Isabel Castilla, a Principal Designer with the landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations, discusses recent changes in clients' priorities about urban design, with a focus on her firm's recent projects. Castilla speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield. (Photo: Sam Oberter)
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