Landscaping Green Architecture
Landscaping and urban design because public spaces are becoming more and more important in architecture.
Curated by Christiane Burklein
23-04-2021 - Landscaping
KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature, an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden.
A new exhibition has opened at the New York Botanical Garden - KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature, dedicated to the latest pieces by famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Installations that evoke the great fascination that the artist has always had for the natural world, but which also provide an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful landscapes of the botanical garden in which they have been set up.
02-04-2021 - Landscaping
A hi-tech footbridge over the Moldau
A team of architects and engineers from Prague’s Klokner Institute CTU have built a footbridge over Bohemia’s Moldau River, on the EuroVelo 7 cycling route from Sweden to Sicily.
08-03-2021 - Landscaping
Pegasus Trail by 100architects: an urban attractor in Chongqing
Pegasus Trail, a project by Shanghai firm 100architects located in the city of Chongqing, offers a new type of public space that they have dubbed an "urban toy". This is an urban playground for the use of the city and all its citizens, regardless of age, which aims to foster new interactions in the Chinese megalopolis.
RECENT PROJECTS
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.
