Third place

I know about Third Places thanks to Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, and Mr Schultz was serious about it when starting Starbucks. Believe the original concept…

Most popular blog posts of 2017 ⇢ A futuristic public library in Thionville is an example of how #libraries evolve to meet changing needs of communities

This has been a great year for parks in America—but is this new generation of High Line-inspired parks embedding social injustice into our cities?

Dominique Coulon & Associés has completed a media library in Thionville, France, featuring a wavy facade that lifts up to reveal ribbons of glazing.

Your neighborhood watering hole is more important than you think.

Image 9 of 34 from gallery of The Third Place / DA bureau. Photograph by Sergey Melnikov

**Album cover art** is often considered to be one of the "extincted" fields in modern graphics design. In times when digital copies are cheaper and quicker to get, album covers have somehow lost their importance as less and less customers actually buy CDs and LPs in the stores. That's a pity because album covers can be extremely expressive and convey the message of the album in a number of creative ways. This post attempts to prove exactly that.

In the recently concluded Bandirma Park competition, TARI-Architects in collaboration with Derek Pirozzi Design Workshop LLC, were awarded third...

Creating the civic commons is the work of all of us. And with the challenges we face today, I can’t think of anything more urgent.

First place winners: Zuhal Kol (Turkey); Carlos Zarco Sanz (Spain)Second place winners: Victor Bouman Casas, Pol Mercadé Armengol (Spain)Third place winners: Inés Antón Losada, Marta Antón de Zafra (Spain)Get more details on Bustler.