The Jerde Partnership is a Southern California—based urban planning and architecture firm. For more than twenty-five years, the firm has been developing approaches to designing more humanistic, multiuse public spaces. Founded in 1977 and based on the vision and ideas of Jon Adams Jerde, FAIA, the firm has pioneered an experiential approach to place making. Jerde’s projects provide unique experiences with lasting social, cultural, and economic value. The firm is currently planning and designing large-scale, mixed-use projects in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.

STEPHEN A. KLIMENT, FAIA (Series Founder and Editor), is an architectural journalist and an adjunct professor at the City College of New York. He was chief editor of Architectural Record from 1990 to 1996.