Past News
Metropolis
April 2013
Digital Blocks
Slate
January 28, 2013
Tear Down the Swing Sets
The Washington Post
December 12, 2012
'Play Work Build' Puts Creativity On Exhibit at The National Building Museum
DC Curbed
November 21, 2012
David Rockwell Discusses PLAY WORK BUILD At The Building Museum
USA TODAY
November 17, 2012
Exhibit on Blocks Makes for Creative Playtime
Wallpaper
July 6, 2012
London Festival of Architecture 2012
DETAIL
May 10, 2012
Playspaces – Imaginative und Immersive Environments
TimeOut New York Kids
April 26, 2012
25 Best Playgrounds in New York City
Junior Magazine
February, 2012
Helen McKay-Ferguson, “Blocks, knocks and play that rocks”
Icon
August 2011
George Pendle, “Object Lesson”
The Wall Street Journal
September 30 - October 2, 2011
Wearing a Philanthropic Heart on Their Designs
New York Times In
Transit Blog
September 23, 2011
Amy Rose Dobson, “A Portable Playground Moves to London”
The Aspen Idea
Winter 2010/2011
Features
Time Out New York Kids
November, 2010
“Best Non-Beach Spot to Get Sand in your Shoes”
Icon
October, 2010
Johanna Agerman Ross, “A Playground”
The New York Times
September 26, 2010
David Rockwell, “Op-Chart: Unpacking Imagination”
CNN
September 2, 2010
Jessica Yellin, “Build-It-Yourself Playground Helps Kids Imagine”
Interior Design
September, 2010
Nicholas Tamarin, “Centerfold”
Time
August 9, 2010
Harriet Barovick, “Building a Better Playground”
Wall Street Journal
July 29, 2010
Ralph Gardner, “Making Work of Child’s Play”
NPR
July 27, 2010
Robert Smith, “All Things Considered: The New Economics of Fancy Playgrounds”
NPR(Copy?)
July 27, 2010
Robert Smith, “All Things Considered: The New Economics of Fancy Playgrounds”
The New Yorker
July 5, 2010
Rebecca Mead, “State of Play: How Tot Lots Became Places to Build Children’s Brains”
Parents
July, 2010
Susan Gregory Thomas, “Let them Play!”
The New York Observer (Playground supplement)
June, 2010
Wendy Straker Hauser, “The Future is Now”
New York Magazine
May 31, 2010
The Best Bet
I.D.
September/October 2009
Alissa Walker, “Recess, Rethought” / Jessie Ashlock, “Play as it Lays”
Fast Company
March, 2009
Tim McKeough, “David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground”
Time
January 28th, 2009
Kathleen Kingsbury, “The New Playground: Bye, Jungle Gym”
Wall Street Journal
August 5th, 2008
Dan Ackman, “The Architect-Designer Focuses on Child’s Play”
Daily News
July 15th, 2008
Ayala Falk, “Imagination Playground Opens in Brownsville to Delight of Local Children”
New York Times
July 14th, 2008
Javier C. Hernandez, “A Playground Where Creativity Can Run Wild”
New York Times
May 4th, 2008
Diane Cardwell, “An Invitation to Child’s Play: Big Blocks and Wheelbarrows”
Boston Globe
April 15th, 2007
Drake Bennett, “Back To The Playground”
The New Yorker
January 29th, 2007
Daniel Radosh, “Comeback: Sand Men”
New York Times
January 11th, 2007
Andy Newman, “New York City’s Future Playground Gets a Nod From Present-Day Players”
New York Times,
January 10th, 2007
Diane Cardwell, “New York Tries to Think Outside the Sandbox”