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Bridge in Paris
Paris-based architecture firm Atelier Zündel Cristea (AZC) has proposed an unusual pedestrian bridge on the Seine that dares us to reconsider our public behavior and our conventions for moving through...
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Curry Stone Design for Social Good Prize Announced
An example of the Liter of Light installed and being enjoyed On Tuesday, the Curry Stone Foundation announced five winners (in honor of its fifth anniversary) of a $25,000 prize for their work in the...
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2012 Biennial Planning Awards
The National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association (NCAC-APA) recently announced the recipients of the 2012 biennial planning awards. The DC Office of Planning (DCOP) received the...
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Amazing Data Visualizations Created for PBS
Some of you may remember the Tacoshed project Rebar did in 2009 where we ate some taco truck tacos with some CCA Architecture students, as part the URBANlab, and posed the question, “Where did this...
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State of the Commons
An increasing share of the Internet’s visual resources are now locked away in private cabinets, untagged and unsearchable, shared with a public no wider than the photographer’s personal...
View ArticleZidell Yards
Zidell Yards Located in the heart of Portland’s South Waterfront District, the Zidell family’s 33-acre riverfront property is the largest undeveloped site in the city. For generations the land has been...
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Rapha Parklet Coming Soon
For the Cycle Club San Francisco, Rapha and design studio Rebar have deconstructed an iconic Rapha Citroën H-Van in order to create a ‘bookended’ public space. Known as a ‘parklet’, our design blends...
View ArticleCentral 14th ArtPlace, 5×5 DC
Central 14th Artplace, 5×5 project The D.C.Office of Planning (DCOP) engaged Rebar to implement the Central 14th ArtPlace project. Building upon a temporary artwork commissioned by independent curator...
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DETOUR 2012: Design Renegade
Wan Chai Police Headquarters, Gloucester Road, Hong Kong www.detour.hk Detour 2012 Vernissage Thursday, November 29, 4pm at the vacant lot of the former Wan Chai Police Married Quarters, Jaffe Road,...
View ArticleAre YOU the next Rebar Apprentice? Rebar is hiring!
Emerging designers, artists and urban instigators take note: the Rebar studio in San Francisco is now accepting applications for Apprenticeship positions starting early in 2013. Actual start date and...
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Reporting from OPENkitch’n in DC
OPENkitch’n is a collaboration between Rebar and the D.C. Office of Planning (DCOP), curator Justine Topfer, the 14th Uptown Business Association (14-UBA), neighborhood residents, local restaurant...
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Preview of Sky-Fi at ZERO1
Rebar has created two projects for the 2012 ZERO1 Biennial in San Jose, California. Here’s a preview of Sky-Fi, a collaboration with architect Christopher Haas. Sky-Fi is a streetscape canopy that...
View ArticleNomadic Grove
Nomadic Grove A meditation on rootedness in the relentlessly changing city Commissioned by the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Nomadic Grove is a meditation on rootedness in the...
View ArticleDetour Design Renegade
Experimental art & design in public space in Hong Kong Detour 2012: Design Renegade was a three-week art and design exhibition in Hong Kong produced by the Ambassadors of Design and curated by John...
View ArticleJohn Bela, ASLA
John is a landscape architect, artist, curator and teacher focused on creating innovative environments to deliver unique experiences. John co-founded Rebar in 2005 and has created some of the firm’s...
View ArticleCapitol Riverfront Public Realm
Streetscape & Public Realm Design Guidelines for DC’s newest neighborhood Washington, DC’s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood is a new, 500-acre mixed-use community and riverfront destination...
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Roads were not built for cars
At Rebar we are always trying to re-imagine our city’s car-centric streets by turning them into mobile parks, temporary public spaces, new bike lanes, and now city-permitted parklets. We think this...
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Kaleidoscape: A Study in Double Symmetry
Kaleidoscape – plan symmetry. Photo courtesy BAM/PFA. We are pleased to announce Kaleidoscape, our latest museum exhibition and social furniture project, which we recently installed at the Berkeley...
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Rebar joins Public Interest Design 100
Rebar is honored to announce that we’ve been included in the Inaugural Public Interest Design 100. We now join a an international group of designers and thinkers working globally in the public...
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Urban Iterations: Upcoming Lecture at LOD67 in Copenhagen
Join John Bela of Rebar and Kristian Koreman of ZUS (NL) to discuss Urban Iteration: new models for urban transformation through activist engagement. LOD67 is a former warehouse and office building...
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