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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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25-11-2022 - Landscaping
The Moon Garden completes Milan’s Portello Park
The Moon Garden is the last lot in a project commissioned by Iper Montebello Spa, designed by Charles Jencks and Andreas Kipar and developed by LAND Italia on the former Alfa Romeo industrial site at Portello. This final lot concludes a process that began more than 20 years ago, bringing the size of the park up to a total of about 73 thousand square metres.
21-11-2022 - Landscaping
The European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022 goes to Utrecht
The wait is over. On November 15, the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space was awarded during a ceremony at the CCCB (Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre). The winning project is the restoration of the Catharijnesingel canal in Utrecht, the Netherlands, by the Dutch OKRA landschapsarchitecten studio.
15-11-2022 - Landscaping
Chao Phraya Sky Park in Bangkok
Chao Phraya Sky Park in Bangkok is a green landmark in the Thai capital, created out of the ruins of a railway infrastructure project left abandoned 40 years ago. The work of landscape architecture and urban planning studio LANDPROCESS has made this urban non-place into the nation’s first pedestrian bridge park spanning a river, an oasis of well-being for people, flora and fauna.
08-11-2022 - Landscaping
Moment Factory’s enchanted night walk
Onhwa' Lumina is an enchanted night walk designed by the creative artists of Moment Factory with the Tourism Office of Wendake in partnership with the Council of the Huron-Wendat Nation in Canada. This thrilling multimedia experience near Québec City celebrates the wealth of Wendat culture through the magic of light, sound and video projections.
31-10-2022 - Landscaping
East Dike, protection for the Shenzhen coastline by KCAP+Felixx
Since 2019 a team of Dutch architects from architecture and urban planning studio KCAP and landscape architects from Felixx have been working on the east coast of Shenzhen, China. The East Dike project is a multifaceted dike system allowing an integrated approach to climate-adaptive reorganisation of the shoreline.
13-10-2022 - Landscaping
"Linea nelle linee", a tour of Berlin by Antonella Bozzini
"Linea nelle linee" is the title of the photographic research on the architecture and urban space of Berlin created by Italian photographer Antonella Bozzini. Through the work, the photographer has collected impressions inspired by the careful observation of Berlin’s urban landmarks, with particular attention to the geometries of the architectures, thus revealing details that are often lost when walking around the city.
