Black + Vernooy seeks to understand the essence of each site and the intrinsic attractions that draw and bind the client to it. This begins by walking the site together to share observations, visions and insights. The conversation includes notation of orientation, views, prevailing breezes, topography, important trees and landscape character, water features and many other subtleties. These, plus any special qualities and discovered opportunities, are of particular interest and serve as one set of guideposts for the design direction.
Across the United States, people are recognizing the harm that urban freeways do to cities and people, and are reimagining how to build highways within cities so that they serve people and promote safety, equity, and multimodal transportation.
In honor of Texas Independence Day and upcoming #AmplifyAustin – we are happy to announce that the Black + Vernooy team is working with @WaterlooGreenw ay to create a children’s book about Waterloo Park! We need more books for children about the built environment and the history of our cities… so we...
BV's Heyden Black Walker will be speaking tomorrow on this ACT panel. Looking forward to talking with the ACT membership. Thanks to former BVer Alix Scarborough for the recommendation!
Thanks to AIA Austin and the Austin Foundation for Architecture for this timely advice!
Happy New Year from all of us at BV! Best wishes for 2021!
Project Great Streets' social media activity is merging with @ReconnectAustin as a unified voice for people-focused… https://t.co/HS1e68Skpv
Happy #BikeToWorkDay 2019! #activetransportation #bikemonth @bikeaustin @BikeTexas @BikeATX
#GreetStreets and #squares in Puerto Rico! https://t.co/y3QOkZMCaT
@CAMPOTexas OKs billions of dollars in highway funding contrary to the #compact and #connected city that #Austin's… https://t.co/YlrprrccQC
Flooding in ATX predicted to get worse. "Any flood-mitigation infrastructure in the entire city is now undersized.… https://t.co/TSKMrtP982