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More Trends for 2025

Didn’t get enough of future trends in the print issue? We’ve got even more input from the pros on what’s coming next in this online exclusive.

Blast From the Past

Some of the top trends highlighted in our cover story this month come to the fore in past winners of our now-retired Innovative Architecture & Design Awards. 

Fitness Floors Reborn

Recently, old gym flooring was transformed into safe, durable playground surfacing in Los Angeles. Talk about reusing and recycling!

Preventing Turf Wars

Providing enough space to meet pickleball demand is important, but experts advise doing so without taking space away from your community’s avid tennis players.

Setting Professional Boundaries

Regretfully, unwanted advances still happen during professional trade shows and events. Here, Juliene Hefter of the Association of Aquatic Professionals addresses the issue with advice on setting boundaries in this thoughtful column.

Mastering the Plan

Master planning is an essential step in developing and revitalizing community spaces, but it comes with challenges, including how to fit community expectations into budgetary constraints.