David Gamble is teaching a graduate-level course at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative entitled “Contemporary Urban Design Case Studies on the Revitalization of the American City”. 

Gamble Associates has begun work to find creative solutions to the use of streets and public domains that address the needs of the Boston’s primary medical center over the next 10 to 20 years. The project will identify future growth opportunities for the area, opportunities for improving streets and grade separated pedestrian connections. The project is led by Gary Hack, with Carr Lynch Sandell, Inc. and MJ Daly Consulting. 

Vermont River Conference

Gamble Associates will be speaking at the Living with Vermont’s Rivers Conference on May 16, 2012 in Montpelier, VT. The Conference is sponsored by the Vermont Natural Resources Council.  Read more here…

See attached VNRC brochure

The Town of Braintree has been awarded a “Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Grant” by the National Park Service, only one of two communities in Massachusetts to be awarded the grant. The technical assistance will be used to develop an initial design, build community partnerships and identify funding sources for the implementation of the Monatiquot Riverwalk.  Gamble Associates assisted the town with the grant application, together with Amanda Sloan (Gates, Leighton Associates) and Keirsten Shaffer (Shaffer Associates). Read more here.

“As Boston searches for available sites to meet development demands, the air rights along the Boston Extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike offer an opportunity to accommodate new uses and meet the needs of local residents, businesses and institutions”.  David Gamble has been appointed as one of 12 members for the mayor-appointed CAC. Read more here.

Photo source: MassDOT. 

David Gamble will be participating in “Taming White Elephants: Adapting the Buffalo Terminal and Richardson Olmsted Complex” at this year’s annual National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference October 19-21.  The conference will be held in Buffalo, NY.  The four hour sessions will include tours of the landmark buildings.  Additional speakers include Barbara Campagna, Eva Hassett and Monica Pellegrino Faix.  Master Plan by Chan Krieger Sieniewicz. 

Photo source: Buffalo Historical Society

“Accommodating Institutional Growth” has been published in the September/October 2011 issue of Urban Land.  This article was co-authored by Kathryn Madden (Madden Planning Group).

Photo source: Kathryn Madden.

Together with Paul Cote, David Gamble is co-teaching a new course at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design entitled “GIS + Representation”.  He is also one of four studio instructors for the first-semester Urban Planning Studio (together with Kathy Spiegelman, Kathryn Madden and Ana Gelabert).  The studio will focus on the most pressing urban planning issues in the greater Fenway District and Longwood Medical Area. 

David Gamble was a juror for this year’s AIA Baltimore Design Awards program, together with Rodolfo Machado (Machado Silvetti and Associates) and Robert Miklos (designLAB architects).  The Design Awards celebration will take place at Goucher Athenaeum on October 21, 2011. 

Photo Source: Scott Walters

David Gamble made a presentation on June 10 at the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors 2011 Annual Conference in New Bedford, MA. The session was entitled “Advanced Public Outreach Tools and Techniques”.

PHOTO BY GREG GUIMOND

Gamble Associates has been selected as the architecture and urban design consultant for the Sanford, Maine Brownfield Study. The 45 acre project site contains over 20 known brownfield properties in the impacted area. The Sanford Mills Historic District, along the Mousam River, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the downtown. It contains nearly 1,000,000 square feet of vacant, formerly industrial space. Sanford was one of 23 communities across the United States to be selected by the EPA to participate in the new Area-Wide Pilot Program. The project is led by Weston&Sampson (lead firm/engineering), with GLC Development (market analysis), Terry DeWan & Associates (landscape) and Toole Design Group (planning).

Gamble Associates is working with the Town of Braintree, MA on a grant offered though the National Park Service. The “Rails, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program” provides communities technical assistance to envision, plan and implement public trails. See attached for additional information [PDF]

David Gamble presented an update on the growth and development of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus on March 23, 2011 at Hohn Auditorium at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Read the Business First article [PDF]

David Gamble has co-authored an article together with Kathryn Madden (Madden Planning Group). The article is entitled: “Medical Campuses as Good Neighbors”. Read Vol. 9 No. 1, Spring 2011

The Lyons addition has been recognized with a 2011 Homeowner Award by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. The Award recognizes outstanding restoration and renovations projects. The Award will be presented at the Old House Fair on March 26, 2011.

PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN PHILLIPS PHOTOGRAPHY

David Gamble, AIA has been elected to the Boston Society of Architects Board of Directors. He will serve as Commissioner of Professional Communities from 2011-2013. Also, together with David Grissino, AIA (Goody Clancy Associates) he is a new Co-Chair of the BSA’s Urban Design Committee. Read the full list of BSA Board of Directors

Together with other volunteers from the Community Design Resource Center-Boston, Gamble Associates completed the public engagement process and conceptual planning document for the Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) property along the Monatiquot River in Braintree, MA. The planning effort sought to garner community support and establish a vision to revitalize the derelict, former industrial property into an economically sustainable and publically accessible riverfront asset. Read Boston Globe article [pdf]

Gamble Associates is the urban designer for the new Event and Convention Center in Owensboro, KY. The 140,000 square foot facility will be located along the Ohio River on the site of the recently demolished Executive Inn. The $27 million project is the key component in the historic downtown revitalization plan. The project is led by Baton Rouge-based Trahan Architects with Reed Hilderbrand selected as the landscape architects.

David Gamble was part of the “Tectonic Shift” roundtable discussion in the Fall 2010 “TURF” Issue of ArchitectureBoston . The issue centers on the emerging prominence of the landscape architecture profession in the shape of cities. Read featured article

Led by SWA Group in Laguna Beach, Gamble Associates won a design competition in Tuanbo China. The development plan utilizes dredging techniques from nearby water bodies to create a new geography of five hills on the island. The constructed terrain maximizes views and real estate values for development while preserving open space corridors.

David Gamble was highlighted in "The Hot 50: Next Generation of Design Stars who are Shaping the City." Read more [pdf]

Interview about help for community organizations from the Community Design Resource Center of Boston. Aired on Neighborhood Network News.

Watch their discussion about CDRC-Boston's work in area communities.

David Gamble, together with Jennifer Lee, will be teaching an Option Studio at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in the Fall 2009 semester. The studio is entitled: Urban Renewable: Envisioning a Sustainable Future for Boston’s Core. One of the boundaries of urban renewal in Boston circumscribes over 60 acres that includes modernist icons such as Boston's City Hall and City Hall Plaza (designed by Kallman McKinnell), works by Walter Gropius, Paul Rudolph and others. The recent completion of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, nearby institutional expansion and adjacent development pressures are raising the profile of this area once again as the city strives to maintain a balance between preserving its past and embracing a future. The City of Boston has identified the Government Center area as a “Green Growth District” that fosters economic development opportunities and showcases initiatives that embrace sustainability at a district scale.

Lyons Project completed in Narberth, PA: June 2009 The Lyon’s addition, located along the Main Line just outside of Philadelphia, PA, was completed in July 2009. The 1,500 square foot, three-story addition is attached to the rear of a 1890’s Quasi-Victorian home. Late 19th century, eclectic neighborhoods like Narberth contain whole streets of marvelously experimental stylistic combinations and Windsor Avenue is no exception. The best additions are those that strengthen the character of the original home, and by adopting the language of the original structure, the addition seeks to achieve a balance between being understood as an independent identity and morphing into the existing house. Select elements of the original building form are respected but reinterpreted.

Gamble Associates presents at the National American Planning Conference: May 2009 Medical campuses grow at alarming rates. They are constantly under pressure to create facilities that allow them to stay competitive in a dynamic marketplace. This growth, embraced and supported by local government, often comes at the expense of the social and physical environment surrounding the medical area. As the health care industry continues to expand, recognition that their host environments become or remain vital is increasingly important.

Case studies of three nationally-known medical campuses (Longwood Medical Area: Boston, John Hopkins: Baltimore and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus: Buffalo) highlight best practices and what these innovative institutions – all located in dense, urban environments – are doing to become better neighbors. David Gamble presented this session together with Kathryn Madden, AICP (Madden Planning Group) and Michael Ball, AICP Director of Planning at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

The Young Architects Award is given to “individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession in an early stage of their architectural career”. Every year, the AIA selects eight to ten architects from around the United States who are nominated by their local chapters.