Landscaping Green Architecture
Landscaping and urban design because public spaces are becoming more and more important in architecture.
30-03-2020 - Landscaping
Matteo Cirenei's vision of Milan's districts a year ago
In Spring 2019, the architecture photographer, Matteo Cirenei explored eight districts in Milan through his camera lens. These zones are changing, experimental urban planning projects have also been put in place for some of them. An overview that connects streets, buildings, public places, different contrasting realities.
24-03-2020 - Landscaping
Geoparken in Stavanger, a sustainable and still relevant playground
Geoparken in Stavanger, Norway is a project by the Norwegian architecture firm Helen&Hard with young people from the city. A playground created from material salvaged from the oil industry and that hasn’t lost any of its charm even 12 years down the track.
12-03-2020 - Landscaping
Tainan Spring, an urban lagoon in Taiwan by MVRDV
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created a virtuous example of the circular economy in Tainan, Taiwan. The architects removed and recycled a strategically positioned shopping mall in the old town, which no longer serves its intended purpose, replacing it with a sunken public plaza dominated by an urban pool and local plants, and surrounded by a shaded arcade.
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02-03-2020 - Landscaping
El Muelle studio completes a landscaping project in Benalmádena on the Costa del Sol
The Spanish architecture studio El Muelle has completed a project tied to tradition, to the landscape and to memory in the town of Benalmádena on the Costa del Sol, Andalusia. Their work has added value to the landscape along the waterfront, which makes it more attractive to use.
19-02-2020 - Landscaping
Beirut RiverLESS Urban Forest and how to regenerate a city
Since last year, Lebanese architecture studio theOtherDada and Afforestt, an Indian company that replants forests all over the world, have been planting trees from 17 native Lebanese species along the banks of the Beirut River. Concrete action to bring back the green and the city’s environmental quality as a consequence.
03-02-2020 - Landscaping
Luuwit Park in Portland, Oregon by Skylab and 2.ink Studio
Skylab and the landscape architects from 2.ink Studio worked together and in close collaboration with Portland Parks and Recreation to redevelop and create this park in northeast Portland. The design team based their work on an integrated strategy that creates both passive native meadow areas that require limited maintenance and areas for intensively active program elements.
16-01-2020 - Landscaping
Xavier Portela, Kobe
Xavier Portela, the photographer known for his brightly-coloured images of urban nights in cities like Tokyo, New York and Bangkok is back, this time in Kobe, Japan. A city that inspired him to use warmer hues in his postproduction work for a visual narrative that captures the city’s atmosphere.
20-12-2019 - Landscaping
Crystal Pool by 100architects: how to bring alive the public space
The designers from 100architects have completed Crystal Pool as part of a new mixed-use complex located in the rising international business centre in Pudong, Shanghai called New Bund. Invigorating public space plays an important part in the overall project because it fosters social interaction between users of all ages.
09-12-2019 - Landscaping
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, Chemin des Carrières
The Norwegian studio, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, known for its iconic architecture in the Norwegian landscape, the Trollstigen for example, has completed a landscape project in the Alsace region, France. A greenway with a highly poetic architectural approach to commemorate the past and to open up new horizons.
