What do 8,000+ trees in a downtown urban setting look like?
What do 8,000+ trees in a downtown urban setting look like?
Parks & Gathering Spaces: Is Design The Top Priority?
When asked about accommodating ‘wants’ versus ‘needs,’ relating to designing parks, Bob Hughes, Founding Principal of HGOR, quick-wittedly quoted The Rolling Stones, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.” HGOR’s interest in park landscapes began in 2005 with Hughes’ involvement in the […]
Atlanta park opens in honor of 92-year-old neighborhood matriarch killed by police
Thirteen years to the day after Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old English Avenue resident known to many as “Mother,” was killed inside her home as part of a botched, illegal Atlanta Police Department drug raid, a functional green space was officially opened that aims to keep her memory alive forever. Following months of community engagement and […]
2019 Higher Education Trends that Make a Large Impact on the Success of a Student
As the higher education landscape continues to change and evolve – Colleges and Universities look for new opportunities and innovations for success.
2019 SCUP Southern Regional Conference Top 4 Takeaways
Colleges and Universities aim to be environmental innovators, collaborating on sustainability to develop a meaningful sense of stewardship. Social well -being and development to nurture unique human qualities such as creativity will make a huge impact.
5 Sustainable Parks + Public Space that make an Impact
HGOR focuses on creating environments that are beneficial for both human uses and natural resource conservation in both the short and long-terms.
Designing and Revitalizing for the Community
Parks define communities and places and provide the space for communities to form. From a practical perspective, they are central to the well-being of a community and its citizens, encouraging active living and providing a crucial connection to nature. Human interaction isn’t just needed to make a popular and sustainable park, new research demonstrates that people with strong community ties also live longer healthier lives.
Creating a Great Workplace Experience
Creating a great workplace experience requires a focus not just on space and effectiveness but it includes strategies that align space, culture, interaction, and behavior to create a workplace experience that optimizes people’s performance and is driven by high levels of balance and choice at work.
10 Usable Green Roof Benefits
Greenroof can provide a wide range of public and private benefits and its technologies not only provide the owners of buildings with a proven return on investment, but also represent opportunities for significant #social, #economic, and #environmental benefits, particularly in urban cities.
The Role of Art and Culture in Strengthening Community
Creative placemaking is about getting artists and designers, community culture groups, arts research groups, cultural affairs offices, and arts organizations out of their silos and into the neighborhoods and regions around them.