Livable Cities Studio completes Outdoor Adventure and Alternative Sports Master Plan
Livable Cities Studio is thrilled to celebrate the completion of Denver Parks and Recreation’s (DPR) first Outdoor Adventure and Alternative Sports Strategic Plan (OAAS) . The plan creates a 20-year strategic framework that diversifies current recreation opportunities by providing new ways to engage with and recreate in the outdoors. The plan seeks to address the […]
Meredith named a Titan in Colorado Titan 100 Award!
This award program recognizes Colorado’s Top 100 CEO’s & C-level executives who are working diligently to shape the future of the Colorado business community. The Titan 100 are seen as the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that includes demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion.
2021 Promotions!
Livable Cities Studio is excited to celebrate the promotions of Yishuen Lo to Associate and Will Viitanen to Senior Associate.Both have used their talents to uplift the firm and our projects through their enthusiasm, ensuring design excellence, pushing innovation, and elevating our studio culture. They are effective not only because of their great work but because they focus on making meaningful contributions in ways that help people and communities grow stronger. Congratulations!
Can the public realm revitalize Downtown Denver now, and make it even more vibrant in the future?
Can the public realm revitalize Downtown now, and make it even more vibrant in the future? Great cities are places for people and are defined by the diversity and animation of public life in its streets, plazas, and parks. Two recent articles in the @Denver Post and @Denver Business Journal illustrate the resiliency of our Downtown Denver, but also its current challenges. As people return to workplaces and restaurants, our team explores how creative investment in the public realm can accelerate our recovery and make Denver more vibrant, resilient, and equitable for the future.
The New Public Realm – Part 2
Rethinking Streets The pandemic has instigated a shift in thinking about public spaces in our cities. Out of necessity for health, safety, and economic recovery, cities around the nation have created ‘open streets’ – meaning streets that are open to people because they are closed to cars. Largely these streets have focused on creating space […]
The New Public Realm –Shifts in the Design of Public Spaces
We are witnessing in a shift in thinking about public spaces in our cities. The pandemic has highlighted deficiencies and inequities, and demonstrated the importance of parks, open spaces, and streets for socializing, recreation, health, and mobility. Additionally, the experience has been informed by our individual living situation. Some are grateful to have a small […]
The Role of Design in Creating Healthy Cities
The pandemic has been a shocking change to our normal way of life. It has overwhelmed our front-line workers, pushed the capacity of our health care system to its limits, and revealed how deep-rooted inequities pose even greater challenges for people of lower income and others who have historically had less power or privilege. Cities everywhere are facing a health…
LCS Completes High Line Canal Framework Plan
This weekend the Livable Cities team joined with the High Line Canal Conservancy and our sub-consulting design partners, Agency Landscape + Planning and Sasaki Associates, to celebrate the completion of the High Line Canal Framework Plan. The High Line Canal is a unique, 71-mile long corridor that celebrates the region’s historical engineering ingenuity, significant environmental […]
LCS on Team Selected to Plan Portions of Denver Airport’s 53 Developable Square Miles
Livable Cities Studio has been selected as a member of a large interdisciplinary team to plan two key portions of DEN’s developable land along Peña Boulevard, the airport’s major thoroughfare.
Virtual Reality Changing the Landscape Architecture Design Process
Livable Cities Studio’s Yishuen Lo recently partnered with another emerging professional, Anna Dillé, to present the latest in virtual reality technology at the Rocky Mountain Region’s ProGreen EXPO.