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The Kresge Foundation is a $3.5 billion private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment,...

B-KD (Büro Koray Duman) is a research-driven architecture and design studio based in New York City and Istanbul. We believe that architecture should be functional and unexpected; engaging and poetic;...

Jae Shin is a designer and partner at HECTOR.

Anna is a New York-based photo editor and photographer. Raised in Arkansas, she moved to New York and graduated from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in Photography...

Thomas Yu is the Executive Director of Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE) a 50-year old NYC-based community development organization serving the 1.3 million New Yorkers of Asian descent, and...

Camila is a senior project manager at Pentagram Design where she works on brand identities, wayfinding programs, and creative production.

Andreas is a computer scientist, community activist, and former President of the Gowanus Houses Resident Association.

Juliet Pinto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and a co-funded faculty member with the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.

Justin Garrett Moore is the inaugural program officer for the Humanities in Place program at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. His work focuses on advancing equity, inclusion, and social...

The JPB Foundation’s mission is to advance opportunity in the United States through transformational initiatives that empower those living in poverty, enrich and sustain our environment, and enable pioneering...

MODU aims to elevate the urban experience, linking people to their communities and neighborhoods to cities. Our idea of a new sustainability reimagines cities and buildings that foster new—...

Ifeoma Ebo is a Nigerian-American, Brooklyn-based Urban Designer, Planning Strategist, Artist and experienced Architect.

We are a full service architecture, interiors, strategy, planning & sustainability firm. Our mission at HLW is to question the norm, design with passion, and build what’s next. We...

Founded in 1990 and based in Jackson Heights, Queens, the 82nd Street Partnership is an award-winning neighborhood development organization.

Elaine Molinar began her career as a designer of the Alexandria Library in Egypt after participating in the initial conception for Snøhetta’s winning competition entry.  Throughout her time with...

For more than 25 years, Sam Schwartz has been known as the transportation firm that solves the industry’s most challenging problems by balancing exemplary technical skills with exceptional creative...

White Arkitekter is one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural practices. We work with sustainable architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and interior design for current and future generations. Our mission is...

Since its founding in 1968, Two Trees, a Brooklyn-based, family-owned real estate development firm, has owned, managed and developed a portfolio worth more than $4B in real estate. Today,...

ecosistema urbano is a design and consulting company operating within the fields of urbanism, architecture, engineering and sociology, with offices in Madrid and Miami.

Urban Atelier Group (UAG) is a workshop of dedicated construction professionals striving every day to provide the most professional construction management services in the industry through integrity and the...

Steve Koller is an Environmental Science and Policy PhD student at The University of Miami’s Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy. His work focuses on policy design at...

Antonio Nogueira, is a New York-based designer born in Brazil. He completed his BA at the University of Espírito Santo in 2015, before pursuing a first Master’s degree in...

Tiane is an artist/cultural worker & participant in mutual aid.

Caroline Lewis previously served as a passionate and dedicated science teacher and school principal for 22 years before joining the Botanic Garden, where she created the Fairchild Challenge. Since...

AD—WO is an art and architecture practice based in New York City, and by extension, between Melbourne and Addis Ababa.

Benjamin Kirtman is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

S. Bry Sarté is an author, professional engineer, academic, and nonprofit founder.

Gehl is an urban research and design consulting firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 2000 by Professor Jan Gehl and urban designer Helle Søholt as a...