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Landscaping Green Architecture
Landscaping and urban design because public spaces are becoming more and more important in architecture.
29-12-2022 - Landscaping
External Reference presents Escaleras y Mirador Vela
"Escaleras y Mirador Vela" is a new project by Carmelo Zappulla’s architectural practice External Reference connecting Passeig del Mare Nostrum with Plaça de la Rosa dels Vents on the Barceloneta waterfront. The project presents an architectural façade accessible via a stairway and a raised waterfront promenade 9.30 metres above the ground.
27-12-2022 - Landscaping
Lollipop Street, public space in Shanghai by 100architects
The 100architects international architecture studio has created a colourful intervention for the activation of the public space in a square in front of the Jinyang shopping centre in Shanghai, China. As the name "Lollipop Street" implies, in their language, the playful elements installed draw inspiration from the imaginary “candy world”.
21-12-2022 - Landscaping
The Guard Patrol, enjoying the landscape with Mjölk architekti
Czech studio Mjölk architekti has added four panoramic viewpoints to a strategic spot on Stráž Mountain in the Czech Republic, giving architectural form to the four patrons depicted in the coat of arms of the town of Rokytnice, which was founded by merging four villages: the Fox, the Bear, the Sheep and the Miner.
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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.
03-10-2022 - Landscaping
Agora Maximus, beyond tactical urbanism in Montreal
With the Agora Maximus project LAAB, a Canadian creative collective, together with Signature Design Communication (SDC), a multidisciplinary agency, proposed a temporary streetscape installation. Agora Maximus celebrates the seasonal pedestrianisation of Montreal's Saint-Denis Street with viewing platforms and vantage points that allow passersby admire the cityscape and its rich cultural offerings.
20-09-2022 - Landscaping
Ephemeral architecture for the theatre, Déracinements in Québec
The installation Déracinements, designed by creator Lorraine Côté and architect Étienne Bernier from the Agence Spatiale studio captured visitors of the Carrefour international de théâtre event in Québec, Canada. Inserted in the ruins of an old greenhouse, the work was made from wire mesh and uses light as a material.
16-09-2022 - Landscaping
Design synergy for Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park in Austin
The Kingsbury Commons project in Pease Park, the oldest park in Austin, Texas, is part of the Pease Park Vision Plan and gives a burst of energy to a forgotten corner of the area. The project is the result of the collaboration between Ten Eyck, landscape architect and prime consultant, Clayton Korte for the architecture and Mell Lawrence Architects for the Treescape structure.
13-09-2022 - Landscaping
S K U L L Studio with Prior for Concéntrico Festival
The S K U L L creative studio in Prague has been invited to take part in Concéntrico, the famous International Festival of Architecture and Design in Logroño, Spain, to create an installation on a site where a new technology centre designed by Kengo Kuma will soon be built. Prior loosely connects observations from the neuroscientific disciplines in the practice of designing play installations.
