Congratulations to the Beacon Park team for winning the 2019 mPARKS Outstanding Park Design Award in conjunction with DTE Energy and the City of Detroit and the 2019 ACEC MICHIGAN Engineering Merit Award! The ACEC MI award ceremony was held on March 2, 2019 at Sound Board in Motor City Casino, Detro
read moreExcited to have livingLAB's Leah Groya appointed to SEMCOG's (Southeast Michigan Council of Governments) Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force. The Task Force is being led by Chair, Scott Benson, Detroit City Councilman District 3. We are honored to be working with the Task Force over the coming year
read moreA warm welcome to the newest livingLABer, Ishrat Muktadir. Ishrat has been working as an architectural and urban designer for the past 6 years. As a designer, Ishrat has worked on different types of projects including residential, commercial and institutional. She has contributed in different pha
read morelivingLAB is pleased to be working with inFORM studio on the transformative Lafayette West development in downtown Detroit. Stay tuned for more as this project progresses. It is sure to be a stunning addition to the Lafayette Park neighborhood!
read moreOn Tuesday, Lauren spent the evening with a group of environmental stewards gathered by Friends of the St. Clair to discuss fluvial ecology and river restoration projects in Marysville, MI. Cuttle Creek is a GLRI-funded river restoration project completed by the City to improve fish passage and wa
read moreDTE Energy's Beacon Park Detroit wins the CREW Detroit 2018 Impact Award for New Construction. CREW noted that "beyond the park’s beauty, the public space also acts as a catalyst for cultural vibrancy and economic development." Thanks to our core design team of Giffels Webster, Peter Bass
read moreDetroit Future City, in an effort to advance the understanding of barriers to green infrastructure implementation in the City of Detroit, has brought together a workgroup of designers, installers, regulators, community leaders, consultants, and permitting officials for 5 discussion meetings. Each
read moreIn a presentation at the Annual IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Conference in Boston, Courtney Piotrowski (livingLAB) and Brienne Willcock (illuminart) focused on the intense collaboration process between Landscape Architect and Lighting Designer on the road to an intricately planned environm
read moreThe West Vernor Corridor Neighborhood Framework is one of several initiatives by the City of Detroit Planning Department to strengthen neighborhoods throughout the city. This year-long effort honors the large amounts of time, thinking and resources that community members have invested in planning ne
read moreTo inform our planning process, livingLAB attended Brightmoor Days, a community celebration held in Eliza Howell Park, on Saturday May 19 to gather input from the community about their hopes for the park. We are working with the inspiring and creative folks at Sidewalk Detroit, who have been pivo
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