

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

A San Francisco–based landscape firm creates a public waterfront park on a corporate site in Seattle.