Synthesizing recent scholarship with four decades of fieldwork, the urban anthropologist and professor argues that public space is integral to healthy, democratic, and sustainable communities.

Topped with a mini-golf course and driving range, UPCA Sports Station brings fitness and fun to a former industrial zone on the French city's riverfront.

A stark composition of violet-tinted concrete, the aquarium is conceived as a "living ruin."

Our August cover story of John Ronan’s Chicago parks project demonstrates the value of architecture.

A $150,000 grant from the Getty Foundation is helping revive a brutalist bath complex by Jean-François Zevaco.

Projects from Mexico, France, and Chicago highlight new architectural interpretations of aquariums, sports facilities, and parks.

A new park, a community field house, and public courtyards link the Park District's new offices with the Brighton Park community.

Architects and landscape architects respond to potentially deadly heat events with passive cooling strategies.

Clinging to a hillside plot in the heart of Spain’s Costa Brava, this family summer house boasts a swimming pool and stunning Mediterranean views.