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Mar 22, 2023
Together Playscape, Pittsburgh, Highland Park – 151 Lake Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Design: The Urban Conga

photo : Sean Carroll
Together was created by The Urban Conga to serve as a community table, a place for people to listen, learn, and connect with one another around the past, present, and future of Highland Park in Pittsburgh, PA. The project was created as part of a Pittsburgh Art in the Parks initiative that begins to activate Pittsburgh’s public parks in new ways.

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Pittsburgh Architecture News

May 15, 2018
Frick Environmental Center Building
Design: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson architects

image Courtesy architecture office
After more than a year of extensive testing and documentation, the Frick Environmental Center (FEC) has achieved Living Building certification, the world’s most rigorous proven performance standard by the International Living Future Institute. Designed by renowned architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the FEC is the first Living Building in the U.S. that is municipally owned and free and open to the public.

Aug 15, 2016
Union Trust Building in Pittsburgh, 501 Grant Street
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects

image from architect
The Union Trust Building was one of three buildings erected by coal and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick in the Grant Street area of downtown Pittsburgh on the former site of St Paul’s Cathedral, which occupied an entire city block bordered by Grant Street, William Penn Place, Oliver Avenue, and Fifth Avenue.

Oct 14, 2012
Heinz Architectural Center Pittsburgh Architecture Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
‘White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes’ exhibition

image © Iwan Baan
The exhibition included models and drawings by architects and landscape architects. The architectural photographer Iwan Baan photographed all six sites for the exhibition and the catalogue. The exhibition was organized by Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture.