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Tyler McIntyre is a Partner at Fairstead where he oversees the development, construction and rehabilitation of multifamily housing projects in 18 states across the U.S.

Soft-Firm is an interdisciplinary practice and flexible platform off which to expand design hunches into architectural ideas, spaces, and artifacts. Soft-Firm is speculative and concrete: taking a playful and lo-fi...

With a belief in the power of city design to transform communities, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) educates mayors to be the chief urban designers of their...

Jesse M. Keenan is a faculty member at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he serves as area head and director of real estate and the built environment.

For more than 20 years, Leni’s exploration of light has evolved into a profound understanding of the medium, which informs her unique approach across a variety of genres, including...

Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner...

Diana Gruberg is a landscape designer whose work focuses on urban ecosystems and the people who sustain them. She is the Landscape Director at Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC) where...

SOFTlab is a design studio based in New York City. The studio combines a research-based design practice with an interest in how technology, craft, and materials come together in...

LAMKAT, also known as Kat Lam, is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist specializing in abstract geometric murals.

Asian Americans for Equality is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization based in New York City. Founded in 1974 in Manhattan’s Chinatown to advocate for equal rights, AAFE has transformed...

JoAnne McFarland is an artist, poet, and curator.

Marilys R. Nepomechie, FAIA, is an architect, professor of architecture, and associate dean for strategic initiatives at the Florida International University College of Communication, Architecture + the Arts.

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating complementary, integrated investment groups that invest across the credit, private equity and real estate markets. Ares...

David van der Leer is a forecaster, strategist, researcher, and writer.

David Martin is president of Miami-based real-estate development firm Terra, leading some of South Florida’s most impactful developments in neighborhoods like Coconut Grove, Miami Beach, Doral, and Weston.

Nicole Hernandez Hammer is a sea-level researcher, climate-change expert and environmental-justice advocate.

Annie brings a global perspective and a passion for human-centered cities to her work, with a background in architecture and urban design.

As Director of Landscape Architecture for Stantec’s multidisciplinary practice, Gary is proud to be part of one of the most sustainable corporations in the world.

Hermona Tamrat is the founding principal of hgt studio, a Brooklyn-based structural engineering practice.

 Michael is the founder and CEO of Bednark Studio Inc. 

We apply scientific and engineering principles to solve the world’s challenges — starting with yours. Whether we’re focusing on the design, construction and performance of buildings or expanding into...

MODU aims to elevate the urban experience, linking people to their communities and neighborhoods to cities.

Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a Black Lives Matter organization that has fought gentrification, displacement and police violence in Brooklyn, NY since 2013. They have only two goals: to...

Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists,...

The Flatiron NoMad Partnership (formerly the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership), formed in 2006, is a nonprofit organization and business improvement district that serves the businesses, people, and places that help...

Ekene Ijeoma is an interdisciplinary artist who researches social, political, and environmental systems.

Founded in 1965, the nonprofit Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is one of the oldest and largest industrial design associations, representing thousands of members in dozens of Student...

Alongside JBOLC's founder Ray Pultinas, Sun Kim has helped form the nonprofit, create and steward the garden spaces, manage the website, and serves as a board member.