Phronesis

06/07/2024

Linvista Flats Historical Restoration progress image as we are breathing life back into some amazing Historic Kansas City Colonnades on Linwood Boulevard. The project is really starting to take shape.

01/29/2024

Phronesis Collaborators Needed.

Please reach out if you are interested in collaborating/ consulting on some Amazing Green Infrastructure Urban Design projects.

www.phronesis.us

  PhronesisWe provide detailed, thoughtful landscape architecture, planning and urban design solutions to our clients. Our team offers visionary ideas at a variety of project scales. We provide an engaging design process that incorporates clients/communities throughout our process to deliver the hi...

08/02/2020

Green New Deal Superstudio

Sign up a team today!

Open call, click on link below to learn more:
https://www.lafoundation.org/take-action/green-new-deal/superstudio/registration

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) works to increase the influence and impact of landscape architects to create a more sustainable, just, and resilient future.

07/31/2020

Equitable access to jobs and city resources is the future of urban planning and, with more cities wanting to create car-free transit accessible for residents, city planners and architects alike are trying to adopt responsive measures to current inequities. Rebuilding city economy's post-Covid, reducing pollution and prioritizing people are our priorities at Phronesis, placing people and sustainability first.

A new C40 Cities report touts Paris’s model for putting essentials within close walking or biking distance as an economic boost for coronavirus-ravaged municipal budgets.

07/29/2020

Climate change is causing more rainfall in frequency and inches per year making stormwater destruction to city infrastructure unavoidable. Cities adopting the Smart Sewer program save money with new infrastructure and mitigate the inevitable impacts.

Faced with worsening floods and aging sewers, the city has become a national leader by combining green infrastructure with digital…

07/28/2020

Calling all landscape architects! If you want to be a part of an incredible learning opportunity and join a great network of landscape architecture studios, you want to be a part of Superstudio, hosted by the Landscape Architecture Foundation. Learn more: https://mailchi.mp/lafoundation/superstudio-open-call?e=a62c9a1865

07/23/2020

"According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are 748 U.S. cities with combined sewer systems, totaling more than 9,000 raw-sewage outfalls, discharging an estimated 850 billion gallons of untreated sewage into U.S. waterways annually." Kansas City's adoption of green infrastructure to deal with overwhelmed sewer systems prevents sewage and water overflows, using natural and innovative ways to adapt to shifts in climate.

Faced with worsening floods and aging sewers, the city has become a national leader by combining green infrastructure with digital…

07/22/2020

Socially distanced block parties are just one of the ways events are adjusting in 2020 due to . We see a way for us to create events where people can stay connected in 2020; it just requires some creativity and innovation. How is your industry adjusting to the changes?

Reggie Van Derson recently launched Kickin’ It in the Cul-de-sac, his party-planning services expanding to block parties.