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It’s one of the most recognizable structures in the world and a national historic landmark, yet the true vision for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was never fully realized. Eero Saarinen’s simple but brilliant design created a breathtaking stainless-steel catenary arch that soars 630 feet above the Mississippi River, but the final scheme at ground level left much to be desired. Saarinen died long before the project was completed in 1967—nearly 20 years after he emerged from behind the shadow of his famous father, Eliel, with his competition-winning entry for a memorial to commemorate westward expansion. The landscape architect Dan Kiley, a close collaborator of Saarinen’s on the project for years, was let go from the team not long after Saarinen’s death in 1961. So the hope for the redesign, by @mvva.inc with@CooperRobertsonpartners and @James_Carpenter_jcda, was not only to bring the grounds closer to Saarinen’s and Kiley’s original vision, but to spark a major urban-regeneration project. Read more about this American icon at http://ow.ly/dcrt30kFM6P Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © @nic.lehoux … .. . .. ... #EeroSaarinen #concrete #lookingup #modern #civicspace #architecture #architecturephotography #archidaily #pocket_architecture #ig_architecture #archilovers (at St. Louis)

It’s one of the most recognizable structures in the world and a national historic landmark, yet the true vision for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was never fully realized. Eero Saarinen’s simple but brilliant design created a breathtaking stainless-steel catenary arch that soars 630 feet above the Mississippi River, but the final scheme at ground level left much to be desired. Saarinen died long before the project was completed in 1967—nearly 20 years after he emerged from behind the shadow of his famous father, Eliel, with his competition-winning entry for a memorial to commemorate westward expansion. The landscape architect Dan Kiley, a close collaborator of Saarinen’s on the project for years, was let go from the team not long after Saarinen’s death in 1961. So the hope for the redesign, by @mvva.inc with@CooperRobertsonpartners and @James_Carpenter_jcda, was not only to bring the grounds closer to Saarinen’s and Kiley’s original vision, but to spark a major urban-regeneration project. The scheme is not about big gestures. Instead, its moves are subtle but very deliberate. Most discernibly, it sets up an east–west axis—previously implied but sliced by the highway—running through the center point of the Arch. Read more about this American icon at http://ow.ly/dcrt30kFM6P Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © Alex S. Maclean … .. . .. ... #EeroSaarinen #concrete #lookingup #modern #civicspace #architecture #architecturephotography #archidaily #pocket_architecture #ig_architecture #archilovers (at St. Louis)

Eero Saarinen’s simple but brilliant design created a breathtaking stainless-steel catenary arch that soars 630 feet above the Mississippi River, but the final scheme at ground level left much to be desired. So the hope for the redesign, by @mvva.inc with @CooperRobertsonpartners and @James_Carpenter_jcda, was not only to bring the grounds closer to Eero Saarinen’s and Dan Kiley’s original vision, but to spark a major urban-regeneration project. The scheme is not about big gestures. Instead, its moves are subtle but very deliberate. Now, in order to ride the tram to the top, one must now enter the Arch through the newly expanded museum, which appears unobtrusively at grade in the form of a circular steel and glass canopy, the main architectural component and centerpiece of the project. That axial progression continues in the opposite direction as well, with the bridge connecting to the previously sunken and now redesigned Luther Ely Smith Park. Read more about this American icon at http://ow.ly/dcrt30kFM6P Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © @nic.lehoux … .. . .. ... #EeroSaarinen #concrete #lookingup #modern #civicspace #architecture #architecturephotography #archidaily #pocket_architecture #ig_architecture #archilovers (at St. Louis)

An Op-Ed Snippet on the Civic Soul The Bakerl0.0 line is more than an ad; it is a ledger of our current values. In the pursuit of 'sober transit,' we trade the permanence of our landmarks for the ephemeral needs of the market.

The sheer scale of the @qatarnationallibrary by @oma.eu is astounding. Where you might expect bleachers there are terraced levels with stacks and stacks of books; where you might expect carpeting, boldly patterned stone. Where the room begins to feel too vast, an 82-foot wide mezzanine—what OMA calls the “bridge”—spans one end of the building to the other, hovering over the central area and the Heritage Library below, which is completely clad in travertine. Read more about this #AR_Project at http://ow.ly/z6Fl30keH8l Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti #oma #remkoolhaas #doha #contemporaryarchitecture #contemporarydesign #civicspace #archidaily #arquitectura #architecture #architect #design #buildings #buildingdesign #Architektur #architettura #archigram #archilovers #archdaily #archilovers #architecturephotography #architecturalphotography #geometry #ig_architecture #pocket_architecture #archi_features #architecture_view #architecturelovers #architexture (at Doha)

An environmentally sensitive alternative to the mausoleum, memorial groves—communal plots where cremated remains are buried in paper urns that biodegrade over time—have become a regular part of death rites in Sweden. So, when Askim Church, about 30 minutes outside the city of Gothenburg in the southwestern part of the country, ran out of space in its traditional graveyard, they hired Stockholm-based landscape architect Thorbjörn Andersson of @swecosweden to convert an adjacent ravine into one of these burial grounds. What most excited Andersson was the opportunity to design a place for those who are left behind. “It had to be architecturally beautiful,” he says, but, more importantly, it had to defer to its mission as a place “not only to mourn, but for gaining an understanding that we have to go on.” Read more about this #AR_Project at http://ow.ly/VGx230jERvo Text by @ek_hudson Photo © Åke E:son Lindman #swecoarchitects #gothenburg #sweden #urbanrealm #civicspace #infrastructure #archidaily #arquitectura #architecture #architect #design #buildings #buildingdesign #Architektur #architettura #archigram #archilovers #archdaily #archilovers #architecturephotography #architecturalphotography #geometry #ig_architecture #pocket_architecture #archi_features #architecture_view #architecturelovers #architexture (at Sweden)

public space applause for #freeparcel5 midtown, just a few of many #speaktocouncil #publicprocess send your thoughts to your #roc city council, sign-up to speak next Tues. 8/15 evening. a shift is happening, your voice is mattering ::: participate, engage, cultivate your downtown #localarts #civicspace #columbuscommons This is not a park! #parcel5 #ourparcel5 #peopleforparcel5 (at Rochester, New York)

In response to this, more activism is taking place online, meaning that activists are increasingly exposed to digital security risks. Many states monitored and blocked websites; and threatened, detained and sometimes imprisoned bloggers and online activists. Other states are implementing or actively considering social media and internet regulations.