Visibility: 50 - Connecting

Glendale-Los Angeles Garden River Bridge

An aerial site plan showing an S-shaped pedestrian bridge crossing a wide river. The bridge features integrated greenery, seating areas, and circular shade structures, connecting a park on the left to an urban street on the right.

The Glendale–Los Angeles Garden River Bridge is a connector, a garden over the river, a destination, and a biodiversity hotspot. Situated at Mile 31 of the LA River and nestled between Griffith Park, the San Fernando Valley, and the Verdugo Hills, the bridge will provide a much-needed pedestrian and bicycle connection between the City of […]

Binational River Park

A wide-angle 3D digital rendering of a revitalized riverfront featuring terraced green lawns, walking paths, a red railway bridge in the foreground, and a skyline in the distance under a blue sky.

The Binational River Park along the banks of the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo River in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo will connect and celebrate our common culture on the United States and Mexico border. It reclaims our shared history, spurs the economy, promotes security on both sides of the river, and restores the ecological treasure we call […]

16th Street Transitway Mall Revitalization

High-angle view of a wide pedestrian mall lined with trees, outdoor seating, and modern buildings, featuring a distinctive gray and white diamond-patterned stone pavement.

Over 40 years after helping shape Denver’s beloved 16th Street Mall, OLIN returned to breathe new life into the city’s mile-long pedestrian and transit corridor. As part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, we led a two-year design and research effort to reimagine this historic spine for the next generation. The redesign brings bold, forward-looking updates […]

Bryant Park

A high-angle view of Bryant Park's green lawn and the New York Public Library, framed by dense green trees and a backdrop of various Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers.

One of the highest profile and most cherished public spaces in the world, Bryant Park has become a model for environmental, social and economic sustainability. Many visitors to the park are unaware that the site is a large-scale green roof above an annex housing more than three million volumes of the adjacent New York Public […]

Fountain Square

A large, ornate bronze fountain lit at night in a city square, with people sitting on its base and skyscrapers in the background.

Fountain Square, located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, has created a true sense of place while making a more attractive, cohesive and vibrant center for pedestrians to gather, interact and enjoy the downtown. Integral to the revitalization of Fountain Square is the social programming of the space—it has become the downtown’s center for social […]

16th Street Transitway

Ground-level view of a sunlit pedestrian mall lined with leafy green trees, modern globe street lamps, blue planters, and colorful sun-patterned banners.

In the heart of downtown Denver, OLIN transformed a vehicle-heavy city street into an exciting and successful pedestrian and transit-oriented retail district. OLIN’s redesign reduced traffic congestion, provided efficient bus service between the city and suburbs, and created an inviting pedestrian environment. For a mile-long length of 16th Street, a gracious 22-foot-wide, tree-lined promenade occupies […]

11th Street Bridge Park

Aerial view of a proposed multi-level pedestrian park bridge spanning a wide river next to an existing highway bridge in an urban setting.

OMA+OLIN’s winning design for the 11th Street Bridge Park Competition connects two historically disparate sides of the Anacostia River with a series of rooms and active zones, including two sloped ramps that elevate visitors to maximized look-out points to landmarks in either direction. Each ramp terminates in a waterfall that visually reconnects the ramps to […]