Urban Revision Announces Honorable Mentions
06.24.2009 – DALLAS, TX – The world is watching as a neglected parking lot in downtown Dallas grows closer and closer to beginning its transformation into one of the world’s most sophisticated models for sustainable urban development. The winning entries of Urban Re:Vision’s international design competition, Re:Vision Dallas, have been chosen, but with hundreds of submitted designs from the world’s top architecture firms and city planners in 26 countries, there were more than three designs worthy of the limelight. Re:Vision judges named three honorable mentions.
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Can Texas Become a Model for Cities of the Future?
The World Watches as Sustainable Design Revives a Forgotten City Block in Dallas
05.29.2009 – DALLAS, TX— With urban density expected to soar over the next 100 years, what will the future city look and feel like for its inhabitants? Across the street from City Hall in downtown Dallas, a neglected parking lot spanning one square block will soon be transformed into one of the world’s most sophisticated models for sustainable urban development.
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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert Announces Building Site Fully Sustainable Square Block
Parking lot adjacent to City Hall to become off-the-grid, self-sustaining residential community
– December 9, 2008 – Dallas, TX – The City of Dallas hosted a full-day “Design Charrette” last Friday to examine the necessary framework and community impact of what will become the first fully sustainable, urban square block in the United States. Mayor Tom Leppert greeted participants and announced the selected site for development; what he called the “forgotten landscape” across the street from City Hall that takes up approximately 2 square blocks.
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Dallas Sets Sights on Fully Sustainable Square Block Downtown
Local, National Leadership Converge In Dallas to Examine Impact, Design
Dallas, TX – December 2, 2008 - The City of Dallas will host a full-day “Design Charrette” this Friday to examine the necessary framework and community impact of what will become the first fully sustainable, urban square block in the United States. The Charrette, attended by community design and urban planning experts from across the nation, will be held at City Hall from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm. The outcome of the day will include a series of recommendations which will in turn structure an international design competition to create the actual block. That competition, which kicks off in January 2009, will invite architects and planners from around the world to translate the needs of the Dallas Community into structural designs for the future city block.
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