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Landscaping Green Architecture
Landscaping and urban design because public spaces are becoming more and more important in architecture.
19-07-2023 - Landscaping
U / U Studio designs Řeporyje Skatepark in Prague
A leisure park intended for a variety of different ages and social spheres, redefining the concept of public space: U / U Studio designed Řeporyje Skatepark, transforming what was until then a vacant area in a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Prague.
14-06-2023 - Landscaping
NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) designs the Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base
The NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) studio founded by Doreen Heng Liu designed the restored surface landscape above the water purification plant and the related underground offices of the Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base complex, located within a municipal lotus-themed park in Luohu District, Shenzhen, China.
12-04-2023 - Landscaping
Vltavská Underground, transformation of an urban non-place
The architects of U / U studio and re_place worked on revitalisation of a classic non-place in the city: an underpass in a Prague metro station. Vltavská Underground had already become a mecca for street artists, and is now a public space inviting freestyle sports activities.
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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.
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.
