Landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and a multidisciplinary team introduced as experts in “urban renewal, preservation, commemoration, social connections and ecological restoration” have been picked for the planning phase of The City+The Arch+The River 2015 International Design Competition.

In St. Louis, Missouri, the CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation and the National Park Service opened an exhibition today that showcases the design concepts of the five finalist teams of The City+The Arch+The River 2015 International Design Competition. The exhibit, in the Arch Lobby, will…

Five teams have been selected to advance to the design phase of the international competition to reinvigorate the area around the Gateway Arch and connect it to downtown St. Louis, the Mississippi River and the Illinois bank, it was announced on April 7 (

Contest organizers today announced the names of nine design teams selected to advance to the next round of the competition “Framing a Modern Masterpiece | The City * The Arch * The River” to invigorate the…