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What is our role in environmental responsibility? How are cities and designers successfully contributing to a sustainable built environment today? On September 9th and 10th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Design Futures Council (DFC) is hosting a summit to examine where we are as an industry in achieving our sustainability goals, what challenges we face now and in the future, and how the industry can frame “a new context through which we establish our collective work towards environmental responsibility”. DFC has gathered leaders in the A/E/C industry to further explore the topic and share innovative solutions and successes. With Rogers Partners at the forefront of this conversation, most recently with our work in Texas on Galveston Bay Park, we are delighted to announce that Rob will be speaking alongside project and industry colleagues. To learn more about the conference check out the DFC website.

Wallpaper Magazine features Atlanta’s Park Over GA400 alongside notable international projects that are rethinking the use of motorways in urban areas into green spaces for the public. “The project covers the sunken 400 motorways while linking public transit, bicycle paths and foot traffic with the area’s commercial hub.” Read more about Atlanta's Park Over GA400 innovative design in connecting people through a 9-acre long urban space. 

In recognition of their demonstrated leadership, Rogers Partners is proud to announce the promotions of our new Associates, Andrea Solk and Jonathan Palazzolo. With a shared commitment to design that engages the public realm and pushes the envelope from concept through construction, Andrea and Jonathan bring diverse backgrounds and insights to each project. Since joining the firm in 2014, they have both played key roles in our institutional projects, contributing to design that engages all disciplines and is tailored to the mission of each institution.

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) announced their shortlisted projects that best represent their 2019 awards program theme – “Heralding Sustainable Future”. Rogers Partners’ project, Galveston Bay Park, man-made, mid-bay barrier islands that would act as a surge protection system for the Port of Houston and the communities on the western shore of Galveston Bay, as well as provide inhabitable public space, has been shortlisted in WAF’s new category, Future Project: Infrastructure. With the start of hurricane season just last month, we are thrilled at the timeliness of this announcement and to be among so many innovative submissions. Read more about this year’s program and shortlist here.

Rogers Partners joined the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club to celebrate the opening of the Club’s new flagship facility in Upper Harlem. “The building is a beacon of opportunity, a demonstration of commitment to the neighborhood and will change young people’s lives,” said Rob Rogers, FAIA, founder of Rogers Partners. “Working with such a committed organization like Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs has been an honor.”

The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board has joined a chorus of supportive voices in and around Houston stating that "The Galveston Bay Park Plan is a creative, timely solution that deserves to be fully explored."