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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.
RECENT PROJECTS
01-11-2019 - Landscaping
The Pride of Brexit, Jason deCaires Taylor
Jason deCaires Taylor, a British sculptor best known for his site-specific underwater sculptures that explore everything from the climate crisis to refugees, has created The Pride of Brexit, an installation that poetically addresses the UK’s current dilemma.
21-10-2019 - Landscaping
Seahorse, a water park in Chongqing by 100architects
With Seahorse, the Shanghai-based firm, 100architects – founded by Marcial Jesús and Javier Gonzaléz – has completed a water park for the communal space of a new residential compound built in Chongqing. A fun opportunity for the tenants’ children to get together and interact with each other.
17-10-2019 - Landscaping
Industrial architecture in Rotterdam, the waterworks
Rotterdam is a Mecca for fans of contemporary architecture, with impressive buildings and landmarks. But this Dutch city hides some of its oldest treasures, magnificent examples of industrial architecture that include the De Esch waterworks, turned into a residential zone in the 1970s.
11-10-2019 - Landscaping
Atelier YokYok Cobalt Muffin Installation
French architecture firm, Atelier YokYok has designed an original artwork specifically for Shanghai Yuyuan Road. The temporary installation, promoted by CREATER, is a new attraction and facilitator for the district and will stay in place until July 2020.
27-09-2019 - Landscaping
A special EGHN award for Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire
As part of the European Garden Award, which the European Garden Heritage Network EGHN started in 2010 with its partners in 14 European countries, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire was awarded First Prize: Special Award of the Schloss Dyck Foundation, Centre for Garden Art and Landscape Design.
24-09-2019 - Landscaping
Shrine of Whatslove by Wutopia Lab in Zhejiang
How to bring together a reflection on modern-day love with an intervention in a rural zone using a contemporary construction with cutting-edge materials: Wutopia Lab worked with RoboticPlus.AI, a digital construction firm, to design China’s first carbon fibre structure in the rural zone of Zhejiang: the Shrine of Whatslove.
